Orlando City SC and Inter Miami meet for the 2021 MLS Regular season on August 27 at the Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Both teams are eager to prove who is the best one in the sunshine state, so the match promises a lot of excitement.
Orlando City are currently in second place in the Eastern Conference, after signing their third win in their last four MLS fixtures. While they are far from New England Revolution, 15 points behind to be exact, they are two points clear of Philadelphia Union.
On the other side, Inter Miami have shown a better side of what they were demonstrating in the season, with two wins in a row against Chicago Fire and Toronto. Now, they will try to win Orlando for the first time as visitors.
Orlando City’s probable lineup
Oscar Pareja wants to keep adding points and remain unbeaten against Inter Miami at home. However, several regular players are still recovering from injuries like Sebastian Mendez, Alexandre Pato, Uri Rosell, Pedro Gallese and Mauricio Pereyra.
Benji Michel scored his fourth goal of the year last week and is currently second in team scoring. On the other hand, goalkeeper Mason Stajduhar recorded the first clean sheet of his MLS career. Here, this could be Orlando City’s lineup: Stajduhar; Ruan, Carlos, Jansson, Moutinho; Aguilera, DeZart, Urso, Michel; Akindele, Nani.
Inter Miami’s projected lineup
Attacking midfielder Rodolfo Pizarro has been the best player of Inter Miami in recent games. Since returning from Gold Cup duty at the beginning of August, Pizarro has three goals and an assist. Also, young forwards Robbie Robinson and Indiana Vassilev, both have scored twice over Miami’s past four games.
On the other hand, Ian Fray, Joevin Jones, Ventura Alvarado and Ryan Shawcross were all absent from their match last week due injuries. So, here's a possible lineup of Inter Miami against Orlando: McCarthy; Pirez, Figal, Makoun, Gibbs; Morgan, Chapman, Matuidi, Pizarro; G. Higuain, Robinson.
