Orlando v Inter Miami Thursday at 01.30 CET

Huge Miami state derby in MLS as Inter make the short journey over to Orlando to the City Stadium

Orlando are 11th in Western Conference with 12 points from 11 games.  Overall form is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Home form is 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Recent form of 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. Inter Miami are top of the conference with 27 points from 13 games. Overall they have 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. Away form is 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Recent all competition form is 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses but they have won the last five!

Team news: Home side have doubts over Ramiro Enrique, Tahir Reid-Brown and Rafael Santos. Lionel Messi is a major doubt here and his inclusion or not will have a huge shift in the match odds (Orlando have shortened considerably so looks like he is out) They have doubts too over Jordi Alba, Diego Gomez and Shanyder Borgelin. Tomas Aviles is available though.

Head-to-head statistics: 20 games – 6 wins Orlando, 3 draws and 5 wins Inter Miami.

Betting selection – Messi is a doubt but hasn’t been confirmed missing as yet. Inter and Orlando have goals in them and not too great at defending. Inter have 27 goals for and against in last 5 MLS games (5.4 goal average) while Orlando have 19 in last 5 games (3.8 goal average) take Over 3 goals asian at 1.83 5-6 with bet365. Stake returned if exactly three goals.