Inter Miami vs San Diego - prediction, team news, lineups

Meeting for the archetypal clip connected the MLS stage, Inter Miami volition invited San Diego to Nu Stadium successful the Sunshine State connected Sunday.

Heading into this contest, the reigning league champions are 2nd successful the Eastern Conference table, pursuing a 2-2 gully astatine location to Nashville SC, portion San Diego are ninth successful the West aft being blown retired 5-0 by the Philadelphia Union the past clip out.

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You tin adhd yet different grant to Lionel Messi’s database of accolades arsenic the Inter Miami skipper helped his squad triumph their 2nd planetary trophy connected Wednesday, capturing the Campeones Cup implicit Cruz Azul (2-0).

That was the 48th trophy successful Messi’s illustrious footballing career, and connected Sunday helium volition purpose to assistance his squad widen their location unbeaten tally successful the regular play to 4 matches.

Domestically, this squad person struggled of late, dropping points successful 7 of their past 8 MLS affairs, but losing lone doubly successful that span.

That slump has them clinging to 2nd spot successful the East with lone 3 points presently separating them from 4th spot successful the conference.

Kily Gonzalez’s men are averaging an awesome 2.4 goals per lucifer truthful far, the astir successful the league, but are besides conceding an mean of 1.8 goals per lucifer successful the regular season.

Miami are undefeated astatine location this play versus Western Conference opposition, blanking the Portland Timbers 2-0 backmost successful May.

As things basal close now, San Diego are holding onto the last playoff spot successful the West, but the borderline for mistake is razor-thin.

Mikey Varas’s broadside tin drawback a three-match losing tally successful this contention connected Sunday, arsenic they are narrowly up of the Los Angeles Galaxy for ninth successful the West connected extremity difference.

With 9 matches remaining, they person already fixed up 42 goals this season, 1 much than they allowed successful their inaugural MLS campaign.

Last season’s enlargement sensations person won a specified 2 roadworthy games successful the contention this twelvemonth aft collecting a league-high 12 distant from location successful 2025.

Discipline has been a large crushed for their regression successful twelvemonth two, arsenic they pb the league regarding reddish cards (eight).

The California nine person ne'er won a regular-season distant crippled successful Florida, with Orlando City beating them 1-0 earlier this month.

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Team News

Due to a enarthrosis strain, Miami volition apt beryllium missing Mateo Silvetti connected Sunday, Santiago Morales is dealing with a quad issue, Micael has a sprained ankle and Tadeo Allende is recovering from a genu injury.

Lionel Messi reached 100 goals for Miami connected Wednesday, netting the victor successful their Campeones Cup triumph, with Casemiro scoring the other, portion the Argentine has goals successful his past 2 competitory affairs.

At San Diego, Gabriel Pirani, Alex Mighten and Marcus Ingvartsen are each questionable this play due to the fact that of little assemblage injuries.

Oscar Verhoeven volition person to beryllium retired with a yellowish paper suspension, portion goalkeeper CJ dos Santos is eligible to instrumentality from his suspension.

Inter Miami imaginable starting lineup:

St. Clair; Fray, Casemiro, Falcon, Reguilon; De Paul, Bright, Segovia; Suarez, Messi, Berterame

San Diego imaginable starting lineup:

Dos Santos; Kumado, Duah, Murphy, Sargeant; Alvarado, Tverskov, Vazquez; Dreyer, Pellegrino, Achouri

We say: Inter Miami 3-0 San Diego

Far excessively often this season, San Diego person been caught retired of position, portion looking consistently unstable defensively, and those shortcomings are a look for catastrophe erstwhile facing Miami.

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