FORT LAUDERDALE. Inter Miami bested Nashville SC 3-1 thanks to L. Messi   who scored in the 11th and 81st minute. It was Nashville SC to score first with a goal from Franco Negri. However, later Inter Miami found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with Lionel Messi   (11′), Sergio Busquets (39′) and Lionel Messi   (81′).

The match was played at the DRV PNK Stadium stadium in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Ismail Elfath with the help of Corey Parker and Kyle Atkins. The 4th official was Elvis Osmanovic. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 28.35 degrees Celsius or 83.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Inter Miami was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Nashville SC that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nashville SC was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Inter Miami managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Inter Miami shot 10 times, 7 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nashville SC shot 13 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Inter Miami received 2 yellow cards (Marcelo Weigandt and David Ruíz). Regarding the opposition, Nashville SC received 1 yellow card (Lukas MacNaughton).

Standings

After this contest, Inter Miami has 18 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Nashville SC will stays with 7 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

Inter Miami – Formation

Inter Miami started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Gerardo Daniel Martino decided to play with the following team: Drake Callender (6.7), Marcelo Weigandt (6.8), Tomás Avilés (7.1), Nicolás Freire  (6.4), Franco Negri (6.4), Julian Gressel (6.4), Sergio Busquets (7.5), David Ruíz (6.3), Lionel Messi   (9.1), Luis Suárez (7.1) and D. Gómez (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: CJ dos Santos, R. Sailor, Benja Cremaschi , Noah Allen, Y. Bright, L. Sunderland, S. Borgelin and Leonardo Afonso (6.4).

Inter Miami could not rely on the presence of Leonardo Afonso (injured).

Substitutions

Inter Miami made 3 changes: D. Gómez for Leonardo Afonso (41′), Julian Gressel for Amar Sejdic (74′) and Luis Suárez for Randall Leal (88′).

Player of the match: Lionel Messi  ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Inter Miami was Lionel Messi  .

His rating is 9.1 with 2 goals, 37 passes (94% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Nashville SC – Formation

Nashville SC started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Gary Smith played with: Elliot Panicco (6.4), Josh Bauer (7.0), Lukas MacNaughton (7.0), Daniel Lovitz (6.4), Alex Muyl (6.8), Dru Yearwood (6.4), Aníbal Godoy  (6.8), Sean Davis (6.6), Jacob Shaffelburg (6.7), H. Mukhtar (7.3) and Sam Surridge (6.1).

They had on the bench: Joe Willis, Amar Sejdic, Randall Leal, Teal Bunbury, Taylor Washington, Tah Anunga, Brent Kallman and Jack Maher.

Nashville SC could not rely on the presence of Jack Maher (injured).

Substitutions

Nashville SC made 5 changes: Lukas MacNaughton for Jack Maher (51′), Elliot Panicco for Joe Willis (46′), Sean Davis for Y. Bright (74′), Aníbal Godoy  for Benja Cremaschi  (85′) and Dru Yearwood for Tah Anunga (74′).

Player of the match: H. Mukhtar​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nashville SC was H. Mukhtar.

His rating is 7.3 with 33 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Atlanta United – Cincinnati – 1-2
• Columbus Crew – Portland Timbers – 2-2
• Inter Miami – Nashville SC – 3-1
• CF Montréal – Orlando City – 2-2
• New York City – DC United – 2-0
• Toronto – New England – 1-0