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Columbus vs Miami: match report
Columbus Crew hosted Inter Miami CF at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field on Sunday 27 September 2026, in the MLS. Columbus are without 5 players (Gonzalo Tapia, Cole Mrowka, Nicholas Hagen and others); Miami are missing 5 (Lovens Delinois, Germán Berterame, Matías Galarza and others). Victor Rivas is the referee, averaging 4.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.2.
Result and scorers
Columbus 2-1 Miami. Goals: Josef Martínez 28' (pen) for Columbus; Lionel Messi 33' for Miami; Jamal Thiaré 90'+9' for Columbus. Attendance: 21,188.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 27' Yellow card: Casemiro (Miami)
- 28' Penalty: Josef Martínez (Columbus) 1-0
- 33' Goal: Lionel Messi (Miami) 1-1
- 38' Yellow card: Dylan Chambost (Columbus)
- 67' Yellow card: Micael (Miami)
- 75' Yellow card: Brais Méndez (Columbus)
- 78' Yellow card: Eric Bailly (Columbus)
- 80' Yellow card: Dániel Pintér (Miami)
- 84' Yellow card: Sékou Tidiany Bangoura (Columbus)
- 90'+2' Yellow card: Gonzalo Luján (Miami)
- 90'+4' Yellow card: Santiago Morales (Miami)
- 90'+6' Second yellow: Santiago Morales (Miami)
- 90'+9' Goal: Jamal Thiaré (Columbus) 2-1
- 90'+9' Yellow card: Jamal Thiaré (Columbus)
- 90'+10' Yellow card: Luis Barraza (Miami)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 43.8% | Possession | 56.2% |
| 14 | Shots | 5 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 3 |
| 9 | Corners | 1 |
| 18 | Fouls | 17 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
Line-ups
Columbus 3-4-3
Coach: Laurent Courtois
- 28 Patrick Schulte GK
- 3 Eric Bailly DEF
- 25 Sean Zawadzki DEF
- 18 Malte Amundsen DEF
- 23 Mohamed Farsi MID
- 7 Dylan Chambost MID
- 16 Taha Habroune MID
- 21 Anass Zaroury MID
- 10 Brais Méndez FWD
- 77 Josef Martínez FWD
- 8 Santiago Rodríguez FWD
Bench
- 17 Sékou Bangoura MID
- 2 Andrés Herrera DEF
- 19 Jamal Thiaré FWD
- 24 Evan Bush GK
- 11 Brooks Lennon DEF
- 12 Cesar Ruvalcaba DEF
- 4 Rudy Camacho DEF
- 50 Tarun Karumanchi MID
- 26 Lautaro Giaccone FWD
Miami 3-4-3
Coach: Cristian González
- 34 Rocco Ríos Novo GK
- 2 Gonzalo Luján DEF
- 5 Casemiro MID
- 16 Micael DEF
- 4 Facundo Mura DEF
- 7 Rodrigo De Paul MID
- 42 Yannick Bright MID
- 3 Sergio Reguilón DEF
- 10 Lionel Messi FWD
- 9 Luis Suárez FWD
- 56 Dániel Pintér FWD
Bench
- 22 David Ayala MID
- 11 Riquelme Fillipi FWD
- 76 Ezequiel Abadia-Reda DEF
- 20 Santiago Morales FWD
- 13 Luis Barraza GK
- 70 Daniel Sumalla DEF
- 37 Maximiliano Falcón DEF
- 59 Preston Plambeck MID
- 47 Idoh Zeltzer-Zubida FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Columbus
- Gonzalo Tapia other, back Early October 2026
- Cole Mrowka other, back Early October 2026
- Nicholas Hagen other, back Early October 2026
- Chase Adams other, back Early October 2026
- Steven Moreira other, back Early October 2026
Miami
- Lovens Delinois other, back Early October 2026
- Germán Berterame other, back Early October 2026
- Matías Galarza other, back Early October 2026
- Fricio Caicedo other, back Early October 2026
- Dayne St. Clair other, back Early October 2026
Previous meetings
- Sunday 2 August 2026: Inter Miami CF 2-2 Columbus Crew
- Saturday 31 May 2025: Inter Miami CF 5-1 Columbus Crew
- Saturday 19 April 2025: Columbus Crew 0-1 Inter Miami CF
- Wednesday 2 October 2024: Columbus Crew 2-3 Inter Miami CF
- Tuesday 13 August 2024: Columbus Crew 3-2 Inter Miami CF