Chicago Fire FC vs Internacional CF Miami, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Chicago Fire FC

1 – 4

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Internacional CF Miami

Sun 1 Sep 2024 · 00:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Hugo Cuypers 29' Y

Y 45' Ian Fray

Y 58' Federico Redondo

Rafael Czichos 64' Y

Y 76' Luis Suarez

Y 79' Hector Martinez

Y 84' Benjamin Cremaschi

Overview

Match Preview

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

Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Internacional CF Miami 27 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 12 games · Avg 3.5 goals Internacional CF Miami

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–4 Internacional CF Miami 2024-07-20 Internacional CF Miami 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 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

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–4	L
24 Aug	New York City FC	A	2–2	D
20 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–2	L
17 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	1–0	W
14 Jul	New York City FC	H	0–0	D
08 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–1	L

Internacional CF Miami

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	4–1	W
24 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	2–0	W
20 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–1	W
17 Jul	Toronto FC	H	3–1	W
06 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	1–6	L
03 Jul	Charlotte FC	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		Internacional CF Miami
#5	Position	#2
42	Points	46
26	Played	27
12 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 5
46	Scored	64
38	Conceded	50
+8	GD	+14
1.62	PPG	1.70
46%	Win %	44%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Internacional CF Miami this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). Internacional CF Miami are 2nd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

7/2

16-30

7/5

31-45

3/8

46-60

4/6

61-75

8/–

76+

3/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Internacional CF Miami

0-15

3/7

16-30

7/4

31-45

14/3

46-60

5/6

61-75

4/4

76+

12/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Internacional CF Miami

Lionel Messi	20 G	11 A
Luis Suarez	13 G	3 A
German Berterame	7 G	4 A
Rodrigo de Paul	4 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Soldier Field will turn into a battlefield for Chicago Fire FC and Internacional CF Miami.
5' A quiet spell here at Soldier Field. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Internacional CF Miami winning 100% of all matches.
25' Goal! Tobias Salquist scores his 1 goal in 104 matches.
29' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a card on 29.
34' David Ruiz has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 222 appearances.
39' Internacional CF Miami is showing some good football. However, Internacional CF Miami are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
44' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
45' The referee has no hesitation. Ian Fray is booked for Internacional CF Miami — card on 45.
46' The Uruguay Luis Suarez breaks the deadlock on 46 minutes. 1-1!
51' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
56' It’s high time Gerardo Martino made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
58' It’s a booking for Internacional CF Miami player. Federico Redondo gets a card.
60' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Georgios Koutsias on, Chris Mueller off on 60 minutes.
64' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Rafael Czichos.
65' Internacional CF Miami is taking the lead after the goal scored by Luis Suarez on 65.
70' Internacional CF Miami started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 70.
73' Time for substitution for Internacional CF Miami. Julian Gressel is replaced by Benjamin Cremaschi.
76' The referee calls foul for Luis Suarez. He receives a card.
79' Hector Martinez is having his name booked by the referee on 79.
80' Internacional CF Miami ring the changes. Luis Suarez has done his job and it is now time for Leonardo Campana to step up.
82' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Georgios Koutsias makes it 2-2.
84' Poor challenge from Benjamin Cremaschi. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
89' With 0 assists to his name this season, Julian Gressel is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Internacional CF Miami.
90' Another change for Internacional CF Miami made on 90 minute. Diego Gomez leaves to be changed by Robert Taylor.
Chicago Fire FC will have plenty to reflect on. Internacional CF Miami were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

21
Fabian Herbers
23
Kellyn Acosta ↑ 60'
16
Wyatt Omsberg
18
Spencer Richey
–
Ariel Lassiter ↑ 73'
12
Tom Barlow
19
Georgios Koutsias ↑ 60'
4
Carlos Teran ↑ 60'
27
Allan Arigoni ↑ 80'

Coach Frank Klopas

Internacional CF Miami Lineups

Starting XI

9
Luis Suarez ↓ Leonardo Campana 80'
18
Jordi Alba
5
Busquets
14
Hector Martinez
24
Julian Gressel ↓ Benjamin Cremaschi 73'
57
Marcelo Weigandt
1
Drake Callender
55
Federico Redondo ↓ David Ruiz 73'
17
Ian Fray
20
Diego Gomez ↓ Robert Taylor 90'
42
Yannick Bright

Bench

Coach Gerardo Martino

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Luis Suarez	6
Xherdan Shaqiri	3
Jhon Duran	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Nicolas Stefanelli	1
Tobias Salquist	1
Luka Stojanovic	1
Franco Negri	1

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2024-09-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–4 Internacional CF Miami L 2024-08-24 New York City FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2024-07-20 Internacional CF Miami 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-07-17 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC D 2024-07-08 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L

Internacional CF Miami Form

2024-09-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–4 Internacional CF Miami W 2024-08-24 Internacional CF Miami 2–0 FC Cincinnati W 2024-07-20 Internacional CF Miami 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-07-17 Internacional CF Miami 3–1 Toronto FC W 2024-07-06 FC Cincinnati 6–1 Internacional CF Miami L 2024-07-03 Charlotte FC 1–2 Internacional CF Miami W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.13 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.28 Internacional CF Miami xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 78%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC36% Draw23% Internacional CF Miami41%

Actual: Internacional CF Miami win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes78% 0% No22%

Avg goals/match: 4.41

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

59%

Draw or Internacional CF Miami

64%

Chicago Fire FC or Internacional CF Miami

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC30% Draw36% Internacional CF Miami34%

Actual: Internacional CF Miami win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–4 not predicted

1 – 4

Actual

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 1

6.7%

1 – 2

6.6%

2 – 1

6.2%

2 – 3

5.2%

1 – 3

4.9%

3 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 3

3.7%

0 – 2

3.3%

2 – 4

2 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Internacional CF Miami covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	11%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	16%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	58%	—	42%
+1	58%	17%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	13%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Internacional CF Miami keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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