Cincinnati 3-5 Inter Miami result, stats and report

Lionel Messi scored four times as Inter Miami put seven past a shambolic CF Montréal side, delivering the kind of performance that reminds you exactly why standards matter. This was not a football match. It was an execution.

Nashville SC were ruthless at home, putting four past Cincinnati without reply in a performance that had everything you want from a winning team. Cincinnati had the chances to make a game of it and wasted every single one.

Inter Miami were pegged back by a late Breel Embolo penalty as Atlanta United earned a 2-2 draw in a bad-tempered MLS clash, despite Casemiro and Luis Suárez giving the hosts what looked like a comfortable lead at half-time.

Columbus Crew host Inter Miami on Sunday night having lost four straight MLS matches and conceded thirteen goals in the process. Inter Miami arrive with thirty goals scored across their last ten and no intention of slowing down.

CF Montréal have conceded 13 goals in their last five matches and kept zero clean sheets. Cincinnati arrive knowing full well that goals are there for the taking.

Inter Miami host San Diego on Sunday night carrying a momentum slope that tells the real story behind their results. The question is whether their 62 per cent possession average is a genuine platform or simply a comfortable pattern that opposing sides have learned to exploit.

Houston Dynamo carry one of MLS's most impressive home records into Sunday's clash with a Cincinnati side that cannot stop conceding, setting up a compelling tactical collision at Shell Energy Stadium.

Nashville SC arrive in Florida as one of MLS's most compelling stories of 2026, carrying a defensive structure that has made them genuinely difficult to beat. Inter Miami have the possession and the profile to cause problems, but their recent form tells a different story.