New York City vs Orlando City SC Prediction & Betting Tips - Major League Soccer

Prediction published on 25/07/2021, 01:00  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 25/07/2021 at 01:02 in Major League Soccer Predictions

Orlando City will target rising back to second spot in the Eastern Conference when they travel to Yankee Stadium to take on New York City. The two sides bounced back to winning ways in their last outings and go here looking to start good runs. Going into the game, hosts New York City are seventh with 20 points and Orlando City third on 25 points. New York City recovered from a two-game slump to hit Montreal 1-0 in the last game, with Ismael Tajouri scoring his second goal in five matches. The goal also meant New York City have now scored in each of their last five matches but that was just their second clean sheet in the last five matches. Both sides have scored in three of their last four matches and on only one occasion have they scored more than a goal.

Orlando City are also recovering from a slump of three winless games. Their 2-1 victory over Philadelphia Union should spur them further but even on their good days, they haven’t gone with a clean sheet and this should be a concern. They have no clean sheet in their last five matches, though they’ve scored in all of them. Their matches have been high scoring, four of the last five registering over 2.5 goals. Orlando City’s recent away matches have also been high scoring in most cases, and just as they’ve been consistent with scoring, they have struggled to keep clean sheets. They are winless in the last two away matches and each of the last five has seen both sides score.