{"id":255926,"date":"2026-05-02T22:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255926\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T22:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:54:13","slug":"inter-miami-vs-orlando-city-lineups-score-predictions-head-to-head-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255926\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami vs Orlando City Lineups, Score, Predictions & Head-to-Head Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inter Miami<\/a> hosts Orlando City<\/a> at the Nu Stadium this weekend as both teams look to improve their standing in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n

Miami currently holds second place in the table but is searching for its first league victory at its new home after three consecutive draws there.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile Orlando City is struggling near the bottom of the conference and has conceded a league-high 29 goals so far this MLS<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

Inter Miami vs Orlando City\u00a0Expected Lineups<\/p>\n

Inter Miami is dealing with several key absences. Sergio Reguilon<\/a>, David Ayala<\/a>, and Mateo Silvetti<\/a> are all unavailable for selection due to injuries.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Freire and Facundo Farias also remain out of action as they continue their recovery from long-term ACL injuries.<\/p>\n

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These absences will force some adjustments in the defensive and midfield rotations for the home side.<\/p>\n

\"<aRodrigo De Paul<\/a> #7 of Inter Miami CF celebrates with teammate Lionel Messi<\/a> #10 after scoring the team’s first goal during the MLS match between Real Salt Lake<\/a> and Inter Miami CF.Photo by Chris Gardner&sol;Getty Images<\/p>\n

Orlando City also has a significant list of players missing for this fixture. Forward Duncan McGuire<\/a> is out, along with Joran Gerbet<\/a> and Ivan Angulo.<\/p>\n

The team is also missing Pedro Gallese<\/a>, Wilder Cartagena<\/a>, and Facundo Torres<\/a>, which leaves the squad thin in both the goalkeeping and attacking departments.<\/p>\n

Inter Miami:<\/p>\n

Defenders: Micael<\/a>, Falcon, Fray<\/p>\n

Midfielders: Allende, Morales, De Paul, Mura, Messi<\/a>, Segovia<\/p>\n

Orlando City:<\/p>\n

Defenders: Dorsey, Teodoro, Jansson, Marin<\/p>\n

Midfielders: Cartagena, B. Ojeda; Otavio, Spicer<\/p>\n

Inter Miami vs Orlando City Head-to-Head Stats<\/p>\n

Head-to-Head Stats The rivalry between these two Florida clubs is closely contested. In 19 total meetings, Orlando City has a slight edge with 8 wins compared to 7 for Inter Miami, while 4 matches ended in a draw. However, Miami has performed better recently, winning the last two encounters by a combined score of 7-3.<\/p>\n

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Inter Miami vs Orlando City Prediction<\/p>\n

Most experts expect a high-scoring game due to Miami\u2019s attacking threat and Orlando\u2019s recent defensive issues.<\/p>\n

We predict a 3-0 win for Inter Miami, considering Messi\u2019s strong historical record against Orlando.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 2, 2026, where it first appeared in the Soccer<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Miami hosts Orlando City at the Nu Stadium this weekend as both teams look to improve their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[56987,4791,32011,10073,8983,1660,26607,78437,139,4786,141,140,7707,14243,27823,67060,99476,9648],"class_list":["post-255926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-david-ayala","tag-duncan-mcguire","tag-facundo-torres","tag-inter-miami","tag-joran-gerbet","tag-lionel-messi","tag-mateo-silvetti","tag-micael","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-pedro-gallese","tag-real-salt-lake","tag-rodrigo-de-paul","tag-sergio-reguilon","tag-suarez","tag-wilder-cartagena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}