The last time Inter Miami won a game under Phil Neville was on May 16 in a 3-2 away victory against FC Cincinnati, a team managed by a former teammate of Neville’s at Manchester United, Jaap Stam.
Over two months, six defeats, and one draw later, Miami are currently sitting rock bottom of the Eastern Conference with just nine points from thirteen MLS matches. In fact, the Herons have picked up fewer points than any other club across both the Eastern and Western conferences.
The former Lionesses head coach has been cast into the limelight in the past week as pressure mounts on his shoulders following a humiliating 5-0 thrashing at home to the New England Revolution.
Perhaps there are quite a few problems within the locker room, but what is known for certain is that there are astronomical issues surrounding the team’s tactical set-up under Neville. If these problem areas are not ironed out quickly, the club’s hierarchy may be forced to act swiftly.
This article will be a tactical analysis of Inter Miami in the form of a team scout report under the English manager. It will be an analysis of why the recently-founded side has been majorly struggling for form by looking at the tactics deployed by Neville.
Major goalscoring problems
Inter Miami have many problems defensively, which will be analysed later in this article. However, they do not nearly have as many problems defensively as they do offensively. As of writing, Neville’s men have scored just ten goals in 13 appearances, which is 0.77 goals per game. Their expected goals (xG) stats are even worse.
As can be seen from the graph above, Inter Miami are performing rather positively in terms of their expected goals against (xGA) with just 19.4 xGA, but they have the worst xG in the MLS.
In terms of expected goals, Miami have tallied 13.2 across the season so far in their 13 matches, meaning that they are underperforming by more than three goals and currently have the lowest xG in the MLS across both conferences.
