Inter Miami vs FC Dallas Prediction: Expect a cagey affair

After a horrible few weeks that has seen Inter Miami end up with 4 straight defeats, Inter Miami welcome FC Dallas to the Inter Miami CF Stadium for the 7th fixture of the MLS campaign. Inter Miami will be asking a lot of questions on what went wrong after their famous 2 wins in the first 2 matches of the season? Since then, they have lost all 4 matches in the league. Dallas are not doing excellent themselves but their record is not as horrible as the hosts here. Dallas has also failed to win in their last 2 games and will be looking for motivation to get back to winning ways against a poorer side.

Inter Miami are facing a tough period at the moment, after suffering 4 straight defeats despite opening the season with 2 wins against Montreal and Philadelphia. In all 6 matches played, they had 2 wins and 4 losses. In their last match against FC Cincinnati, they failed to equalise after Yerson Mosquera put FC Cincinnati ahead late in the first half. But according to statistics, Inter Miami were the better team on the pitch, having 62% possession, 3 shots on target and 4 corner kicks.

Inter Miami are currently in 10th place on the eastern conference table, with 6 points from 6 matches played and a goal ratio of 6:7

Team Streaks: losses (4), without a clean sheet (4), less than 2.5 goals (5/6), first to concede (4/5), less than 4.5 cards (8/10), less than 10.5 corners (5/6).

FC Dallas are not doing excellently, but they are better than inter miami currently. Their latest statistics show they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches this season. Their latest match ended in a 1-1 draw with Portland Timbers. Facundo Quignon scored first to put FC Dallas ahead in the 74th minute, but they lost the lead in the 91st minute through Franck Boli’s equaliser. FC Dallas were the better team in that game, as they had more possession (59%), more shots on target (6) and more corner kicks (11) at the end of regular time.

FC Dallas are in 6th place in the western conference table, with 8 points taken from 6 matches played and a goal ratio of 8:7. Dallas have 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses so far this season.

Team Streaks: without a clean sheet (7), both teams scoring (5/5), first to concede (5/7), less than 4.5 cards (8/10).

FC Dallas and Inter Miami have played only 2 games against each other and FC Dallas won 1 and the other ended in a draw. Both matches ended with both teams scoring and less than 3.5 goals in total.

• Inter Miami (4-2-3-1): Drake Callender, DeAndre Yedlin, Serhiy Kryvstov, Christopher McVey, Franco Negri, Jean Mota, Bryce Duke, Nicolas Stefanelli, Rodolfo Pizarro, Robert Taylor, Josef Martinez.
• FC Dallas (4-3-3): Martin Paes, Geovane, Sebastian Ibeagha, Nkosi Tafari, Marco Farfan, Sebastian Lletget, Edwin Cerillo, Paxton Pomykal, Paul Arriola, Jesus Ferreira, Alan Valesco

Inter Miami will be working hard to sort themselves out. The current team is capable of playing decent football and they are aware of that. FC Dallas are coming in with better form and better record, but they might not find things easy this time around. Both teams can boast of a free scoring style of football and I think that is a huge reason why I expect a cagey game between them.

• Bet on Under 3.5 Goals at 1.62 Odds
• Bet on 1st Half Under 1.5 Goal at 1.65 Odds
• Bet on Under 2.5 Goals at 1.90 Odds

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