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Major League Soccer10/24/2026, 11:30 PM

Orlando City – New York City2 : 2

Why the model thinks so

Orlando City
2.04
Total xG
3.32
New York City
1.27
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorOrlando CityNew York City
High-scoring league (3.2 goals/match)+0.75+0.75
Defensive weakness (2.3 conceded vs 1.8 league avg)+0.49
5 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (2.8 goals/match)+0.26
Rising form (2.8 vs 1.9 season average)+0.26
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (0.8 goals/match)−0.20
Declining form (0.8 vs 1.5 season average)−0.20
M. Moralez not in squad (1 goals, 6 assists)
Defensive strength (1.4 conceded vs 1.4 league avg)
Full strength squad available

Key factors

  • Form: Orlando City won 2 of their last 5 matches, while New York City were winless (2 draws, 3 losses)
  • Home/Away: Orlando City with 2 goals per match at home in the league, New York City with 1.07 goals per match away

Risks

  • Squad: Orlando City without R. Jansson, in the starting XI in 3 of the last 5 matches
  • Head-to-head: New York City won 4 of the 5 meetings against Orlando City (1 draw)

All probabilities

Result
Orlando City54%
Draw24%
New York City22%
Double chance
Orlando City or draw78%
New York City or draw46%
No draw76%
Goals
Over 1.586%
Under 1.514%
Over 2.564%
Under 2.536%
Over 3.542%
Under 3.558%
Both teams score
Yes64%
No36%

xG score

2:1
From xG 2.04 : 1.27, rounded up only from .910% probability

Other likely scores

1:1
11%
2:0
8%
3:1
7%
2:2
6%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Orlando City: 7 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  2. New York City: dropped a lead in 4 of 5 games (10 points lost)
  3. Iván Angulo: 4 of 4 goals after minute 60 (last 12 games)
  4. Orlando City with Justin Ellis starting: 2.2 goals/game, without him: 1.2 (16/9 games, last 30)
  5. New York City with Hannes Wolf starting: 1.8 goals/game, without him: 0.8 (17/6 games, last 30)

Lineups

Orlando City 4-2-3-1 · New York City 4-3-3

Orlando City
  • 71 M. Crépeau
  • 77 I. Angulo Cortés
  • 4 D. Brekalo
  • 57 I. da Silva Nogueira
  • 27 V. Nogueira de Oliveira
  • 8 B. Ojeda Rodríguez
  • 16 W. Cartagena Mendoza
  • 22 J. Ellis
  • 20 E. Atuesta Velasco
  • 10 M. Ojeda
  • 7 A. Griezmann
New York City
  • 49 F. Matthew
  • 24 T. Gray
  • 13 T. Martins Bueno
  • 6 J. Sands
  • 22 K. O'Toole
  • 7 N. Fernández Mercau
  • 21 A. O'Neill
  • 8 A. Perea Castañeda
  • 26 A. Ojeda
  • 16 A. Martínez Batista
  • 17 H. Wolf
Substitutes
  • 9 D. Dike
  • 3 A. Marín Gómez
  • 12 Javier Otero
  • 19 Z. Taifi
  • 21 N. Miller
  • 87 M. Pasalic
  • 23 H. Sarajian
  • 35 J. Gerbet
  • 44 B. Rhein Goncalves
  • 9 B. Traore
  • 2 N. Cavallo
  • 11 T. Bacelar Martins
  • 30 T. Romero Keubler
  • 32 J. Shore
  • 34 R. Pereira Bicalho
  • 3 M. Miazga
  • 88 M. Jones
  • 20 L. Sousa Santos

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