Inter Miami welcome San Diego to Nu Stadium on Sunday evening in Regular Season matchday 26 of Major League Soccer, a fixture that brings together two sides sitting 15 points apart in the table but sharing an identical return of six points from their last five matches.
Inter Miami occupy second place in the 30-team table, having accumulated 45 points from 25 matches. Their record reads 12 wins, nine draws and four defeats, with a goals tally of 61 for and 46 against. The fact sheet places them firmly in the top two of the table.
However, Miami arrive at this fixture having drawn their last three matches in succession. Those three draws — a 2-2 result against Nashville SC most recently, a 1-1 draw away at Chicago Fire before that, and a 2-2 draw at home to Atlanta United FC — bracket a 7-1 victory over CF Montreal and a 1-2 defeat to Toronto FC earlier in the five-match window.
San Diego sit ninth in the table with 30 points from 25 matches, a record of eight wins, six draws and 11 defeats. Their goals column reads 42 scored and 42 conceded. The fact sheet places them inside the top third of the 30-team table.
Visitors San Diego carry their own difficult run into this match, having lost their last three consecutive fixtures. Their recent five-match sequence includes a 0-5 defeat to Philadelphia Union, a 2-3 loss to San Jose Earthquakes and a 1-0 defeat away at Orlando City SC. Before that losing run, San Diego had back-to-back wins against Los Angeles Galaxy and Colorado Rapids.
Both sides have taken six points from their last five matches, placing them level on recent form despite their contrasting positions in the table. The 15-point gap between them reflects the broader distance across their respective campaigns to date.