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Columbus Crew 2-1 Inter Miami: Match Analysis & Model Review

Columbus Crew 2-1 Inter Miami in Major League Soccer, Sunday, September 27: the numbers behind the result and how Goalorithm's model called it.

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Published September 27, 2026 · By the Goalorithm model desk

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Match report

Columbus Crew beat Inter Miami in Major League Soccer on Sunday, September 27, with a 2-1 win for Columbus Crew over Inter Miami and a 1-1 score at half-time. The final score was 2-1, with Columbus Crew scoring two goals and Inter Miami scoring one goal.

The scoreline gives the match a clear outcome, while the half-time score records that the teams were level at the interval. Across the match, there were three goals. The available performance figures offer another view of the contest, including the shot counts, possession, corners and saves.

The numbers

Columbus Crew took 5 shots, including 2 on target. Inter Miami took 1 shot, with 1 on target. The shots-on-target figures show how many attempts from each side reached the target; the overall shot totals also record attempts that did not. These figures sit alongside a match in which both teams scored.

Possession was 42% for Columbus Crew and 58% for Inter Miami. The possession figures describe how play was shared between the sides, while the final score records the outcome. Columbus Crew had 4 corners and Inter Miami had 0. The save totals were 0 for Columbus Crew and 1 for Inter Miami. Taken together, the numbers provide a snapshot of attempts, possession, set-piece opportunities and saves, without changing the fact that Columbus Crew finished with the win.

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Josef Martínez was Columbus Crew’s best-rated player, rated 7.0 with 1 goal. L. Messi received Inter Miami’s best rating, 7.8, and recorded 1 goal. Each player’s line includes a goal, making both standouts direct contributors on the scoresheet.

The ratings identify the leading individual performers for their respective teams. Their goal returns also feature in the scoring totals, as Columbus Crew closed the match with the win and Inter Miami with the defeat.

How the model called it

Before kick-off, the model gave Columbus Crew a 30.1% chance of winning, a draw 26.5%, and Inter Miami a 43.5% chance of winning. These probabilities are estimates. The model’s most likely outcome was Inter Miami to win, and it gave the actual result 30.1%; the result went against the model's most likely outcome.

The final score was the model's 3rd-likeliest score. The model’s outcome call and its score assessment describe different parts of the forecast: one identifies the most likely result, while the other places the final score among its predicted scorelines.

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How this was written: an AI writer drafts the words from Goalorithm's own data. Every figure is filled in from our model and match records, never by the writer, and nothing we don't hold is guessed. Probabilities are model estimates, not certainties.

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Major League Soccer

Columbus Crew vs Inter Miami

Sun, Sep 27 · 7:00 PM ET · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field

Full time

2–1

Half-time 1–1

The model before the game

Columbus Crew
30.1%
Draw
26.5%
Inter Miami
43.5%

The result went against the model's most likely outcome.

The numbers

Columbus CrewStatisticInter Miami
0saves1
5shots1
4corners0
42%possession58%
2shots on target1
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