New York City FC and Inter Miami will return to the fold this week when lock horns at Yankee Stadium in the MLS Cup playoffs. Kickoffs schedules for October 18 at 02:00 EAT.
The hosts come into this encounter having won four consecutive matches in all competitions and with a third place finish in the MLS regular season, The Pigeons won 10 home fixtures this year, second only to the Philadelphia Union in the Eastern Conference with two of those victories taking place at Queens.
New York City FC will want another win following 1-2 MLS win to beat Atlanta United in their most recent fixture. In that game, New York City FC had 45% possession, 15 shots with four of them on target and a goal scored by Gabriel Pereira (9′) and Héber (60′). Atlanta United got 12 shots with four of them on target and a goal by Andrew Gutman (67′).
On the other side, a campaign that seemed to be going otherwise for Inter Miami turned dramatically as September rolled around. Coming into this game, the Herons won four of their final six encounters in 2022, while many of their matches came down to the wire. The visitors enters this meeting on a two-game winning streak on the road, however none of their four away victories this year came against playoff teams.
Inter Miami will be aiming to make amends here following 1-3 MLS losing efforts to Montreal Impact in their last encounter. In that game, Inter Miami managed 39% possession 12 shots with three of them on target. Montreal Impact got 10 shots with six of them on target and goals by Djordje Mihailovic (5′), Lassi Lappalainen (8′), Kei Kamara (36′) and Joel Waterman (85′ OG)
New York City FC vs. Inter Miami head to head
New York City FC has the upper hand in the head to head history of this match having won five times from the six meetings since 2020; Inter Miami won in the other one match.
- Miami 3-2 New York City 14/08/22
- New York City 2-0 Miami 24/07/22
- Miami 1-3 New York City 30/10/21
- New York City 2-0 Miami 15/08/21
- Miami 2-3 New York City 04/10/20
Home
- Atlanta 1-2 New York City
- New York City 2-1 Orlando
- New York City 2-0 New York
- New York City 2-0 Atlas
- Charlotte 1-0 New York City
Away
- Miami 1-3 Montreal
- Miami 4-1 Orlando
- Toronto 0-1 Miami
- DC United 2-3 Miami
- Miami 2-1 Columbus
New York City FC team news
Alfredo Morales,Tayvon Gray and Talles Magno will be unavailable for this match through injuries.
Inter Miami team news
Corentin Jean, Ian Fray, Leonardo Campana and Robbie Robinson are dealing with injuries and will be unavailable for Phil Neville’s selection for this game.
Prediction and odds
- New York City FC Win
- Goals under 2.5
- Both teams to score (No)
