Chicago Fire FC vs Internacional CF Miami, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Chicago Fire FC

4 – 1

Full Time

Internacional CF Miami

Thu 5 Oct 2023 · 00:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Xherdan Shaqiri 49' 1–0

1–1 53' Josef Martinez pen

Maren Haile-Selassie 62' 2–1

Maren Haile-Selassie 66' 3–1

Xherdan Shaqiri 73' 4–1

Y 42' Busquets

Jonathan Dean 52' Y

Y 90' Facundo Farias

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs Internacional CF Miami — MLS at Soldier Field.

Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
Internacional CF Miami 18 games · 38 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 11 games · Avg 3.6 goals Internacional CF Miami

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-05 Chicago Fire FC 4–1 Internacional CF Miami 2023-03-25 Internacional CF Miami 2–3 Chicago Fire FC 2022-09-11 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Internacional CF Miami 2022-02-26 Internacional CF Miami 0–0 Chicago Fire FC 2021-08-18 Internacional CF Miami 3–2 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	H	4–1	W
30 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	1–0	W
24 Sep	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D
20 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
16 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–0	D
02 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	0–4	L

Internacional CF Miami

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–4	L
30 Sep	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
24 Sep	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
20 Sep	Toronto FC	H	4–0	W
16 Sep	Atlanta United FC	A	2–5	L
09 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–2	W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		Internacional CF Miami
#4	Position	#2
29	Points	38
17	Played	18
9 / 2 / 6	W / D / L	11 / 5 / 2
32	Scored	45
23	Conceded	32
+9	GD	+13
1.71	PPG	2.11
53%	Win %	61%

Key Stats

73% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)

73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

32% Clean Sheets
Internacional CF Miami this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts). Internacional CF Miami are 2nd (38 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/1

16-30

7/4

31-45

1/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

6/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Internacional CF Miami

0-15

3/4

16-30

5/3

31-45

10/1

46-60

3/5

61-75

2/3

76+

7/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Internacional CF Miami

Lionel Messi	12 G	7 A
Luis Suarez	8 G	1 A
German Berterame	7 G	4 A
Rodrigo de Paul	4 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Soldier Field. Chicago Fire FC are looking to make home advantage count against Internacional CF Miami.
5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
10' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
15' Internacional CF Miami come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' Rafael Czichos needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
25' Internacional CF Miami seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
30' Xherdan Shaqiri is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
35' Chicago Fire FC have won 398 goals from 278 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
40' Both keepers have barely been tested. Chicago Fire FC and Internacional CF Miami are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
42' It’s a booking for Internacional CF Miami player. Busquets gets a card.
47' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
49' Xherdan Shaqiri does the damage! The net is bulging and Chicago Fire FC surge ahead!
52' It’s a booking for Chicago Fire FC player. Jonathan Dean gets a card.
53' A goal from the Venezuela international Josef Martinez! He fires home on 53 to make it 1-1!
55' Maren Haile-Selassie gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Brian Gutierrez and will look to change the dynamic.
60' Internacional CF Miami has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
62' Magnificent from Maren Haile-Selassie! That is 16 goals in 20 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
66' Maren Haile-Selassie makes no mistake. The score reads 3-1 and Chicago Fire FC are in front.
67' Robert Taylor makes way for Nicolas Stefanelli at the 67 minute mark. A tactical switch from Internacional CF Miami.
69' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Georgios Koutsias is withdrawn and Kacper Przybylko gets his opportunity.
73' Against the run of play, Xherdan Shaqiri has scored! This game has turned on its head.
78' Wyatt Omsberg has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
83' Internacional CF Miami is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
85' The whistle greets Fabian Herbers as he departs to be replaced by Carlos Teran.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Facundo Farias on 90.
The points are shared — Chicago Fire FC 4-1 Internacional CF Miami. Honours even.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri
5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Carlos Teran 85'
16
Wyatt Omsberg
30
Gaston Gimenez
6
Miguel Navarro
17
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Maren Haile-Selassie 55'
19
Georgios Koutsias ↓ Kacper Przybylko 69'
26
Ousmane Doumbia
34
Chris Brady
24
Jonathan Dean

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

Internacional CF Miami Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

2
DeAndre Yedlin
5
Busquets
17
Josef Martinez
31
Kamal Miller
11
Facundo Farias
16
Robert Taylor ↓ Nicolas Stefanelli 67'
1
Drake Callender
32
Noah Allen
30
Benjamin Cremaschi
3
Dixon Arroyo ↓ Jean Mota 67'
27
Sergiy Kryvtsov

Bench

Coach Gerardo Martino

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Luis Suarez	6
Xherdan Shaqiri	3
Jhon Duran	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Rocco Rios Novo	1
Brian Gutierrez	1
Indiana Vassilev	1
Puso Dithejane	1

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2023-10-05 Chicago Fire FC 4–1 Internacional CF Miami W 2023-09-30 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-09-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New England Revolution D 2023-09-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-09-16 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2023-09-02 D.C. United SC 4–0 Chicago Fire FC L

Internacional CF Miami Form

2023-10-05 Chicago Fire FC 4–1 Internacional CF Miami L 2023-09-30 Internacional CF Miami 1–1 New York City FC D 2023-09-24 Orlando City SC 1–1 Internacional CF Miami D 2023-09-20 Internacional CF Miami 4–0 Toronto FC W 2023-09-16 Atlanta United FC 5–2 Internacional CF Miami L 2023-09-09 Internacional CF Miami 3–2 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.7 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.72 Internacional CF Miami xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC58% Draw20% Internacional CF Miami22%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.42

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	63%	37%
± 4.5	44%	56%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Internacional CF Miami

42%

Chicago Fire FC or Internacional CF Miami

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC44% Draw35% Internacional CF Miami21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.4%

3 – 1

6.6%

1 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

6.2%

3 – 2

5.6%

1 – 2

4.8%

2 – 0

4.6%

4 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

4 – 2

3.8%

2 – 3

3.6%

3 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Internacional CF Miami covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	16%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	19%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	12%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Internacional CF Miami keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.