The home side has won all three meetings between Inter Miami and Columbus, with Miami winning the first-ever meeting between the sides, 1-0, last September. The Crew have won the two meetings since, both in Columbus, by a combined score of 5-0.
Inter Miami returns home after three straight road losses. Since the beginning of May, only Atlanta United (5) has had fewer road points than Miami (6 – W1 D3 L7) while only seven teams have more points than the Herons at home (20 – W6 D2 L1).
The Crew’s 2-2 draw at Montreal on Friday extended its unbeaten away run to eight games, one shy of the club record of nine straight set in 2004. Columbus has managed just three wins in those games (D5), however despite leading at some point in six of the eight games.
Gonzalo Higuain Scored yet another game Miami failed to win on Saturday, with the Herons winning just one of the eight games in which he’s found the net this year (D2 L5). Miami is averaging 0.63 points per match when Higuain scores this season, lowest in MLS among players who have scored in at least five games this season.
Lucas Zelarayan scored his ninth goal of 2022 on Friday to go along with 10 assists. he is one goal away from becoming the third player in Crew history with 10 goals and 10 assists in a single regular season after Jeff Cunningham in 2000 (10 goals, 13 assists)and Ethan Finlay in 2015 (12 goals, 16 assists).
