📊 Form Guide

Colorado Rapids

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Colorado Rapids will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 0-2 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of Austin FC.

In that match, Colorado Rapids managed 53% possession and 16 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Colorado Rapids was Navarro (66' Own goal). For their opponents, Austin FC got 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Mikkel Desler (6') was the scorer for Austin FC.

Under three goals per game were seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Colorado Rapids have been participants. In terms of the goal attribution in this period, opposing sides scored an aggregate of 8 while Colorado Rapids managed the sum of 3.

Orlando City

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After tasting defeat last time out to Chicago Fire in MLS action, Orlando City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Orlando City had 56% possession and 25 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Orlando City was Alex Freeman (39'). Chicago Fire got 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Philip Zinckernagel (5') and Hugo Cuypers (31', 32') scored for Chicago Fire.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games involving Orlando City, at least three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per match during that time is 3.67, with the average number of goals for Orlando City being 2. Historical results aside, we will just have to wait and see if the trend shall persist in this match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 29/04/2017 shows us that Colorado Rapids have won 1 of these & Orlando City 4, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A sum of 19 goals were scored between them in these games, with 7 from Rapids and 12 netted by The Lions. The average goals per game has been 3.17.

The previous league clash between the two was MLS match day 25 on 10/06/2023 when it ended Orlando City 2-0 Colorado Rapids.

The referee was Rosendo Mendoza.

🗞️ Team News: Colorado Rapids

Ali Fadal (Knee injury), Cole Bassett (Ankle injury) and Zack Steffen (Knee injury) won’t be playing for Colorado Rapids gaffer Chris Armas.

It’s our opinion that Colorado Rapids will probably go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game with N. Defreitas-Hansen, Reggie Cannon, Andreas Maxsö, Chidozie Awaziem, Jackson Travis, Josh Atencio, Oliver Larraz, Theodore Ku-DiPietro, Djordje Mihailovic, Sam Bassett and Rafael Navarro.

📰 Team News: Orlando City

Orlando City manager Óscar Pareja has to choose a team with limited availability. Yutaro Tsukada (Cruciate ligament tear), Duncan McGuire (Shoulder injury), Nicolás Rodríguez (unknown injury) and Wilder Cartagena (Achilles tendon rupture) will miss out on this game.

We reckon that The Lions appear most likely to play in a 4-4-2 formation, going with Pedro Gallese, D. Dan Thórhallsson, Rodrigo Schlegel, Robin Jansson, David Brekalo, Marco Pašalić, Joran Gerbet, Eduard Atuesta, Iván Angulo, Martin Ojeda and Luis Muriel.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Colorado Rapids might have a difficult job to breach the defence of this Orlando City team who we reckon should just have the edge.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a 0-1 winning score for Orlando City at the end of this one.

A close call.

Lucas Pereira, 01:00 15/06/2025