Inter Miami looks for 20th win of season, plays New York City FC

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New York City FC (17-12-5, fifth in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. Inter Miami CF (19-7-8, second in the Conference during the regular season)

Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Inter Miami CF -200, NYCFC +443; over/under is 3.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Inter Miami looks for its 20th win of the season when it hosts New York City FC.

Miami is 15-5-7 in Eastern Conference games. Miami is 10th in the Eastern Conference allowing 54 goals.

NYCFC is 18-9-3 in conference matchups. NYCFC is 8-1-0 when it scores three or more goals.

The matchup Saturday is the second meeting this season between the two teams. Miami won the last game 4-0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lionel Messi has 35 goals and 20 assists for Miami. Tadeo Allende has scored eight goals over the last 10 games.

Adrian Alonso Martinez Batista has 19 goals and two assists for NYCFC. Nicolas Ezequiel Fernandez Mercau has scored four goals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Miami: 7-2-1, averaging 3.3 goals, 7.2 shots on goal and 3.6 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.2 goals per game.

NYCFC: 6-3-1, averaging 1.4 goals, 5.1 shots on goal and 5.0 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.2 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Miami: None listed.

NYCFC: Nico Cavallo (injured), Malachi Jones (injured), Keaton Parks (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.