Colorado Rapids vs Inter Miami - prediction, team news, lineups

For the archetypal clip successful nine history, Inter Miami volition question to Mile High for an MLS crippled against the Colorado Rapids connected Saturday astatine Empower Field.

The Burgundy Boys presently beryllium sixth successful the Western Conference acknowledgment to a convincing 6-2 triumph implicit the Houston Dynamo, portion the Herons are 3rd successful the East pursuing a 2-2 gully with the New York Red Bulls.

Match preview

Throughout the 2026 regular season, Colorado person shown their dominance astatine home, winning each 3 of those encounters by a combined borderline of 12-3.

On Saturday, Matthew Wells volition question his archetypal triumph against an Eastern Conference opponent, with his broadside losing doubly versus those sides this year.

Both of those defeats came connected the road, and successful 2025, this squad won 2 of their 3 regular-season location encounters against the East.

Their 19 goals scored frankincense acold are tied with the Vancouver Whitecaps for the astir successful the league this year, portion the nine person netted successful 10 consecutive regular-season location outings.

Colorado person not conceded a azygous extremity successful the opening fractional astatine location this season, portion scoring 4 themselves.

With 12 points aft 7 matchdays, they person accumulated 1 much constituent than they had astatine this signifier of the erstwhile campaign.

A caller section astatine Inter Miami begins this play arsenic Angel Guillermo Hoyos takes implicit arsenic first-team manager connected an interim basis.

The Argentine has immoderate large shoes to capable with the departed Javier Mascherano guiding them to their archetypal MLS Cup successful the 2025 campaign.

Hoyos inherits a broadside that are unbeaten successful their past six MLS affairs, conscionable 2 less than their longest home points tally from a play ago.

Miami person points successful 4 of their 5 regular-season location outings successful 2026, winning 3 of those 4 matches overall, 2 by a azygous goal.

This season, they person a 100% grounds successful this contention erstwhile netting first, portion claiming points successful 3 of their 4 2026 home affairs aft conceding the opener.

Their lone anterior gathering with the Rapids came successful Fort Lauderdale successful 2024 erstwhile the Herons conceded an equaliser 2 minutes earlier the 90 successful a 2-2 draw.

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Team News

Three Rapid players are questionable for Saturday with Connor Ronan dealing with a limb injury, Theodore Ku-Dipietro is recovering from a enarthrosis strain and Reggie Cannon is nursing a sore ankle.

Rafael Navarro and Kosi Thompson some had a brace against the Dynamo, with Josh Atencio besides scoring and Houston's Felipe Andrade netting an own-goal.

At Miami, Tadeo Allende is the lone wounded interest close now, arsenic the Argentine striker is dealing with a hamstring strain.

Lionel Messi, their starring scorer, could spell goalless successful consecutive league games for the archetypal clip each twelvemonth with Mateo Silvetti and German Berterame netting successful the gully against the Red Bulls.

Colorado Rapids imaginable starting lineup:

Steffen; Thompson, Herrington, Holding; Aaronson, Ojediran, Atencio, Frederick; Sealy, Navarro, Yapi

Inter Miami imaginable starting lineup:

St. Clair; Fray, Falcon, Micael, Lujan; Silvetti, De Paul, Bright, Segovia; Messi; Berterame

We say: Colorado Rapids 2-4 Inter Miami

The Rapids person shown they person firepower, but Miami are among the champion successful the league astatine coming back, and it does not instrumentality overmuch for the Herons to respond fixed the extent and acquisition astatine their disposal.

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