The home fans expect a victory in this fixture, as the home advantage might do the trick against a struggling visitor. Chicago Fire are in 10th spot while the guesting Inter Miami panic at 13th.
- Inter Miami haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It's no vacation for neither Chicago Fire nor Inter Miami as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Chicago Fire have played 15 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Chicago enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at New York RB's place. The match ended 1-0 with Koutsias scoring. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, seven fixtures in a row. Omsberg, defender, was given a rating of 8.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Omsberg won 7 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus New England that ended 2-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Chicago Fire perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chicago Fire as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Chicago Fire has won 3 of these, drawn 6 and lost 7.
It should be taken into account that a peek at the 11 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chicago Fire, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Charlotte is only three days away.
Chicago are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. 19 goals have been conceded.
Inter Miami form and stats
There's been little loot from Inter Miami's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 15 away games in the Major League Soccer. Inter Miami only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws.
Inter Miami's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus New York City that finished 1-1. Avilés, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.05. Avilés scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.
The game before was the US Open Cup-battle against Houston Dynamo, a home loss (1-2).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cincinnati in just three days.
As for defending, Inter Miami rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 28 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other earlier this campaign: Inter Miami - Chicago 2-3. Head-to-head totals (for the former five meetings): Chicago Fire won three games, one match ended with a tie and Inter Miami got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Campana Romero 9 goals |  J. Martínez 6 goals |   K. Kamara 5 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Inter Miami missing players
| Chicago Fire | Inter Miami | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 35 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 38 |
| 47 | 19 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | 46 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 65% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 77% |
| 58% | 53% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 53% | 53% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 13% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 13% |
| 48% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 53% | 57% |
| 29% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 32% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 30% |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 10.5 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.3 | 10.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 35% | 42% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 24% | 31% |
| 14.3 | 12.5 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.2 | 13.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
- Inter Miami haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 65 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 54 |
| 3 | New England | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 51 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 50 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 49 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | New York City | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 38 |
| 9 | DC United | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 37 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -12 | 37 |
| 11 | Montreal Impact | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 38 | -18 | 37 |
| 12 | New York RB | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 34 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | -8 | 33 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -13 | 33 |
| 15 | Toronto | 31 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 31 | -25 | 22 |
