Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will attempt to secure their first win at their new stadium on Saturday night as they host Orlando City, a team currently navigating a busy match schedule.

The Herons (5-1-4, 19 points) celebrated consecutive away victories in their first two matches following the resignation of manager Javier Mascherano in early April. Guillermo Hoyos has taken over on an interim basis and led the team to a 1-1 home draw against New England last Saturday, marking the third consecutive match at the newly opened Nu Stadium that has ended in a tie.

Facundo Mura, a versatile defensive midfielder, believes there have been substantial, positive changes under Hoyos, who previously served as the club’s sporting director. “Even though we couldn’t win in the last round, we’ve taken seven of the last nine points, and we feel we’ve improved, especially mentally,” Mura stated. “So I think we’ll arrive in good shape for the next game.”

Messi has not increased his team-leading goal tally of seven in Miami’s last two league matches. However, he and his teammates have had a full week to train under Hoyos after a demanding schedule of three games in eight days following the managerial transition. Messi netted two goals when Inter Miami defeated Orlando City 4-2 on March 1 and has a total of eight goals against the Lions in five matches across all competitions.

Orlando City (2-7-1, 7 points) is set to play their second game in just 72 hours and their seventh match in 21 days while also competing in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals. Interim manager Martin Perelman, who took over for Oscar Pareja after a three-match losing streak at the beginning of the season, has been learning to manage player workloads on the fly.

The situation is further complicated by a long injury list that includes key attackers Duncan McGuire and Marco Pasalic, both of whom missed last weekend’s 3-2 league defeat against D.C. United and Wednesday’s 4-3 Cup victory over the New England Revolution. “It’s not an easy task, especially because now we are recovering some of our guys,” Perelman said. “But we’ve had a lot of injuries, so that makes it more difficult to monitor loads. But the players are responding. They are doing a huge effort, an amazing effort.”