D.C. United beat Orlando City, 5-3, on July 4, equaling the highest scoring match in Orlando’s MLS history (3-5 at NYCFC in 2015). D.C. has won four of its six home matches against Orlando, though the Lions won their last visit to Audi Field, a 1-0 win in May 2021.
D.C. United’s 2-1 loss to Montreal on Saturday was its seventh defeat in its last 10 MLS matches (W1 D2), with the lone win in that time a victory at Orlando. D.C. has conceded multiple goals in each of its last six matches (19 total), having only one longer such run in the club’s history (8 straight in 2000).
Orlando City has lost only one of its last six away matches (W1 D4), including drawing the last two. The Lions have lost only two road matches this season, tied with the Union and Crew for fewest in MLS.
Taxi Fountas scored a hat-trick in D.C.’s 5-3 win over Orlando City on July 4, including scoring in the fifth and eighth minutes of the match. Fountas became the first D.C. United player to score twice within the first 10 minutes of a match in the club’s MLS history.
Orlando City managed just one shot on target in its loss to the Union on Saturday, the third time in its last four games that it’s been held to just one shot on frame. The Lions have hit fewer than two shots on target a league-high six times this season while D.C. has done so four times, tied for third-most in MLS.
