Toronto FC vs Orlando City SC Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form

Orlando's last 20 matches across all competitions read nine wins, four draws and seven defeats, with 40 goals scored and 36 conceded. That's a healthy points return for a side that's also been leaking goals fairly regularly.

Toronto FC: 20 completed matches; Orlando City SC: 20 completed matches.

Toronto FC

20 matches

Win

15% 3 / 20

Draw

40% 8 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

40

Difference

-13

Orlando City SC

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

42

Conceded

38

Difference

+4

Toronto's equivalent sample is much shakier: three wins, nine draws and eight defeats, with 30 scored and 41 against. Nine draws in twenty games says a lot about a team that keeps games close but struggles to find the extra goal to win them.

Orlando's win rate is far healthier, while Toronto's habit of drawing suggests games against them tend to stay tight.

Comparative Team Statistics: Toronto FC vs Orlando City SC

Head-to-head

These two were at it only last month, in Orlando, where the home side won 3-0. Before that the head-to-head has swung both ways over the years, with heavy wins for either team scattered through the fixture list going back to 2016.

There's no dominant recent trend beyond that last result. It's a fixture that's produced goals fairly often, in both directions.

The most recent meeting favours Orlando, but the wider history doesn't point strongly either way.

League table

Orlando sit seventh with 34 points from 26 games, having won 10, drawn 4 and lost 12. Toronto are down in 12th on 29 points from the same number of matches, with 6 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses.

It's not a huge gap, but Orlando are clearly placed higher and have turned more games into wins.

Team news

Orlando have a few knocks to watch, with Gerbet, Marin and Tiago all listed as questionable through injury. A handful of squad players were away on international duty at the time of writing, though that's a month out from kickoff so it may not affect the matchday squad.

Toronto FC:

Penalty cards:

W. Zimmerman x 1 x 5

R. Edwards x 1 x 3

Orlando City SC:

Best scorers:

M. Ojeda - 12

Best assist providers:

Justin Ellis - 8

Penalty cards:

M. Crépeau x 1 x 2

Injury list:

J. Gerbet

A. Marin

Tiago

Toronto have their own issues. Mihailovic and Palacio are out through injury, and Zimmerman is dealing with a card-related absence. As with Orlando's international absentees, some of Toronto's listed unavailability dates from well before the game itself, so it's worth treating as a snapshot rather than a confirmed lineup.

What kind of game this could be

Both defences have been porous lately. Orlando have conceded 36 in their last 20, Toronto 41, and neither side looks tight at the back right now. That, plus Toronto's habit of drawing rather than losing outright at home, points towards an open contest rather than a one-sided one.

Orlando's better recent form and higher league position give them a case as the stronger side on paper, but Toronto's resilience in front of their own fans has kept them competitive even in a mixed campaign.