Inter Miami CF vs. Orlando City SC 10/24/20 - MLS Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 10/21/2020 at 7:33 PM ET

On Saturday, Inter Miami CF hosts Orlando City SC in an MLS Eastern Conference fixture. Through 19 matches in its inaugural season, Inter Miami is in 12th place in the conference at 5-3-11 on 18 points with a -10 goal difference. Miami is coming off a 2-1 loss to the Montreal Impact last Saturday. Montreal opened the scoring early in the sixth minute while Brek Shea scored an equalizer in the 33rd minute for Inter Miami but Montreal scored late to take all three points.

Inter Miami has two wins, one draw and two losses in its last five fixtures. Over that span, Miami has scored seven goals and allowed seven. Miami's backline and goalkeeper have one clean sheet in the last five matches played. The leading goal scorer for Miami is Lewis Morgan with five, while Brek Shea has scored four. Morgan is also the leader in assists with six and Rodolfo Pizarro has five.

Orlando City is in fourth place in the conference at 8-8-2 on 32 points with a +12 goal difference. Orlando is coming off a hard-fought 1-1 draw on the road against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. Nani scored the opening goals of the match for Orlando City in the 56th minute with a penalty shot but New York was able to score an equalizer in stoppage time in the 95th minute leaving Orlando to share the spoils.

Orlando has one win and four draws in it's last five matches in the MLS. Over that span, Orlando has scored five goals and allowed three. Orlando City SC has been held scoreless in two of the last five matches and it's defense has clean sheets in two of the last five. The leading goal scorer for Orlando is Chris Mueller with eight and Mueller also is the leader in assists with six. Nani is second in scoring with five and second in assists with five.

With this being the first season in the MLS for Inter Miami, these two clubs have only played three times and over that span Orlando City has won twice and Miami has won once. In the last meeting on September 12th, Orlando City defeated Inter Miami 2-1 but that was played in Orlando and this match will be played in Fort Lauderdale on Miami's home pitch. Miami has added players during the season including former Juventus star and Argentine international Gonzalo Higuain and will defeat Orlando City to even its season series at 2-2. Final Score Prediction, Inter Miami CF wins 2-1

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