Columbus Crew vs Inter Miami — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Monday, 28 September 2026

MLS·Monday, 28 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 14.7 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Columbus Crew

34%

result

Draw

23%

Inter Miami

43%

top pick

Final score

2–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Columbus Crew win 34.2% before kick-off, and its most likely result was an Inter Miami win. Expected goals 1.50–1.69 against 2–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals62%3 scored
Both teams score63%yes
Columbus Crew clean sheet19%no
Inter Miami clean sheet23%no
Columbus Crew score 2+44%yes
Inter Miami score 2+51%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.3087
1X2 Brier score0.6692
Probability on the result34.2%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (10.3%), 1–2 (9.2%), 2–1 (8.0%). It finished 2–1 — one of them.

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Columbus Crew

22 FebAvs Portland Timbers2–3L
1 MarAvs Sporting Kansas City2–2D
8 MarHvs Chicago Fire0–0D
14 MarHvs Nashville SC0–1L
21 MarAvs Toronto FC1–2L

Inter Miami

5 SeptHvs Atlanta United FC2–2D
22 FebAvs Los Angeles FC0–3L
2 MarAvs Orlando City4–2W
7 MarAvs DC United2–1W
14 MarAvs Charlotte0–0D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatColumbus Crew
(Home · 17 matches)
Inter Miami
(Away · 17 matches)
BTTS rate58.8%70.6%
Over 2.5 rate64.7%70.6%
Clean sheet29.4%17.6%
Avg goals2.823.65

Home stats use Columbus Crew's home record; away stats use Inter Miami's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.