Nashville SC vs Inter Miami CF Prediction & Betting Tips - Leagues Cup

Prediction published on 19/08/2023, 12:30  by Devesh Jaganath | Modified on 19/08/2023 at 13:00 in Football Predictions

Nashville SC and Inter Miami will contest the Leagues Cup final at GEODIS Park on Sunday. The hosts come into this match after overcoming Mexican outfit Monterrey in the last round. Nashville finished second in Group G, which also included Toluca and Colorado Rapids. They began the group stages with a 2-1 win over the Rapids with goals by the MLS top scorer Hany Mukhtar and Jacob Shaffelburg. The second match was a seven-goal feast, though they lost the match 4-3 to Toluca. In the knockout stages, Nashville beat Eastern Conference league leaders Cincinnati and America on penalties before overpowering Minnesota 5-0 in the quarter-final. They came into this competition off the back of a poor run of league form, which included three losses in their last four matches and five in their last six. While the hosts did lose the last encounter against this opponent, they are unbeaten in their last two at this venue, winning one and drawing the other. They are also 20 points ahead of Inter Miami in the league standings. However, with their opponents looking incredible with their new recruits, Nashville are the outsiders here, according to the bookmakers. 

Meanwhile, Inter Miami have looked like a different team in this competition compared to their league form. With Lionel Messi now fully integrated into the side, the visitors are undoubtedly one of the most dangerous teams in the MLS and are expected to have a very strong finish to the league season. Up to this point, Inter Miami have been the worst side in the MLS, currently rooted to the bottom of the Eastern Conference with just 18 points in their 22 matches. In this competition, though, they topped Group J with a perfect record, beating Cruz Azul and Atlanta United. They followed up with a 3-1 win over Orlando City before their only draw of the competition against Dallas, which they went on to win on penalties. Further wins over Charlotte and Philadelphia followed up to this stage. Incredibly, they have scored three or more goals in five of their six games in this competition to date, with Messi leading the standings with nine goals in six matches. They did win the US Open Cup encounter against this opponent back in May and are the 2/1 favourites to do likewise in this one.