📊 Form Guide

Chicago Fire

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Chicago Fire will be looking for an improved result here following the 2-1 MLS defeat last time out to New York Red Bulls.

In that game, Chicago Fire managed 56% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Chicago Fire was Jonathan Bamba (32'). On the other side, New York Red Bulls had 7 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Serge Ngoma (41') and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (45') scored for New York Red Bulls.

Matches featuring Chicago Fire have usually been lively encounters of late with high scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen games alone, a total of 20 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 12 of them accredited to Chicago Fire.

Inter Miami

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Inter Miami will go into this encounter after a 3-1 CONCACAF Champions League win vs Los Angeles FC in their previous outing.

For Inter Miami, the goalscorers were Lionel Messi (35', 84') and Federico Redondo (61'). Aaron Long (9') scored for Los Angeles FC.

The numbers tell their own story, and Inter Miami have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 5 goals overall. Defensively, Inter Miami have been far from perfect. Nevertheless, we will just have to wait and see if the trend will be maintained in this match.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 26/02/2022 shows us that Chicago Fire have won 3 of them and Inter Miami 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 in all at an average of 3.67 goals per match.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was MLS match day 39 on 01/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Chicago Fire 1-4 Inter Miami.

On that occasion, Chicago Fire managed 50% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Goals were scored by Tobias Salquist (25' Own goal) and Georgios Koutsias (82').

For their opponents, Inter Miami had 17 shots on goal with 7 on target. Luis Suárez (46', 65') and Robert Taylor (93') scored.

The referee was Pierre-Luc Lauziere.

🗞️ Team News: Chicago Fire

Chase Gasper (Hamstring injury), Brian Gutiérrez (Leg injury) and David Poreba (Torn ligaments) are unavailable for Chicago Fire manager Gregg Berhalter.

ℹ️ Team News: Inter Miami

Inter Miami manager Javier Mascherano has some current player fitness concerns. Ryan Sailor (concussion), Tadeo Allende (unknown injury) and David Ruíz (strain) won’t be making appearances.

🧠 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Chicago Fire have it within them to put a goal past this Inter Miami outfit, but one goal might not be as many as they’ll concede.

Our selection here is for a 1-2 advantage for Inter Miami by the conclusion of the game. Let’s see what eventuates.

Lucas Pereira, 20:00 13/04/2025