Inter Miami vs Orlando City: How to Watch, Betting Odds & Prediction

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Written by: Bradley Walker

Lionel Messi's Inter Miami collide with Orlando City in an anticipated Florida derby on Saturday evening. Miami have taken four points from the opening two games of the MLS Regular Season. Orlando, having played a game less, have a point to their name after the opening round of fixtures.

How to Watch Inter Miami vs Orlando City in the UK:

UK viewers can watch the match via the MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. Kick-off is set for 9:30pm UK time.

Recent Form:

Inter Miami sit top of the MLS Eastern Conference after two games. The opening game saw Miami secure a 2-0 home win over Real Salt Lake after goals from Robert Taylor and Diego Gomez.

Messi salvaged a point for the Florida site away at LA Galaxy four days later. Dejan Joveljic initially opened the scoring for the home side with 15 minutes remaining before the Argentinian netted his first MLS goal of the 2024 Regular Season.

Orlando meanwhile drew a 0-0 stalemate at home to Montreal Impact in their opening game. The Lions also progressed to the second round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup with a 3-1 home victory over Canadian side Cavalry. The win saw them prevail 6-1 on aggregate.

Team News:

Miami's Franco Negri (left-back), Ian Fray (centre-back) and Facundo Farias (attacking midfielder) are all out with cruciate ligament tears. Central midfielder Benja Cremaschi is also out with a hernia, while forward Robbie Robinson will be absent with a knee injury.

Orlando have no reported players unavailable at the time of writing.

Betting Odds:

Miami enter the bout as firm favourites, coming in at 4/5 with QuinnBET with an implied probability of 55.56%. UniBET offer Orlando at 18/5 to get off their mark with their first victory in the 2024 season.

The draw stands at 3/1 with PaddyPower (an implied probability of 25%).

Both Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez made habit of terrorising European defences during their time at Barcelona. Bet365 offer 8/1 for both to score in a Miami win on Saturday.

Prediction:

OddsNow back Messi and co. to continue their solid start with a comfortable victory at the Chase Stadium on Saturday evening with a shining performance from their star man.