Inter Miami will face New York City FC in Saturdayโs forthcoming MLS clash.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Inter Miami v New York City FC are shown below including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
Inter Miami
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Inter Miami will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 4-0 MLS loss in their previous game against New York Red Bulls.
In that match, Inter Miami managed 69% possession and 7 shots on goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, New York Red Bulls got 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. Lewis Morgan (3', 51', 70') and Wikelman Carmona (66') scored for New York Red Bulls.
Three or more goals per game were seen in 6 of the past 6 fixtures where Inter Miami have participated. Opposition teams scored 11 of them in this period whereas Inter Miami totted up 15.
New York City FC
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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of FC Cincinatti in MLS competition, New York City FC and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that game, New York City FC had 54% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. FC Cincinnati got 10 shots on goal with 6 on target. Luciano Acosta (57') was the scorer for FC Cincinatti.
The numbers tell their own story, and New York City FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals overall. Defensively, New York City FC certainly have room for improvement. Letโs see if that trend will end up being sustained here.
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Head to head
A look at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 30/10/2021 shows that Inter Miami have won 1 of these and New York City FC 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.
A total of 17 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for The Herons and 12 for The Pigeons. Thatโs an average goals per game of 2.83.
The last league match featuring the two was MLS match day 45 on 30/09/2023 when it ended Inter Miami 1-1 New York City FC.
That day, Inter Miami managed 65% possession and 12 shots at goal with 1 on target. The scorer was Tomรกs Avilรฉs (95').
At the other end, New York City FC got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Santiago Rodrรญguez (77') scored.
The match was refereed by Victor Rivas.
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Team News: Inter Miami
Benja Cremaschi (Pubalgia), Nicolรกs Freire (Muscle injury), Ian Fray (Cruciate ligament tear), Robbie Robinson (Calf injury), Lionel Messi (muscular problems) and Facundo Farรญas (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Inter Miami gaffer Gerardo Martino.
We think that The Herons will probably use the 3-5-2 formation for this one, handing starts to Drake Callender, Noah Allen, Tomas Aviles, Sergiy Kryvtsov, David Ruiz, Lawson Sunderland, Sergio Busquets, Julian Gressel, Jordi Alba, Luis Suarez and Robert Taylor.
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Team News: New York City FC
New York City FC manager Nick Cushing has to currently contend with reduced team options. Talles Magno (Knee injury) and Maxi Moralez (Cruciate ligament tear) canโt be considered.
Weโre of the thinking that The Pigeons seem likely to elect for a 3-4-3 lineup, going with Matt Freese, S. Tanasijevic, Thiago Martins, Birk Risa, Andres Jasson, Andrรฉs Perea, James Sands, Kevin OToole, Juliรกn Fernรกndez, Santiago Rodrรญguez and Hannes Wolf.
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Prediction
It looks to us that Inter Miami will more than likely get the win and a possible clean sheet against New York City FC, who wonโt find it easy to find the back of the net.
Weโre therefore expecting to see a 2-0 margin for Inter Miami at the conclusion of the game.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
17:00 28/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Inter Miami
Formed: 2018
Stadium: Chase Stadium (21,550)
Captain: Lionel Messi
Chairman: David Beckham
Manager: Gerardo Martino
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Eastern Conference), CONCACAF Champions League (Quarter-finals)