We believe that Red Bull's impressive pre-season run will extend into the MLS season with a narrow win away against Orlando.
We think that this will be a close match-up and that the away side will be tested defensively in this engagement, but will score the necessary goals to edge the contest.
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Orlando City win with a probability of 43.88%. A win for New York Red Bulls had a probability of 30.03% and a draw had a probability of 26.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Orlando City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.96%) and 2-0 (7.81%). The likeliest New York Red Bulls win was 0-1 (8.59%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.41%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Orlando City in this match.
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