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

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MLS · 2024

Chicago Fire FC

1 – 4

Full Time

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 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

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
#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' That's the starting whistle at Soldier Field. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Chicago Fire FC and Internacional CF Miami.
5' Maren Haile-Selassie has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
10' Chicago Fire FC have won 398 goals from 278 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Chicago Fire FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
25' Tobias Salquist adds to his 0 season tally! Chicago Fire FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
29' The referee calls foul for Hugo Cuypers. He receives a card.
34' The 36-year-old Rafael Czichos has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
39' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
44' Uruguay international Luis Suarez has been a key figure this campaign — 10 goals and 2 assists in the Array this season.
45' That is a card for Internacional CF Miami. Ian Fray will be fuming at that decision.
46' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Luis Suarez makes it 1-1.
51' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
56' Allan Arigoni has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
58' Federico Redondo picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
60' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 60 minute. Chris Mueller leaves to be changed by Georgios Koutsias.
64' It’s gonna be a card for Rafael Czichos.
65' Sensational shot from Luis Suarez. Internacional CF Miami is back in the lead.
70' Supporters expect more eagerness from Diego Gomez, as he is very good at scoring at Soldier Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
73' The whistle greets Julian Gressel as he departs to be replaced by Benjamin Cremaschi.
76' Luis Suarez picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
79' That is a card for Internacional CF Miami. Hector Martinez will be fuming at that decision.
80' The Internacional CF Miami manager makes a substitution. Luis Suarez departs to be replaced by Leonardo Campana.
82' Georgios Koutsias is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
84' Controversy at the stadium! Benjamin Cremaschi argues furiously but the card stands.
89' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Frank Klopas will be considering his options from the bench.
90' Fresh legs for Internacional CF Miami! Robert Taylor comes on to replace Diego Gomez.
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
Matias Rojas	1
Josef Martinez	1
Chris Mueller	1
Tobias Salquist	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

2.16 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.26 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: 4.42

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

59%

Draw or Internacional CF Miami

64%

Chicago Fire FC or Internacional CF Miami

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC31% Draw36% Internacional CF Miami33%

Actual: Internacional CF Miami win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–4 not predicted

1 – 4

Actual

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 1

6.6%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 1

6.3%

2 – 3

5.1%

3 – 2

4.9%

1 – 3

4.8%

3 – 1

4.4%

3 – 3

3.7%

0 – 2

3.2%

2 – 0

2 – 4

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Internacional CF Miami covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	11%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	16%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	17%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	12%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Internacional CF Miami keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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