The Leagues Cup odds for this round make Philadelphia and Inter Miami heavy favorites, while Nashville are slight home favorites over Minnesota. LAFC and Monterrey are lined as the closest game of the round with LAFC only +137 odds at home. Odds from August 10 at Bet365. Be sure to claim your to get a great bonus for the Leagues Cup today.
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Philadelphia Union vs Queretaro Prediction
Philadelphia s Leagues Cup resume looks like this. A 3-1 in over Tijuana, 5-1 win over this Queretaro team, 0-0 draw with DC (PK win), and a 1-1 draw with the NYRB (PK win).
Now they get Queretaro again, and again get them at home. At home they’re riding a streak of nine wins straight and 14 undefeated at Subaru Park. Across all competitions, the Union have just one loss in their past 37 home games and haven t lost at home since the start of 2020.
Queretaro are longshots to win Leagues Cup, but are one of two Liga MX teams left standing. They lost 5-1 to Philadelphia, beat Tijuana 1-0, beat Pumas 1-0 and drew New England last round 1-1 before winning in PKs.
Queretaro don’t score a lot of goals lately, scoring multiple goals only once in their past seven. But, they have scored in 6/7 and in each of the past six. But, they have only 13 shots on target in four games, just 3.25 per game,
Beating New England on the road is impressive, however, New England were without the likes of Carles Gil and Gustavo Bou.
We’ve seen this matchup already, and even a lesser effort from Philly should still be enough for the win as Queretaro haven’t shown they can score more than one goal, despite how good their defesne has been.
The Union should win, however, they could be without Daniel Gazdag who left last game with a knee njury. He had a hat-trick in the 5-1 win vs Queretaro in the group stage.
Philadelphia vs Queretaro Picks: Philadelphia to win score over 1.5 goals (-150)
Inter Miami vs Charlotte FC Prediction
The Messi party rolls on and returns to DRV PNK on Friday. It at first looked like Inter Miami would roll to an easy win with Messi scoring in the 6 minute versus Dallas in the round of 16. But Miami found themselves down 3-1 and 4-2 late in the game but still managed to fight back and draw 4-4 forcing PKs. Messi had two goals, one assist, and had a free kick that turned into an own goal against Dallas.
Messi has taken Leagues Cup by storm with seven goals and three assists in just four games. He has 17 shots and 11 shots on target.
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Miami s Leagues Cup games have been a 2-1 win (Cruz Azul), 4-0 win (Atlanta), 3-1 win (Orlando) and then 4-4 (PK win versus Dallas). Next up is Charlotte FC. They also have a PK win over Dallas this tournament, drawing 2-2 and winning 4-1 in PKs in their first game.
They then beat Necaxa 4-1, and drew Cruz Azul 0-0 before winning 4-3 in PKs. That set up a round of 16 match with Houston in Texas. Corey Baird scored early in the 10’ minute for Houston and it stayed that way until the final ten minutes. First, Patrick Agyemang equaled for Charlotte in the 80’ minute, before Houston suffered an own goal just one minute later passing the ball back into their own net to give Charlotte the 2-1 lead which they would hold onto for the win.
While Charlotte has been good in Leagues Cup, they still have the worst defense in MLS allowing 40 goals this season. On the road, they’re 3-3-6 and have been outscored 23-15. Coming into Leagues Cup they were winless in eight, and had one win in 11.
They’ll be missing LB Nathan Burn who is suspended on yellow card accumulation, and their CB is from the Super Draft in Andrew Pervette. That’s not a recipe for success on the road versus Messi and friends.
Miami s defense is not great either, allowing 36 goals, four less than Charlotte and we just saw them concede four. So a both teams to score (-138) bet could be in play.
I like a Miami win and for them to score over 1.5 goals at -163 in this game. For more value if you add Messi to score into this same-game parlay that bumps it up to -125, or adding Messi to have 2+ shots on target will bring you to -105 in the Miami vs Charlotte odds.
Inter Miami vs Charlotte FC Picks: Miami to win score over 1.5 goals, plus Messi over 1.5 shots on target (-105)
