DC United vs Inter Miami CF Prediction: Lionel Messi is back!

DC United takes on Inter Miami in the 4th round of Major League Soccer. This encounter will take place at DC United’s home ground Audi Field. DC United are 6th on the Eastern Conference table with 5 points while Inter Miami are 1st with 7 points.

DC United

DC United are taking on Inter Miami for the first time this season. There's always a lot of attention whenever Inter Miami plays in the MLS because of the caliber of players in the team. For DC United, they are determined to prove themselves and they can do that by beating the likes of Inter Miami.

DC United have 1 win and 2 draws in their opening 3 games. And in their most recent game they played a goalless draw with FC Cincinnati.

DC United’s performance against FC Cincinnati was not as they would have wanted. But FC Cincinnati are a very strong team, playing at home, so a draw seems like a fair result. According to the stats, DC United took 42% possession, 4 shots on target and 9 corner kicks. However they created 0 big chances and 0 counter attacks throughout the game.

DC United’s manager Troy Lesesne will be eager to make changes ahead of the game against Inter Miami. The team cannot afford to drop more points after back-to-back draws. He deployed the 4-3-3 formation against FC Cincinnati and he's most likely going to retain the same formation. There's still some questions being asked about DC United striker Christian Benteke. He was benched in the Portland Timbers game and was not included on the team sheet against FC Cincinnati.

Inter Miami

Inter Miami CF lost their first league game in quite a disappointing manner. That defeat was against CF Montreal last week and they lost by 3 goals to 2. Inter Miami now have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their first 4 games of the season.

Inter Miami’s defeat to CF Montreal raised a lot of questions about the team without super star Lionel Messi. After they conceded the opening goal in the 13th minute, they failed to equalize until the 71st minute through Leonardo Campana. And then they conceded 2 extra goals in the 75th and 78th minute, before Jordi Alba scored their second goal in the 80th minute. The game ended after that and they were defeated.

Inter Miami coach Gerardo Martino will feel disappointed after the last result. The team had pretty good stats during the game but they were unlucky to lose the game at the end. He hopes to receive Argentine Superstar Lionel Messi back to the lineup for the game against DC United. He had been the backbone of the team since the beginning of the season and his impact was a huge miss in the defeat against CF Montreal.

Head to Head

According to the h2h, in all 7 meetings between DC United and Inter Miami, DC United won 5 matches and Inter Miami won 1 match and they drew 2 matches.

Analysis and Predictions

DC United and Inter Miami will be a massive game no doubt. DC United are playing much better than they were last season and they would surely be making serious headlines this season. And it would be a mistake to rule them out of this clash despite the quality of the opponent. And for Inter Miami, their quality and threat is no longer a secret especially with the likes of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez on the pitch.

From the h2h analysis, DC United are without a clean sheet in the last 4 meetings, and Inter Miami in the last 8 meetings. In 4 of the last 5 meetings, there were more than 2.5 goals scored and both teams scored in those 4 games. DC United also scored first in 5 of the last 7 meetings and 6 of the last 7 meetings ended with less than 10.5 corners.

• (3 Way Total) Over 2 Goals at 1.61 Odds
• (3 Way Total) Over 2 Goals at 1.61 Odds
• Lionel Messi to Score Anytime at 2.25 Odds