Orlando City vs Toronto FC Prediction: Toronto won't be lucky

Orlando City’s next opponent is Toronto and the game is to be played at the Exploria Stadium. Orlando City are hoping to get a win after their draw last week against CF Montreal. They come in with much better stats compared to Toronto, which makes them the favorite to get the job done. And for Toronto, they finally ended the losing cycle with a win against the New England Revolution last week, but they need to continue winning. 

Orlando City's last 5 league games ended in 2 wins, 2 draws and a defeat, while Toronto's ended in 2 wins and 3 defeats.

Orlando City have a chance to extend their unbeaten streak to 5 games in a row. In their last 4 games, they had 2 wins and 2 draws. Altogether Orlando City had 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses since the start of the season and that leaves them in 12th place with 9 points on the eastern conference table. 

In their last game they played a 2-2 draw against CF Montreal away from home. After conceding in the 16th minute, Orlando City got their opening goal as Facundo Torres converted a penalty. Montreal reclaimed their lead again in the 88th minute and Orlando's Ivan Angulo equalized for Orlando in the 92nd minute to end the game as a draw. According to stats, Orlando managed 47% possession, 2 shots on target and 8 corner kicks. And they also created 2 big chances. 

At the moment, Toronto FC needs to build consistency. They recently ended a 3-match losing streak after beating the New England Revolution last week. Now they can't afford another relapse, which is why they need a win in this game. Altogether, Toronto had 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses since the start of the season. That puts them in 5th place with 13 points on the eastern conference table.

The game between Toronto and the New England Revolution was separated by a single goal. Prince-Osei Owusu scored the winning goal in the 66th minute to give Toronto all 3 points in the end. According to stats Toronto managed 39% possession, 8 shots on target and 0 corner kicks. And they also created 2 big chances but missed both.

According to the h2h, in the last 20 meetings between Toronto and Orlando City, Orlando City won 9 games while Toronto won 8 and they drew 3 games. 

It's a game that both clubs want to win in order to stable their ships. Orlando City have the home advantage and Toronto hopes that their last win would be the key to a new experience. 

The h2h streak shows Orlando won the last 4 meetings and are unbeaten in the last 8. Orlando also failed to concede in the last 4 while Toronto are without a clean sheet in the last 6 meetings. Orlando scored first in 7 of the last 8 meetings and there's been less than 4.5 corners in 4 of the last 5.

• Orlando City to Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals at 1.7 Odds
• Goal Range 2-3 Goals at 2.08 Odds
• Orlando City to Win 2-0 at 7.00 Odds