This will be the eighth meeting between MLS’s two Florida teams, Orlando City, and Inter Miami, with the Lions holding a slight edge (W3 D2 L2). The last two meetings have both ended in draws, including a 0-0 in the last contest, the first time either team kept a clean sheet against the other.
Orlando City suffered a 5-3 loss to D.C. United on Monday, the Lions fifth home defeat of the season after losing three regular season home games over the previous two seasons combined. The five goals Orlando allowed equaled the most they’ve conceded in a home MLS match (5 vs. Chicago in October 2019).
Inter Miami has lost only one of its last seven matches (W3 D3) following a 1-1 draw in Dallas on Monday. The draw was just the fourth time Miami has avoided defeat in its last 14 away matches (W2 D2 L10) and ended a four-match scoreless run away from home.
D.C. United’s Taxi Fountas scored three of D.C. United’s five goals in Orlando on Monday, making him just the second visiting player to score a hat-trick against Orlando City in MLS play after Clint Dempsey did so for Seattle in August 2016.
Leonardo Campana came off the bench to score the equalizing goal against Dallas on Monday. It was the fourth straight Miami goal from substitutes as five of the Herons’ last six MLS goals have come from substitutes.
