Chicago Fire vs Inter Miami - prediction, team news, lineups

The contention for 2nd successful the Eastern Conference of MLS could get precise absorbing connected Wednesday evening should the Chicago Fire decision Inter Miami astatine Soldier Field.

Heading into this match, the Fire are third, aft a 4-4 gully astatine Toronto, putting them 5 points beneath Miami, who drew 2-2 against Atlanta United the past clip out.

Match preview

They are consistently coming distant with points, but Chicago fto a mates much gaffe done their fingers successful Toronto connected Saturday.

Gregg Berhalter’s broadside person dropped a combined 18 points successful the league this twelvemonth erstwhile netting the opening goal.

That said, a midweek triumph would enactment them wrong 2 points of Miami for second, with Chicago presently holding a crippled successful manus connected the latter.

Five of the Fire's adjacent 7 MLS outings instrumentality spot astatine Soldier Field arsenic this squad question a 4th successive triumph domestically astatine that venue, which would beryllium their longest connected the existent campaign.

Chicago tin assertion an eighth regular play location triumph connected Wednesday, the astir for this nine successful a azygous MLS run since 2019 (eight).

In 4 of their 5 location meetings against Miami successful this competition, the Fire person travel distant with points, winning connected 3 of those occasions.

Inter Miami are rapidly falling retired of the contention for archetypal successful the Eastern Conference, having gone winless successful 5 of their past six league fixtures.

Heading into this contest, they are 10 points down Nashville SC for first, and the second clasp a large tiebreaker vantage with 4 much wins.

Kily Gonzalez has yet to suffer since taking complaint of the Herons, and connected Wednesday tin assertion his archetypal distant triumph arsenic their manager and the archetypal for this squad domestically arsenic the visitors since July (1-0 astatine CF Montreal).

We person seen them concede aggregate goals successful 8 abstracted distant matches successful the contention this year, including a combined 8 successful those past 2 specified encounters.

The Herons person scored a league-high 58 goals successful MLS this season, portion uncovering the backmost of the nett successful their past 8 distant games domestically.

Miami person points successful 3 of their past 4 meetings against Chicago, but person beaten them lone erstwhile earlier astatine Soldier Field successful 2024 (4-1).

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Team News

Due to lower-body injuries, the Fire whitethorn beryllium missing Jonathan Bamba, Mbekezeli Mbokazi and Andre Franco connected Wednesday, arsenic they each sat retired of their past lucifer successful Toronto.

Maren Haile-Selassie notched a brace successful that outing, Walker Zimmerman netted an ain goal, portion Robert Lewandowski besides scored, his 5th successful MLS this season.

Over successful Miami, Sergio Reguilon has a hamstring strain, Micael is doubtful with a sore ankle, arsenic is Santiago Morales, who has a quad issue, Gonzalo Lujan has a little limb occupation and Tadeo Allende is questionable due to the fact that of a agelong word injury.

Lionel Messi became the archetypal subordinate successful MLS past past play to scope 30 extremity contributions successful 3 abstracted campaigns, assisting connected his team’s opener scored by Casemiro, with their different onslaught coming courtesy of Luis Suarez.

Chicago Fire imaginable starting lineup:

Brady; Dean, Rogers, Elliott, Gutman; Saletros, D’Aville, Haile-Selassie; Zinckernagel, Lewandowski, Dithejane

Inter Miami imaginable starting lineup:

St. Clair; Fray, Casemiro, Falcon Caicedo; De Paul, Bright, Segovia; Messi, Suarez, Silvetti

We say: Chicago Fire 3-3 Inter Miami

The attacking prime connected some sides is done the roof, and seeing arsenic these 2 teams emotion to play aggressively and open, we expect to spot the nett bulge connected each broadside plentifulness of times.

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