ORLANDO. Orlando City beats Austin with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Lynn (42′) and a goal from N. Lodeiro (64′). Austin lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Exploria Stadium stadium in Orlando on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 20,985 spectators. The referee was Esteban Rosano with the help of Alexander Arita and Diego Armando Parra. The 4th official was Jonathan Weiner. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.79 degrees Celsius or 80.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 22 Total 3
- 8 On Target 1
- 7 Off Target 2
- 7 Shots blocked 0
- 95 Attack 92
- 53 Dangerous attack 40
- 44 Ball safe 54
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 0
Fouls
- 13 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Austin had a strong ball possession 57% while Orlando City was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Orlando City was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Orlando City won the match.
Orlando City shot 22 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Austin shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Orlando City received 1 yellow card (Kyle Smith). Regarding the opposition, Austin didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this match, Orlando City has 4 points to remain in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Austin will stays with 3 points like Dallas and SJ Earthquakes to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
Orlando City – Formation
Orlando City
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Orlando City started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Óscar Alexander Pareja Gómez decided to play with the following team: Mason Stajduhar , Dagur Dan Þórhallsson , Rodrigo Schlegel , Robin Jansson , Rafael Santos , Iván Angulo , Kyle Smith , Nicolás Lodeiro , Martín Ojeda , Jack Lynn and Luis Muriel .
The home team had on the bench: Felipe Martins , Shakur Mohammed, Michael Halliday , Alexander Freeman, Wilfredo Rivera, Jeorgio Kocevski, Javier Otero, Thomas Williams and Ishak Mohammed.
Substitutions
Orlando City made 4 changes: Nicolás Lodeiro for Shakur Mohammed (90′), Jack Lynn for Felipe Martins (74′), Martín Ojeda for Michael Halliday (88′) and Luis Muriel for Jeorgio Kocevski (90′).
Player of the match: Dagur Dan Þórhallsson
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Orlando City was Dagur Dan Þórhallsson even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 45 passes (76% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.
Austin – Formation
Austin
Austin started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Josh Wolff played with: Brad Stuver , Jon Gallagher , Brendan Hines-Ike , Matt Hedges , Guilherme Biro , Alexander Ring , Jhojan Valencia , Jader Obrian , Sebastián Driussi , Ethan Finlay and Diego Rubio .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Emiliano Rigoni , Gyasi Zardes , Héctor Jimenez , Bryant Farkarlun, Stefan Cleveland, Owen Wolff and Antonio Gomez.
Substitutions
Austin made 4 changes: Jader Obrian for Emiliano Rigoni (69′), Sebastián Driussi for Owen Wolff (70′), Guilherme Biro for Héctor Jimenez (79′) and Diego Rubio for Gyasi Zardes (79′).
Player of the match: Brad Stuver
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Austin was the goalkeeper: Brad Stuver. His rating is 7.45. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- New England – Chicago Fire – 1-1
- New York RB – Inter Miami – 4-0
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Real Salt Lake – 1-2
- Charlotte – Columbus Crew – 2-0
- Cincinnati – New York City – 1-0
- Orlando City – Austin – 2-0
- Toronto – Atlanta United – 2-0
