Seattle Sounders vs Orlando City Predictions

Seattle Sounders head into Thursday’s match at home to Orlando City as the bookmaker’s favourites to claim all three points. The hosts have had a good start to the season and sit third in the Western Conference table on twenty-two points from their opening eleven matches, while their guests have played the same amount of games are struggling in the bottom three of the Eastern Conference with ten fewer points on the board.

A solitary fifth minute strike from Roldan proved enough for Seattle Sounders to claim a 1-0 win at home to Houston Dynamos at the weekend, but the hosts were lucky to pick up all three points. Both teams struggled in front of goal and saw the majority of their shots go off target, which made for a tough ninety minutes to watch, and really the full time result would have been fairer if the game had ended goalless. Orlando City were outplayed for the majority of the ninety minutes away at Atlanta United, where a debut goal for Gonzalo Maritnez won the game for the hosts. Orlando City had two good chances to pinch a point late on, but the visitors didn’t really deserve anything from the match and could have lost by more.

The limited head to head record and the performances of both teams heading into Thursday’s match suggests Seattle Sounders will win and both teams will score. Seattle Sounders have won three of their four matches against Orlando City, and the last three meetings between the pair have seen both teams score. Both teams have also scored in five of Seattle Sounders’ and three of Orlando City’s last six matches, but the visitors have lost three of their last five in the MLS and their hosts have only lost one of their last five. Seattle Sounders are the form favourites, have the home advantage, have outperformed their guests so far this season, and we are expecting that to show on Thursday as the hosts claim a comfortable 3-1 win.

Morris top scores for Seattle Sounders with four league goals this season, while Nani, who is an injury doubt for the visitors, has netted five times in his debut season with Orlando City. We’re confident that Seattle Sounders will win and that both teams will score on Thursday, and have predicted a final scoreline of 3-1. The hosts are yet to lose to Orlando City, but the last three encounters between the pair have seen both team score. Neither side has kept many clean sheets of late and we don’t expect to see either achieve one of Thursday.