Open game expected at DRV PNK Stadium: Inter Miami vs Columbus Crew preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Tue 04.Jul
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: DRV PNK Stadium (18000 seats)

Inter Miami will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get something from this hard meeting, against high-flying Columbus Crew.

Insights:
  • Inter Miami is in the worst form (0-1-4)
  • Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (40) in Major League Soccer

It's no vacation for neither Inter Miami nor Columbus Crew 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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Inter Miami form and stats

4-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Inter Miami so far this season. When Inter Miami hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like New England, Nashville SC, Philadelphia Union and Cincinnati), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

The spoils were shared in Inter's previous game, also at home. Visiting Austin travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Midfielder Cremaschi was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Cremaschi served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Philadelphia Union (1-4).

Take note that 9 of the latest 11 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each side.

The manager Martino will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to DC United in only four days.

Inter Miami are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Inter Miami's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Columbus Crew so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

Columbus are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against New York RB (placed 12th). Moreira, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.15. Moreira hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Nashville SC.

Betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 11 league matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting New York City in just four days.

The visiting Columbus Crew have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. As for defending, Columbus Crew rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Inter Miami and Columbus Crew have met already this season: Columbus Crew - Inter Miami 1-2. Head-to-head statistics (for the former six meetings): Inter won three games, one match ended with a tie and Columbus Crew got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three.

Top Goalscorers

Columbus CrewL. Zelarayán
L. Zelarayán
8 goals
Columbus CrewC. Ramírez
C. Ramírez
7 goals
Inter MiamiJ. Martínez
J. Martínez
5 goals

Inter Miami missing players

Columbus Crew missing players

Inter Miami Columbus Crew
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 4 9 20
5 4 2 Won W 1 2 10
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
13 5 0 Lost L 2 5 6
18 13 4 Scored S 4 11 40
29 13 1 Conceded C 5 16 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 89% 95%
47% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 60%
21% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 40%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 25%
53% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 78% 70%
11% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 25%
37% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 11% 5%
 
3.7 3.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 4.3
4.6 4.8 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 2.8 3.6
2.5 2.6 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 1.8
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 10.3 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.7 13.6
4.1 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 5
23% 32% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 40%
 
13.8 14.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12 10.8
5.1 5.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.9 4.3
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Columbus Crew have scored more than double the goals of Inter Miami.
  • Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (40) in Major League Soccer
  • Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Major League Soccer
  • Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Columbus Crew is in the best form (5-1-0) in Major League Soccer
  • Inter Miami have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inter Miami have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Major League Soccer
  • Inter Miami have the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Major League Soccer
  • Inter Miami have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Major League Soccer
  • Inter Miami haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Inter Miami is in the worst form (0-1-4)

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

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.