Delightful dogfight as daring Inter Miami duel with determined Chicago Fire

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lockhart Stadium (20450 seats)

It's a new Major League Soccer campaign and Inter Miami are impatient to get on the pitch here at Lockhart Stadium. Chicago Fire are visiting and this could be a spellbinding season launch.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Inter Miami form and stats

In the previous season, Inter Miami's league statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 17 losses, providing 11th position in the Major League Soccer. In these 34 matches they scored 36 goals and let in 53. Appearing at home in the last season Inter Miami managed 7-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 35 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Inter Miami handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and two defeats.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Inter Miami friendly games in pre-season: Inter Miami played three friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Inter Miami scored 5 goals and conceded 3 in these three games.

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Chicago Fire form and stats

Let's have a look at how Chicago Fire performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 13 with 13/36 goals scored/conceded.

We have checked recent matches where Chicago have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were zero victories, two draws and 13 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Chicago Fire have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the previous two meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Inter Miami, zero draws and one win for Chicago Fire. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Inter Miami missing players

Chicago Fire missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Inter Miami Chicago Fire
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Inter Miami Last season Chicago Fire
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 7   Won W   2 9
5 2   Drew D   2 7
17 8   Lost L   13 18
36 26   Scored S   13 36
53 35   Conceded C   36 54
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
65% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 68%
50% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 44%
29% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 32%
18% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
44% 65%   BTTS BTTS   41% 41%
21% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 24%
41% 24%   Failed to Score F T   53% 41%
 
4.4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.3
4.9 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.4
2.5 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
4 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
9.9 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 14.2
3.4 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.7
31% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 22%
 
13 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   16.5 14.4
4.6 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 New England 34 22 7 5 65 41 17 12 3 2 31 18 17 10 4 3 34 23 24 73
2 Philadelphia Union 34 14 12 8 48 35 17 11 3 3 25 10 17 3 9 5 23 25 13 54
3 Nashville SC 34 12 18 4 55 33 17 8 9 0 35 18 17 4 9 4 20 15 22 54
4 New York City 34 14 9 11 56 36 17 10 4 3 37 13 17 4 5 8 19 23 20 51
5 Atlanta United 34 13 12 9 45 37 17 9 5 3 25 14 17 4 7 6 20 23 8 51
6 Orlando City 34 13 12 9 50 48 17 8 7 2 29 18 17 5 5 7 21 30 2 51
7 New York RB 34 13 9 12 39 33 17 8 6 3 19 11 17 5 3 9 20 22 6 48
8 DC United 34 14 5 15 56 54 17 11 1 5 32 17 17 3 4 10 24 37 2 47
9 Columbus Crew 34 13 8 13 46 45 17 10 3 4 33 22 17 3 5 9 13 23 1 47
10 Montreal Impact 34 12 10 12 46 44 17 9 4 4 29 23 17 3 6 8 17 21 2 46
11 Inter Miami 34 12 5 17 36 53 17 7 2 8 26 35 17 5 3 9 10 18 -17 41
12 Chicago Fire 34 9 7 18 36 54 17 7 5 5 23 18 17 2 2 13 13 36 -18 34
13 Toronto 34 6 10 18 39 66 17 4 7 6 24 27 17 2 3 12 15 39 -27 28
14 Cincinnati 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 1 5 11 17 29 17 3 3 11 20 45 -37 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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