Second meets third in the Major League Soccer this weekend when Orlando City welcomes New York Red bulls to Exploria Stadium in an Eastern Conference clash. Kickoff schedules for 24th April 2022 at 22:30 EAT.
Orlando City has enjoyed the start of the season; they are currently placed second with 14 points to their name. They will be hoping to make it three in a row by sealing a win from the coming fixture with the aid of home advantage. However, they come into this contest winless in their last three meetings against the Red Bulls, narrowly losing 2-1 at Exploria Stadium last season.
The Lions prepare for this meeting confident coming off 2-1 Open Cup victory over Tampa Bay Rowdies in their last game. In that match, Orlando had 59% possession, 10 shots with four of them on target and goals by Alexandre Pato (52’P) and Junior Urso (63’). Tampa Bay Rowdies got seven shots with two of them on target and a goal by Luck Mkosana (65’).
Meanwhile, New York Red Bulls is in the third place with exactly three points below the Sunday’s rivals. With that draw in their last league game, they are now having a streak of two winless games in the league. They will be hoping to return back to the winning ways here. The other side of that coin is that the Red Bulls have yet to lose this year away from home, winning all three of their MLS road games by a combined score of 8-2.
The Red Bulls get into this fixture after 1-2 Open Cup victory to beat Hartford Athletic in their previous game. In that match, New York had 47% possession, 30 shots with eight of them on target and goals scored by Lewis Morgan 18’ and Aaron Long 25’. Hartford Athletic got four shots with only one of them on target.
Orlando City vs New York Red Bulls head to head
New York bears a slight upper hand in the 16 head to head meetings between these two teams since 2015 having won eight matches while Orlando claims six wins and two matches ended in ties.
- Orlando 1-2 New York 4/07/21
- New York 2-1 Orlando 29/05/21
- New York 1-1 Orlando 19/10/20
- Orlando 3-1 New York 03/10/20
- Orlando 0-1 New York 22/07/19
Home
- Orlando 2-1 Tampa Bay
- Columbus 0-2 Orlando
- Orlando 1-0 Chicago
- Orlando 2-4 Los Angeles
- Portland 1-1 Orlando
Away
- Hartford Athletic 1-2 New York
- New York 0-0 Dallas
- New York 1-2 Montreal
- New England 0-1 New York
- New York 1-1 Columbus
Orlando City team news
There is just the sole fitness concern for the Orlando City manager Óscar Pareja to be concerned with as Antônio Carlos misses out through injury.
New York Red Bulls teams
The Red Bulls will be without Andres Reyes and Wikelman Carmona with foot issues, Cameron Harper is dealing with a quad strain, Serge Ngoma has a sore hamstring and Caden Clark is nursing a knee injury.
Prediction and odds
Orlando City won or drew four of the last five matches they played, while New York RB won only one of the last five games they participated. Orlando City won three of the last five matches they hosted against New York RB in particular
- Orlando City Win
- Draw
- Both teams to Score
