Inter Miami vs. Nashville Betting Tips: Take Lionel Messi to open the scoring

Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates welcome Nashville to the DRV PNK Stadium in the MLS Eastern Conference as the Florida-based club hope to climb into a Final Series play-off place.

We all know about the upturn in fortune since Lionel Messi & co joined Miami. Sitting rock bottom before their introduction, the Fort Lauderdale team had won just five games from a possible 22 in the Eastern Conference.

Fast forward to just over a month after his debut and Inter Miami have won all nine games played, as well as lifting the Leagues Cup with a penalty shootout win over tonight's opponents.

Interestingly, during this run and in the last 18 matches for that fact, Miami have failed to win the corner count against their counterparts - including in this fixture on August 20th.

Pair that with Nashville's impressive record in this department of 19 wins from a possible 25 in the MLS this season and the 11/10 on offer from Unibet and BetUK as a single for Nashville to win the most corners seems an unbelievably generous price. 

Combining the two selections gives us a very healthy looking 41/20 with either of the two bookmakers mentioned.

Lionel Messi has etched his name onto the scoresheet first in four of his eight starts since touching down in Florida.

Five of his strikes have been registered inside a quarter of the game, with three of those goals being scored in the opening 10 minutes.

Given his extremely short price of 8/15 to score anytime, we're using bet365's slight boost on him to be the first goalscorer as our secondary punt.