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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Wed 31.August
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)

Numbers, trends, recent fixtures, form, head to head, team selections and a lot else: Tipsway offers all you want to know about Columbus Crew - Inter Miami!

Insights:
  • Inter Miami have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Major League Soccer

It's no vacation for neither Columbus Crew nor Inter Miami as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

5-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Columbus Crew so far this season. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Columbus.

An away draw last time out for Columbus Crew, facing Cincinnati in a game that ended 2-2. Midfielder Nagbe was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Nagbe hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 64 successful passes (of 68 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Atlanta United.

Goals from both teams! That has been the case in 5 league fixtures in a row for this club. Could it happen again?

The match schedule is unforgiving for Columbus Crew as they have a new game in only three days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Chicago Fire are visiting.

Columbus Crew are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games.

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Inter Miami form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Inter Miami so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-8 (win-draw-lose).

Two away games in a row for Inter Miami, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus New York RB. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. Midfielder Mota was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Mota hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Toronto.

Observe! Both sides have scored at least once in 9 of this club's last 12 league fixtures.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Inter have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Previous three meetings featuring these participants: Columbus Crew won one, Inter Miami were winners in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Inter MiamiG. Higuaín
G. Higuaín
9 goals
Columbus CrewL. Zelarayán
L. Zelarayán
8 goals
Columbus CrewJ. Hernández Suárez
J. Hernández Suárez
8 goals

Columbus Crew missing players

Inter Miami missing players

Columbus Crew Inter Miami
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
8 5 1 Won W 0 2 10
12 4 1 Drew D 0 3 6
6 4 1 Lost L 3 8 11
36 18 2 Scored S 1 8 35
31 13 2 Conceded C 6 22 45
85% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
77% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 78%
50% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 56%
31% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 37%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 19%
54% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 59%
27% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 19%
35% 38% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 46% 30%
 
4.9 5.3 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.1 4.3
4.8 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.6 6
1.9 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
13.3 15.5 17.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 10.5 11.9
4.1 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.7 4.6
34% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 17% 28%
 
11.9 10.4 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 16.5 14.5
4.2 3.5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.9 4.9
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Inter Miami have scored away.
  • Inter Miami have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Inter Miami have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Major League Soccer
  • Inter Miami have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Philadelphia Union 28 15 9 4 57 20 14 9 5 0 36 7 14 6 4 4 21 13 37 54
2 Montreal Impact 27 15 4 8 49 41 13 7 2 4 24 16 14 8 2 4 25 25 8 49
3 New York City 26 13 6 7 48 30 13 8 3 2 31 15 13 5 3 5 17 15 18 45
4 New York RB 28 12 8 8 44 34 14 4 5 5 22 19 14 8 3 3 22 15 10 44
5 Columbus Crew 26 8 12 6 36 31 13 5 4 4 18 13 13 3 8 2 18 18 5 36
6 Orlando City 26 10 6 10 30 37 12 5 0 7 15 23 14 5 6 3 15 14 -7 36
7 Inter Miami 27 10 6 11 35 45 14 8 3 3 27 23 13 2 3 8 8 22 -10 36
8 Cincinnati 27 8 11 8 45 48 14 4 6 4 27 24 13 4 5 4 18 24 -3 35
9 New England 26 8 10 8 38 40 12 5 5 2 16 12 14 3 5 6 22 28 -2 34
10 Toronto 28 9 6 13 42 47 14 7 2 5 25 22 14 2 4 8 17 25 -5 33
11 Charlotte 28 10 2 16 34 44 14 8 0 6 21 14 14 2 2 10 13 30 -10 32
12 Atlanta United 26 7 9 10 36 40 13 6 4 3 23 18 13 1 5 7 13 22 -4 30
13 Chicago Fire 27 8 6 13 28 38 14 5 4 5 12 12 13 3 2 8 16 26 -10 30
14 DC United 26 6 4 16 28 55 14 4 3 7 18 26 12 2 1 9 10 29 -27 22

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