Orlando City have made a positive start to the season, avoiding defeat in 12 of their 14 MLS games so far. They’ve scored 27 goals across these games making them the joint-best attacking side in the Eastern Conference alongside current league leaders Philadelphia.

This scoring power should give them an edge in this clash, Portland have won as many games as Orlando across the opening 14 games of the season leaving them 4th in the Western Conference. However, the away side have conceded 20 goals across these games with exactly 10 coming on their travels. Only San Jose (23), Dallas (22), Sporting KC (24) and LA Galaxy (33) have conceded more goals than Portland in the Western Conference this season. 

Orlando enter this contest on a run of 12 games unbeaten which indicates that they can be quite a tough team to shift, Portland’s weakness at the back should be exposed by the joint-best attack in the Eastern Conference to get Orlando all three points here.

These sides are separated by eight points in the Eastern Conference but share a recent consistency in that both sides have seen BTTS in each of their last five games. Charlotte have lost four of these games while Columbus will have been hoping for a slighter better return themselves having drawn each of their last three games.

The last two meetings between the sides, the last as recently as 4th May, have seen BTTS. The most recent meeting produced six goals as Columbus Crew ran out 4-2 winners. Columbus have seen 36 goals across their 14 MLS games this season (2.57 per game) while Charlotte have seen 42 goals across the same period (3.0 per game).

This is a really important game at the top of the Eastern Conference. Inter Miami topped the division last season but have struggled in recent weeks, falling to 6th in the table, seven points adrift of the league leaders who they face here with the home side having a real opportunity to increase their lead at the top of the league to 10 points after 15 games.

Philadelphia have seen BTTS in four of their last five games with the exception coming in their 1-0 win over Atlanta last time out. They’ve been very impressive over the 14 games, winning nine of them and scoring 27 goals in the process. Inter Miami have also seen BTTS in four of their last five matches with their exception also coming in the most recent match against Orlando in which they were beaten 3-0. 

The last five head-to-heads have seen BTTS, a run that stretches back to 2023. The sides have already met this season back in March, Inter Miami ran out 2-1 winners on that occasion and both sides should get chances here again.

Vancouver Whitecaps have been the pace-setters in the Western Conference, winning eight of their 13 games to sit top of the pile having only lost once so far this season. Their away record is just as impressive with the Whitecaps undefeated across their six trips away from Canada this season, scoring eight goals in the process and conceding just two. 

Real Salt Lake have failed to win any of their last four games, losing two of those - one of them was against the Vancouver Whitecaps. The away side come into this game undefeated in their last five games, winning three of those outings. They can punish a Real Salt Lake who don’t tend to score many goals, having scored just five across their six home games so far.