Where to watch Inter Miami vs Nashville SC live stream, TV channel, lineups, odds for Lionel messi MLS match

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami continue their charge for a playoff spot as they take on Nashville SC at home in Major League Soccer action.

Nashville will be the first repeat opponent of Messi's Inter Miami career, having just faced off in the Leagues Cup final around two weeks ago.

When that tournament concluded and MLS play returned, Inter Miami sat 14 points adrift of a playoff spot with 12 matches to go — a mountainous climb to secure an improbable postseason berth. They got off to a good start, topping the New York Red Bulls 2-0 over the weekend, an all-around positive victory as the team looked impressive and managed to give both Messi and Sergio Busquets a rest.

Messi is in his own individual chase as well, hoping to catch the league's goalscoring leaders after picking up his first MLS goal off the bench against the Red Bulls. He will match up against the current leader, Nashville's Hany Mukhtar, who sits on 13 for the year.

Inter Miami vs Nashville SC live stream, TV channel

What time does Inter Miami vs Nashville SC kick off?

This MLS match at DRV PNK Stadium kicks off on Wednesday, August 30 at 7:30 p.m. local time in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Here's how that time translates across some of the major territories:

Inter Miami vs Nashville SC projected lineups & team news

While Inter Miami's lineup was easy to predict throughout Leagues Cup play, Gerardo Martino has finally been forced to rotate his squad and thus it's hard to know quite where certain players will earn rest, and where other young players might secure additional minutes.

We do know, however, that Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets will start, as Tata Martino said on Tuesday during his pre-match media availability. It also looks as if Leonardo Campana has supplanted Josef Martinez as the striker of choice, but more clarity will come on that as the season progresses.

The biggest question for Tata Martino here is his midfield, with a number of players in good form. Benji Cremaschi and Dixon Arroyo were regulars during the Leagues Cup, but the performances of youngsters Diego Gomez, David Ruiz, and Facundo Farias have given him decisions to make.

Inter Miami projected starting lineup (4-3-3): Callender (GK) — Alba, Miller, Kryvtsov, Yedlin — Cremaschi, Busquets, Arroyo — Messi, Campana, Taylor.

There are some significant injury concerns for Nashville, most notably to defender Walker Zimmerman, who has missed the past few matches but returned to training doing individual work and could prove fit. It's the same with striker Sam Surridge who, like Zimmerman, has some form of undisclosed lower body injury. Midfielder Nick DePuy is out for the season with an Achilles injury.

The duo of Fafa Picault and Taylor Washington will return from suspension for this game after missing the match against Atlanta over the weekend.

Nashville SC projected starting lineup (4-4-2): Willis (GK) — Moore, Maher, MacNaughton, Lovitz — Muyl, McCarty, Godoy, Picault — Bunbury, Mukhtar.

Inter Miami vs Nashville SC betting odds & lines

Inter Miami are heavy favorites in this match, especially considering how tightly these two played just over a week prior. Yet given the injuries to Nashville, and their 4-0 defeat to Atlanta over the weekend, it's understandable that some of their lustre has disappeared.