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Major League Soccer05/23/2026, 11:30 PM

Cincinnati – Orlando City6 : 2

Why the model thinks so

Cincinnati
2.07
Total xG
3.38
Orlando City
1.31
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.

FactorCincinnatiOrlando City
High-scoring league (3.2 goals/match)+0.75+0.75
Defensive weakness (2.5 conceded vs 1.9 league avg)+0.59
Small sample (6 matches) - regression to mean−0.25
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (2.2 goals/match)+0.21
Rising form (2.2 vs 1.5 season average)+0.21
5 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (2.6 goals/match)+0.14
Rising form (2.6 vs 2.1 season average)+0.14
Attack weakness (0.78x league average)−0.02
Small sample (7 matches) - regression to mean−0.01
Weak away record (0.9 vs 1.5 goals/match)
Full strength squad available
Full strength squad available

Key factors

  • Cincinnati's offensive strength: The team currently scores more often (2.6 goals) than their season average (2.1 goals), indicating a positive form trend
  • Orlando's extreme away weakness: With an average of 5.0 goals conceded per away game, Orlando City shows significant defensive problems on the road
  • Pipeline's home advantage forecast: The mathematical analysis predicts a home win with 54% probability and 2.07 expected home goals

Risks

  • Cincinnati's defensive vulnerability: The team concedes an average of 2.5 goals per game
  • High risk for Over 2.5 goals: The mathematical analysis shows a 66% probability for over 2.5 goals in the match

All probabilities

Result
Cincinnati54%
Draw24%
Orlando City23%
Goals
Over 1.586%
Under 1.514%
Over 2.566%
Under 2.534%
Over 3.544%
Under 3.556%
Double chance
Cincinnati or draw77%
Orlando City or draw46%
No draw76%
Both teams score
Yes65%
No35%

Most likely scores

1:1
10%
2:1
10%
2:0
7%
3:1
7%
2:2
6%
6:2
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Orlando City with Luis Otávio: 4.8 goals/90 min. Without: 0 goals/90 min (6 of 8 games)
  2. Orlando City: 5 of 8 games without conceding in H1, but only 0 over 90 minutes
  3. Cincinnati with Ayoub Jabbari: 11.2 goals/90 min. Without: 2.5 goals/90 min (6 of 8 games)
  4. Cincinnati: 40% of all goals between minutes 31-45 (8 of 20)
  5. Cincinnati: 4 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 8 games)

Lineups

Cincinnati 3-4-2-1 · Orlando City 3-4-2-1

Cincinnati
  • 18 R. Celentano
  • 11 S. Gidi
  • 21 M. Miazga
  • 24 K. Smith
  • 20 P. Bucha
  • 22 G. Valenzuela
  • 5 O. Nwobodo
  • 29 B. Ramírez León
  • 17 K. Mboma Dem
  • 10 E. da Silva Ferreira
  • 9 A. Denkey
Orlando City
  • 71 M. Crépeau
  • 4 D. Brekalo
  • 6 R. Jansson
  • 3 A. Marín Gómez
  • 24 G. Dorsey
  • 8 B. Ojeda Rodríguez
  • 20 E. Atuesta Velasco
  • 77 I. Angulo Cortés
  • 22 J. Ellis
  • 11 T. Souza de Jesus Carvalho
  • 10 M. Ojeda
Substitutes
  • 3 G. Flores Melgarejo
  • 4 N. Hagglund
  • 13 E. Louro
  • 16 T. Barlow
  • 27 B. Anunga
  • 66 E. Echenique Peña
  • 99 A. Jabbari
  • 88 A. Chirila
  • 55 A. Lajhar
  • 12 Javier Otero
  • 13 D. McGuire
  • 14 T. Spicer
  • 16 W. Cartagena Mendoza
  • 19 Z. Taifi
  • 29 T. Reid-Brown
  • 57 I. da Silva Nogueira
  • 87 M. Pasalic
  • 5 L. de Aquino

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