This will be the first meeting between Austin FC and Orlando City. Orlando won its first match in Texas, 1-0 at Houston in 2015, but is winless in five visits since (D1 L4).
Following its 2-1 victory over Los Angeles Football Club, Austin FC has now scored 25 goals this season, which leads MLS in 2022. Through its first 12 games last season, the team had scored just 10 goals, having been shut out seven times.
Orlando City has won four of its last six matches, including a 1-0 victory at Toronto on Saturday. The victory in Toronto was Orlando’s third in its last five road games (D1 L1) after winning only two of its previous 14 away from home (D5 L7, including playoffs).
With his assist on Wednesday, Sebastián Driussi now has 11 goal contributions this season (7 goals, 4 assists) while teammate Diego Fagúndez’s goal gives him nine goal contributions (2 goals, 7 assists) in 2022. No other pair of teammates has nine or more goal contributions this season.
Kyle Smith scored the stoppage time winner for Orlando City against Toronto on Saturday, making him the fourth different defender to score a goal for Orlando in 2022 (João Moutinho, Ruan, Rodrigo Schlegel). Only CF Montréal (5) has had more different defenders find the scoresheet in 2022.
