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

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MLS · 2024

Chicago Fire FC

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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 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)
Internacional CF Miami 34 games · 60 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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
#4	Position	#2
55	Points	60
34	Played	34
16 / 7 / 11	W / D / L	16 / 12 / 6
64	Scored	80
54	Conceded	59
+10	GD	+21
1.62	PPG	1.76
47%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

24% Clean Sheets
Internacional CF Miami this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts). Internacional CF Miami are 2nd (60 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

9/4

16-30

9/10

31-45

6/9

46-60

10/9

61-75

10/4

76+

6/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Internacional CF Miami

0-15

5/7

16-30

8/4

31-45

19/3

46-60

9/9

61-75

6/4

76+

14/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Maren Haile-Selassie	13 G	5 A
Hugo Cuypers	12 G
Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Robert Lewandowski	9 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Internacional CF Miami

Lionel Messi	25 G	14 A
Luis Suarez	17 G	7 A
German Berterame	10 G	8 A
Rodrigo de Paul	4 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Soldier Field that hosts another battle between Chicago Fire FC and Internacional CF Miami.
5' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past Internacional CF Miami's compact .
10' Internacional CF Miami started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' Chicago Fire FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Internacional CF Miami backline.
20' With 1 assists to his name this season, Marcelo Weigandt is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Internacional CF Miami.
25' What composure from Tobias Salquist! The Denmark international strokes it home. 1-0.
29' Hugo Cuypers is having his name booked by the referee on 29.
34' It looks surprising Internacional CF Miami does not make any changes. Maren Haile-Selassie has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
39' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
44' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
45' Ian Fray has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 45.
46' Luis Suarez has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 46 minutes.
51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Internacional CF Miami that had 233 games and scored 386 goals.
56' It’s high time Frank Klopas made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
58' Controversy at the stadium! Federico Redondo argues furiously but the card stands.
60' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Chris Mueller departs to be replaced by Georgios Koutsias.
64' The referee has no hesitation. Rafael Czichos is booked for Chicago Fire FC — card on 64.
65' GOAL! Luis Suarez fires home to make it 1-2!
70' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Internacional CF Miami needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
73' It is a substitution in Internacional CF Miami team. Julian Gressel is replaced by Benjamin Cremaschi on 73 minute.
76' The referee has no hesitation. Luis Suarez is booked for Internacional CF Miami — card on 76.
79' Hector Martinez picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
80' Another change for Internacional CF Miami made on 80 minute. Luis Suarez leaves to be changed by Leonardo Campana.
82' Georgios Koutsias is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 4 goals this season for the .
84' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Benjamin Cremaschi on 84 minutes.
89' Italy international Yannick Bright has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
90' Robert Taylor is ready to make an impact after coming on for Diego Gomez at the 90 minute mark.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-4.

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
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Jhon Duran	2
Rafael Czichos	1
Tomas Aviles	1
Chris Mueller	1
Jordi Alba	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

2.12 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.35 Internacional CF Miami xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC35% Draw23% Internacional CF Miami42%

Actual: Internacional CF Miami win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes79% 0% No21%

Avg goals/match: 4.47

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	81%	19%
± 3.5	64%	36%
± 4.5	45%	55%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

58%

Draw or Internacional CF Miami

65%

Chicago Fire FC or Internacional CF Miami

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC29% Draw36% Internacional CF Miami35%

Actual: Internacional CF Miami win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.6%

1 – 1

6.4%

2 – 1

2 – 3

5.3%

1 – 3

5.1%

3 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.2%

3 – 3

3.8%

0 – 2

3.3%

2 – 4

3.1%

1 – 4

Actual

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Internacional CF Miami covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	11%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	16%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	17%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	13%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Internacional CF Miami keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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