COLUMBUS. Inter Miami beat Columbus Crew to win 2-1. L. Campana was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Inter Miami to strike first with an early goal of L. Campana at the 7′. Then it was a goal in the 10′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, L. Campana gave the win to Inter Miami in the 42′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Columbus Crew was decisively better in terms of ball possession (70%).
The match was played at the MAPFRE Stadium stadium in Columbus on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Luce Lauziere with the help of Logan Brown and Ryan Graves. The 4th official was Lukasz Szpala. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 20 Total 8
- 8 On Target 5
- 5 Off Target 2
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 175 Attack 63
- 91 Dangerous attack 29
- 104 Ball safe 98
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 5
Fouls
- 9 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Columbus Crew had a strong ball possession 70% while Inter Miami was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Columbus Crew was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. Nevertheless, Inter Miami managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Columbus Crew shot 22 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Inter Miami shot 9 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Columbus Crew received 1 yellow card (A. Morris). Regarding the opposition, Inter Miami received 3 yellow cards (Sergiy Kryvtsov, B. Cremaschi and Robert Taylor).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, Columbus Crew will stay with 14 points to remain in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Inter Miami will have 9 points like Toronto and Charlotte to drop in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Columbus Crew will host Montreal Impact on the 20th of October with a 12-10 head to head statistic in favor of Columbus Crew (5 draws).
Inter Miami will play away agasint Charlotte on the 20th of October with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Columbus Crew and Inter Miami will play the return match on the at the
Columbus Crew – Formation
Columbus Crew
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Columbus Crew started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Wilfried Nancy decided to play with the following team: Patrick Schulte , Steven Moreira , Miloš Degenek, Exon Gustavo Vallecilla , Mohamed Farsi , Aidan Morris , Darlington Nagbe , Yaw Yeboah , Alexandru Mățan , Lucas Zelarayán and Cucho Hernández .
The home team had on the bench: Jacen Russell-Rowe , Evan Bush, Sean Zawadzki , Keegan Hughes, Isaiah Parente, Philip Quinton , Maximilian Arfsten, Malte Amundsen and Christian Ramirez.
Substitutions
Columbus Crew made 4 changes: Milos Degenek for Philip Quinton (13′), Alexandru Matan for Jacen Russell-Rowe (46′), Steven Moreira for Sean Zawadzki (69′) and A. Morris for Christian Ramirez (85′).
Best player: Lucas Zelarayán
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Columbus Crew was Lucas Zelarayán.
His rating is with 72 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 17. He performed 8 crosses.
Inter Miami – Formation
Inter Miami
Inter Miami started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Phil Neville played with: Drake Callender , DeAndre Yedlin , Serhiy Kryvtsov , Kamal Miller , Franco Negri , Dixon Arroyo , Jean Mota , Corentin Jean , Benjamin Cremaschi , Nicolás Stefanelli and Leonardo Campana .
These were the players on the bench: Shanyder Borgelin, Harvey Neville, Victor Ulloa, Christopher McVey , Nick Marsman, Robert Taylor , Rodolfo Pizarro, David Ruiz and Josef Martínez.
Inter Miami could not rely on the presence of Christopher McVey (injured).
Substitutions
Inter Miami made 3 changes: Corentin Jean for Christopher McVey (46′), Nicolás Stefanelli for Robert Taylor (60′) and L. Campana for Shanyder Borgelin (89′).
Best player: Leonardo Campana
The player that probably impressed the most for Inter Miami was Leonardo Campana.
His rating is with 2 goals, 25 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Toronto – New York City – 1-0
- Orlando City – LA Galaxy – 2-0
- New England – Cincinnati – 1-1
- DC United – Charlotte – 3-0
- Columbus Crew – Inter Miami – 1-2
- Nashville SC – Atlanta United – 3-1
