Inter Miami vs. Sporting Kansas City: CCC Match Preview, Odds & Prediction

If Inter Miami can beat Sporting Kansas City at Chase Stadium on Tuesday, they would have qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals for the last two years.

With last Wednesday's 1-0 Herons triumph in leg one of the tie, KC is in a must-win position going into this last game.

Previous Matches and Head-to-head

Despite the frigid weather in Kansas City, Miami relied on their brilliance and scored from their lone shot on goal.

With the win, they snapped a two-game losing streak in the competition and remain undefeated 2025 under Javier Mascherano's leadership.

Miami saved a point in Saturday's first match of the 2017 Major League Soccer season against 2017 York City FC in the tenth minute of stoppage time, continuing a trend that began last season.

Last year, they won the Champions Cup tiebreaker 5-3 on aggregate with a 3-1 win against MLS club Nashville SC at Chase Stadium.

Even though Miami set a record for most regular season wins in the MLS in the non-shootout era last year with 22, they have only won one of their past five league matches (including friendlies and playoffs, previous week's match vs SKC included).

The Herons have not won a game at Chase Stadium since beating Atlanta United 2-1 in the first game of last year's best-of-three series; they lost the series-clinching match 3-2, and last weekend's match ended in a 2-2 tie.

Last week, Peter Vermes and Sporting Kansas City came close to defeating a better Miami squad, but they could not produce a game-winning performance.

With 12 regular season losses by a single goal in 2024, they often found themselves on the losing end of close calls. In this next match, they are riding high on back-to-back 1-0 losses, as Austin FC edged them in a late goal on Saturday.

Sporting defeated Charlotte FC 3-2 in preseason play the previous month, but they have gone scoreless in their last five games.

Their last away victory in this tournament was in February 2019, in their round of 16 encounter against Toluca (2-0). Therefore, a victory would keep their Champions Cup dreams alive.

Since the previous regular season, they have lost all six of their competitive matches against Major League Soccer teams, going winless.

When SKC last played at Chase Stadium, it lost 3-2 after taking the lead in the first nine minutes. They then gave up three consecutive goals.

Inter Miami x Sporting Kansas City Team News

Top pick Drake Callender, the goalie for Miami, hasn't played since January when he hurt a muscle while representing the United States on international service. David Martinez will likely sit out Tuesday with a painful ankle, while Yannick Bright will likely be out with a thigh injury.

Grizzled left back Tomas Aviles is free to play after receiving a red card last weekend, while Jordi Alba, who replaced Noah Allen in Saturday's regular-season opener, is also available to play after missing the first leg of this tie with a leg ailment.

Oscar Ustari kept a clean sheet despite facing three shots, and Lionel Messi scored the solitary goal in last week's first game.

Jansen Miller, who is nursing a back ailment, was out for Kansas City last week, and Khiry Shelton, who is nursing a hamstring issue, will probably not play on Tuesday either.

Vermes started Willy Agada, Logan Ndenbe, and Joaquin Fernandez this past weekend in his starting lineup against Austin.

After starting last week as SKC's lone striker up top, Dejan Joveljic, their huge off-season addition, made his MLS debut this weekend coming off the bench.

Our predictions

Inter Miami to win @ 2.00 on Sky247.ng

On Tuesday, we expect Sporting to be the deciding factor due to their lack of decisiveness in the offensive third, while Miami needs only one half-chance to make it matter.

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