Inter Miami vs Toronto : Match preview
Inter Miami will take on Canada based MLS side Toronto in Major League Soccer tonight as the race for playoff position is heated up in the tournament. A win is must for Messi’s side to be in the race of playoff after losing all important three points vs Atlanata United in their last match.
Toronto Fc
Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BMO Field, located at Exhibition Place on Toronto’s shoreline west of Downtown Toronto. Toronto FC joined MLS in 2007 as an expansion team and was the first Canadian-based franchise in the league.
Toronto Fc has won MLS Cup (2017) , Supporter’s shield ( 2017) , and Canadian Championship (8 times). Despite all this glorius past achievemnt , the current condition of Toronto Fc in MLS is preety bad. In fact they are the last team in the Eastern Conference , winning just four matches out of 28 matches.
Head to Head
Inter Miami and Toronto fc has played seven matches so far and Inter Miami has won 71% of the matches i.e 5 out of 7 played. In the last five meeting , Toronto managed to win only once against Miami whereas Miami defeated Toronto on four occasions. However , the last time these two clubs faced , Toronto came out victorious with the scoreline of 2:0.
Favourites
With the inclusion of Leo Messi , Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets , Inter Miami has become the best team in the MLS so far. Since Messi debut , Inter Miami went 14 matches unbeaten . The unbeaten streak was broken by Atlanta United last week in the absence of Messi and Jordi Alba. Leo Messi and Jordi Alba are certain to start against Toronto after taking rest against Atlanta. Toronto are the weakest team of the MLS 2023 and Leo Messi and co. should not have any problem on beating Canadian Side in tonight’s match . Inter Miami led by Lionel Messi are the outright favourites to win this match.
Players to watch
Leonardo Campana ( Inter Miami )
With Josef Martinez failing to live up to the expectations , 23 year old Campana has perfectly replaced Martinez as attacking player of Miami. Campana has scored 11 goals and provided three asssits so far this season for Inter Miami. He is in red hot form after scoring five goals in his last three matches for Inter Miami with last two coming in losing cause against Atlanta United .
Lorenzo Insigne ( Toronto Fc )
Lorenzo Insigne is not the new name for world football. Former Napoli superstar has been the main man for Toronto since joining the club from Napoli last season. Insigne has five goals and four assists for Toronto fc this season. Lorenzo Insigne can give some serious challenges to Drake Callendar on Miami’s goal.
