BOTTOM LINE: Lionel Messi leads Inter Miami into a matchup with Cincinnati fresh off of a two-goal outing against Nashville. Cincinnati is 10-6-2 in Eastern Conference games. Evander leads the seventh-ranked scoring team in the Eastern Conference with 13. Cincinnati has scored 35 goals.

Lionel Messi registered his fifth straight multigoal game, propelling Miami to the top of ESPN's MLS Power Rankings.

Messi has now scored a total of 16 goals in 16 MLS games for Inter Miami while also providing six assists. With the victory against Nashville, Inter Miami stand fifth on the MLS Eastern Conference table with 38 points in 19 matches.