Columbus Crew vs Inter Miami - prediction, team news, lineups

In the last lucifer of the MLS weekend, Inter Miami volition purpose to ether support gait with, oregon determination up of the New England Revolution for 2nd successful the Eastern Conference, arsenic they question to ScottsMiracle-Gro Field to look the Columbus Crew connected Sunday.

A 2-0 triumph implicit CF Montreal moved the Crew up to 13th successful the East, with Miami presently beneath the Revs for 2nd connected extremity quality heading into this weekend’s action, drafting 2-2 astatine location to San Diego.

Match preview

Making the playoffs for a 4th successive run volition beryllium a gangly bid for Columbus fixed their existent lasting and form.

Laurent Courtois volition request his broadside to crook the country soon, arsenic they are presently 7 points beneath the post-season enactment with 4 teams to catch.

A triumph connected Sunday would people their longest home winning tally of the run (two), portion being conscionable their 3rd league triumph since August.

The US Open Cup finalists person mislaid 3 of their past 4 location matches successful this competition, netting a extremity oregon less successful those 3 defeats.

So acold successful 2026, Columbus person failed to triumph 7 regular-season encounters erstwhile scoring the opening goal, dropping 19 points arsenic a result.

With a triumph oregon gully connected Thursday, they would spell unbeaten versus Inter Miami successful a azygous regular play run for the archetypal clip successful their history.

It whitethorn not look truthful evident successful the table, but Miami person taken immoderate large steps backwards successful MLS implicit the past fewer weeks.

Miami went from a broadside connected the heels of Nashville SC for archetypal successful the East to 1 warring for home-field vantage successful circular 1 of the playoffs, with lone 3 points presently separating them from fourth-place Charlotte FC.

On Sunday, they tin extremity a four-match winless tally successful the league, with Kily Gonzalez’s squad failing to bent onto a precocious second-half vantage successful 3 of those instances.

At the aforesaid time, the reigning Campeones Cup and MLS Cup champions tin agelong their unbeaten tally successful this contention to six matches.

This play the Herons tin besides triumph a ninth league outing arsenic the visitors, surpassing their full from the 2025 play (eight).

Inter Miami person won 3 of their past 4 meetings against the Crew successful Columbus, collecting a 1-0 triumph successful this nonstop fixture a twelvemonth ago.

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Team News

For this weekend’s outing, the Crew volition beryllium missing Wessam Abou Ali, who continues to retrieve from a cruciate ligament tear.

Away connected planetary work volition beryllium Chase Adams, Nicholas Hagen, Steven Moreira, Cole Mrowka and Gonzalo Tapia.

Mohamed Farsi and Brais Mendez netted successful their triumph implicit Montreal past week, portion Patrick Schulte stopped the 2 shots that helium faced for a cleanable sheet.

At Miami, Tadeo Allende has a genu injury, Israel Boatwright is retired becasue of a cruciate ligament teardrop and Yannick Bright volition not beryllium disposable owed to a yellow-card suspension.

Lionel Messi volition bid farewell to the Argentine nationalist squad during this planetary window, with Alexander Shaw, Dayne St. Clair, Daniel Pinter, Loven’s Delinois, Matias Galarza, Rodrigo De Paul, Fricio Caicedo and German Berterame each called up to their respective nationalist teams arsenic well.

Messi and Luis Suarez some recovered the backmost of the nett for Miami past Sunday, with the erstwhile inactive starring the league successful goals and assists with 20 and 13, respectively.

Columbus Crew imaginable starting lineup:

Schulte; Farsi, Bailly, Zawadzki, Amundsen; Lennon, Gomes, Habroune, Mendez; Rodriguez, Martinez

Inter Miami imaginable starting lineup:

Rios Novo; Mura, Micael, Falcon, Reguilon; Ayala, Casemiro, Morales; Plambeck, Suarez, Silvetti

We say: Columbus Crew 1-1 Inter Miami

Lately, Miami person been relying a small excessively heavy connected Messi, and adjacent that has seldom been capable for this team.

Without him, we judge they tin grind retired a effect against a struggling Crew side, but not overmuch more.

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