New York City FC vs Orlando City Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 2-0 MLS success versus Orlando City.

In that game, New York City FC had 41% possession and 16 shots on goal with 7 on target. For New York City FC, the goalscorers were Monsef Bakrar (37') and Talles Magno (68'). Orlando City had 11 shots at goal with 2 on target.

New York City FC have found it difficult to unlock defences in more recent games. Their goals record stands at just 4 vs opponents during the course of their last six fixtures. In those meetings, New York City FC have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 8.

Orlando City

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The stats don’t lie, and Orlando City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 5 goals overall. At the back, Orlando City seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. We will see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 21/11/2020 shows us that New York City FC have won 2 of them and Orlando City 1, with the number of drawn games being 3.

A combined sum of 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 11 of them for The Pigeons and 6 for The Lions. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The last league game featuring these clubs was MLS match day 18 on 17/05/2023 and the score finished Orlando City 1-1 New York City FC.

In that game, Orlando City managed 47% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Ercan Kara (7').

For their opponents, New York City FC had 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Gabriel Segal (89') was the scorer.

The referee was Serhiy Boiko.

ℹ️ Team News: New York City FC

There’s just one fitness concern for the New York City FC boss Nick Cushing to be concerned about from an otherwise complete set of players. Maxi Moralez (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) misses out.

ℹ️ Team News: Orlando City

Thanks to a largely full-strength group of players, there’s only the lone fitness worry for the Orlando City manager Óscar Pareja to be concerned with. Antônio Carlos (Leg Injury) won’t be in action.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Orlando City will likely create enough chances to get a goal against this New York City FC lineup, although it probably won’t quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re going for a 2-1 advantage for New York City FC at full-time. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Peter Guest, 12:28 16/09/2023