Full preview: New York City odds-on to defeat Inter Miami at Red Bull Arena, Harrison

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Mon 17.October
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena, Harrison (26765 seats)

A glance at the Major League Soccer table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Get our New York City - Inter Miami preview!

Insights:
  • New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inter Miami have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Major League Soccer

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an energetic match!

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New York City form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 17 Major League Soccer games here at Red Bull Arena, Harrison for New York City. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. New York City has recorded two wins in a row here at Red Bull Arena, Harrison, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

It's back home for New York City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Atlanta United away with the result 2-1. Héber and Pereira found the net in that victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Cushing when Héber scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 45th minute. Midfielder Pereira was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.4 (out of ten) in that game. Pereira scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

Ahead of that match, York won a home game hosting Orlando City (2-1).

New York City can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 37 times. On the other hand, New York City have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Inter Miami form and stats

There's been little loot from Inter Miami's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 17 away games in the Major League Soccer. Inter Miami only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Inter Miami are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Montreal Impact with 1-3 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points. Duke got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, top player of the team. Duke hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 38 total).

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Orlando City.

Take note that 9 of this side's 11 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

The attacking power of Inter when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 17 league matches away. In the opposite end, Inter Miami have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other previously this match year: Inter Miami - York 3-2. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: five - zero - one (New York City wins - draws - Inter Miami wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Inter MiamiG. Higuaín
G. Higuaín
16 goals
New York CityV. Castellanos Giménez
V. Castellanos Giménez
13 goals
Inter MiamiL. Campana Romero
L. Campana Romero
11 goals

New York City missing players

Inter Miami missing players

New York City Inter Miami
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 3 17 34
16 10 3 Won W 0 4 14
7 4 1 Drew D 2 3 6
11 3 0 Lost L 1 10 14
57 37 9 Scored S 3 13 47
41 19 4 Conceded C 5 28 56
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 94% 94%
74% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 59% 76%
50% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 35% 59%
26% 35% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 35% 41%
21% 24% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 21%
47% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 41% 62%
41% 41% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 18%
21% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 41% 26%
 
5.2 6.1 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.8 4
4.9 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.4 5.8
2.4 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.8 2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
14.5 16.9 19.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 10.1 11.4
5.3 6.3 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.5
32% 35% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 21% 31%
 
10.7 9.5 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 18 15.7 14.3
3.7 3.5 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.4 4.6
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Inter Miami have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Inter Miami have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Major League Soccer
  • Inter Miami have the fewest scored goals (13) away in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • New York City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Inter Miami have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Philadelphia Union 34 19 10 5 72 26 17 12 5 0 49 9 17 7 5 5 23 17 46 67
2 Montreal Impact 34 20 5 9 63 50 17 9 3 5 30 21 17 11 2 4 33 29 13 65
3 New York City 34 16 7 11 57 41 17 10 4 3 37 19 17 6 3 8 20 22 16 55
4 New York RB 34 15 8 11 50 41 17 6 5 6 26 22 17 9 3 5 24 19 9 53
5 Cincinnati 34 12 13 9 64 56 17 6 6 5 37 27 17 6 7 4 27 29 8 49
6 Inter Miami 34 14 6 14 47 56 17 10 3 4 34 28 17 4 3 10 13 28 -9 48
7 Orlando City 34 14 6 14 44 53 17 9 0 8 26 28 17 5 6 6 18 25 -9 48
8 Columbus Crew 34 10 16 8 46 41 17 7 6 4 22 15 17 3 10 4 24 26 5 46
9 New England 34 10 12 12 47 50 17 7 6 4 22 16 17 3 6 8 25 34 -3 42
10 Charlotte 34 13 3 18 44 52 17 10 1 6 28 16 17 3 2 12 16 36 -8 42
11 Atlanta United 34 10 10 14 48 54 17 8 5 4 31 24 17 2 5 10 17 30 -6 40
12 Chicago Fire 34 10 9 15 39 48 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 4 4 9 21 31 -9 39
13 Toronto 34 9 7 18 49 66 17 7 3 7 30 29 17 2 4 11 19 37 -17 34
14 DC United 34 7 6 21 36 71 17 4 4 9 22 34 17 3 2 12 14 37 -35 27

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