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by Bradley Gibbs in Concachampions Picks
Several Major League Soccer teams are involved in continental action on Tuesday evening, including Inter Miami and Sporting Kansas City, who'll meet in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Having ground out a single-goal win away from home in the first leg, the hosts will be confident of getting the job done.
By winning away from home last week, Lionel Messi & Co. have put themselves in a strong position regarding qualifying for the next round. Moreover, after they failed to come out on top during the opening weeked of the 2025 MLS season, tying 2-2 with NYCFC, the hosts will be keen to get back to winning ways.
For SKC, this looks like something of an uphill task, especially as they made an underwhelming start to the domestic season at the weekend. Sure, it's incredibly early days, but the signs so far suggest that Tuesday's visitors have a sizable problem of an offensive kind. They failed to score in the first leg of this tie, before failing to score (and not creating much) against Austin at the weekend. Improvement is needed, that's for sure.
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Inter Miami CF vs Sporting Kansas City Form
Inter Miami CF and Sporting Kansas City Latest Matches
3/6 (50%)
1/6 (17%)
2/6 (33%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
Feb 22, 2025 - Major League Soccer
Feb 19, 2025 - Concachampions
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Oct 19, 2024 - Major League Soccer
3/6 (50%)
2/6 (33%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
Feb 22, 2025 - Major League Soccer
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Sep 28, 2024 - Major League Soccer
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3/6 (50%)
2/6 (33%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
Feb 19, 2025 - Concachampions
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6/6 (100%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
Feb 22, 2025 - Major League Soccer
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Sep 25, 2024 - US Open Cup
3/6 (50%)
0/6 (0%)
3/6 (50%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
Feb 19, 2025 - Concachampions
Oct 5, 2024 - Major League Soccer
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Aug 27, 2024 - US Open Cup
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0/6 (0%)
1/6 (17%)
5/6 (83%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
Feb 22, 2025 - Major League Soccer
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Sep 25, 2024 - US Open Cup
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Inter Miami CF against Sporting Kansas City : Head to Head (H2H)
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Inter Miami CF - Sporting Kansas City: Form Analysis
Last weekend, the team led by Javier Mascherano drew 2-2 in its MLS debut against New York City FC at home. Thus, counting the previous match against Kansas City, the Miami side have yet to taste defeat in the 2025 season. The mission for the home team will be to be in good shape for the mid-year period, when they will have to play the Super Club World Cup.
The “Garzas” have won 8 of their last 12 home games (3 draws and 1 loss).
The 2025 season began with two 1-0 defeats for the visitors, the aforementioned against Inter Miami in the first leg and in the MLS against Austin FC. Thus, Peter Vermes' men seem to provide a continuity of their last 5 preseason friendlies, in which they did not win any of them (3 defeats and 2 draws) in which they barely scored in one of those matches. Kansas City won just 1 of its last 13 games in all competitions.
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Players list
O. Ustari
DefenderI. Fray
G. Lujan
J. Alba
MidfielderF. Redondo
D. Ruiz
T. Segovia
ForwardN. Allen
B. Cremaschi
R. Taylor
T. Allende
J. Pulskamp
DefenderA. Brody
R. Voloder
I. James
T. Leibold
Z. Bassong
MidfielderJ. Bartlett
M. Rodriguez
E. Thommy
ForwardD. Salloi
W. Agada
Substitutes
R. Rios Novo
DefenderN. Allen
J. Gressel
T. Hall
G. Lujan
D. Martinez
R. Sailor
MidfielderD. Ruiz
R. Taylor
B. Cremaschi
S. Morales
ForwardL. Afonso
R. Schewe
DefenderA. Brody
L. Ndenbe
I. James
M. Rodriguez
N. Radoja
ForwardM. Toye
W. Agada
D. Salloi
S. Afrifa
Inter Miami CF & Sporting Kansas City Squad Analysis
In his first two games of the season, Lionel Messi had 1 goal and 2 assists, so he remains in full force beyond his 37 years of age. The 21-year-old Venezuelan, Telasco Segovia, made his debut in the net in the previous match against New York FC.
Faf Picault picked up an injury at the weekend and is thus unlikely to feature in this game for the hosts. Ryan Taylor is likely to replace the veteran. Having scored from the bench on Saturday, Telasco Segovia may feature from the start.
As the visitors look to improve offensively, Dejan Joveljic is likely to come into the starting XI
As the visitors look to improve offensively, Dejan Joveljic is likely to come into the starting XI, while Shapi Suleymanov is another offensive option available too SKC boss Peter Vermes, who is currentlty the longest-serving head coach working in Major League Soccer.
Most goals and assists
Inter Miami CF
Sporting Kansas City
L. Messi
(8 Goals)
D. Joveljic
(5 Goals)
L. Suarez
(7 Assists)
Inter Miami CF - Sporting Kansas City Key Points
- When the pair met last week, just one goal was scored.
- Also when the pair met last week, only 0.81 expected goals were produced.
- The visitors have now failed to score in two competitive games this season.
- If we include friendlies, the visitors have now gone five games without scoring.
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