New York Red Bulls (4-1-5, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Inter Miami CF (6-2-3, first in the Eastern Conference)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Inter Miami CF -125, New York +298, Draw +275; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Lionel Messi leads Inter Miami into a matchup with the New York Red Bulls following a two-goal outing against the New England Revolution.
Miami is 3-2-1 against Eastern Conference opponents. Miami is ninth in the Eastern Conference allowing just 15 goals.
The Red Bulls are 2-1-2 against Eastern Conference opponents. The Red Bulls rank ninth in the Eastern Conference drawing 44 corner kicks, averaging 4.4 per game.
The teams match up Saturday for the second time this season. The Red Bulls won the last meeting 4-0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Messi has scored eight goals and added four assists for Miami. Julian Gressel has three assists over the last 10 games.
Lewis Morgan has seven goals for the Red Bulls. Emil Forsberg has scored two goals over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Miami: 5-2-3, averaging 2.3 goals, 4.9 shots on goal and 3.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.5 goals per game.
Red Bulls: 4-1-5, averaging 1.4 goals, 4.5 shots on goal and 4.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.0 goal per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Miami: Federico Redondo Solari (injured), Ian Fray (injured), Facundo Farias (injured), Leonardo Campana (injured), Robbie Robinson (injured), Sergey Krivtsov (injured).
Red Bulls: Roald Mitchell (injured), Ronald Donkor (injured), Serge Ngoma (injured), Peter Stroud (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
