Ahead of a bye week coming next week, the Crew host Inter Miami at Lower.com Field on Saturday night looking to continue their unbeaten streak at home. This season, the Crew are 3-0-1 at home, with 12 goals scored and just three conceded. Inter Miami enters the game on a six-game losing streak and has not scored in a road game so far this year.
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After playing 45 minutes in Wednesday’s US Open Cup win over Indy Eleven, his first game back from a knee injury, striker Cucho Hernandez is set to make his first MLS start since March 11. New addition Malte Amundsen, who the Crew acquired in a trade with New York City FC on Monday to replace the injured Will Sands, is on the bench. Amundsen just arrived in Columbus on Thursday, so he’s still getting up to speed with the Crew but could be a factor as a substitute.
Columbus Crew starters: Patrick Schulte (goalkeeper); Gustavo Vallecilla (center back), Miloš Degenek (center back), Steven Moreira (center back); Yaw Yeboah (left wingback), Darlington Nagbe (central midfielder), Aidan Morris (central midfielder), Mo Farsi (right wingback); Lucas Zelarayán (attacking midfielder), Alex Mățan (attacking midfielder); Cucho Hernandez (striker).
Columbus Crew bench: Evan Bush, Philip Quinton, Isaiah Parente, Christian Ramírez, Malte Amundsen, Jacen Russell-Rowe, Keegan Hughes, Sean Zawadzki, Max Arfsten.
Inter Miami starting XI
Drake Callender (goalkeeper), Franco Negri (left back), Kamal Miller (center back), Sergii Kryvtsov (center back), DeAndre Yedlin (right back); Jean Mota (central midfielder), Dixon Arroyo (central midfielder); Nicolas Stefanelli (left winger), Benjamin Cremaschi (attacking midfielder), Corentin Jean (right winger); Leonardo Campana (striker).
Inter Miami bench: Christopher McVey, Victor Ulloa, Robert Taylor, Josef Martinez, Harvey Neville, Rodolfo Pizarro, Nick Marsman, David Ruiz, Shaynder Borgelin.
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