Fillipi's 90th-minute equaliser keeps Inter Miami level at 2-2

Inter Miami and FC Cincinnati drew 2-2 at the Nu Stadium, with Riquelme Fillipi's late goal rescuing a point after Cincinnati had led since the 86th minute.

Riquelme Fillipi's goal in the 90th minute pulled Inter Miami level at 2-2, and it changes how the whole evening reads. Luis Suárez had put the home side ahead in the 61st minute, Kenji Mboma Dem levelled for Cincinnati in the 80th, and Samuel Mawuena Gidi put the visitors in front in the 86th. Inter had only four minutes to find an answer, and Fillipi found one, with Rodrigo De Paul credited with the assist.

Inter Miami had 61% of the ball, which simply means they held possession for longer than their opponents. That is a little above their home average of 57.4%, so it was a touch more than usual rather than a shift in how the game was shaped. Cincinnati had 39%, against an away average of 51.9%, so they had noticeably less of the ball than they normally do on the road. Inter's passing was also tidy, with 564 of their 608 passes finding a team-mate.

Inter took 14 shots, above their home average of 11.9, and nine of them came from inside the box. Expected goals, a measure of how good a chance was, where a certain goal would count as one, put their total at 0.85. That is well under their home average of 1.87 and the league norm of 1.5 per side. So Inter shot more often than usual, but the openings they created were poorer than they normally manage.

Cincinnati's figures tell the opposite story in one way and the same story in another. They took 12 shots, well short of their away average of 15.7 and the league figure of 13.4, and their expected goals of 0.64 sat under their usual 1.56. Yet they scored twice, which means they finished far better than their chances suggested. Inter did much the same, scoring twice from chances worth 0.85, so this was a match decided by finishing rather than by the quality of openings.

Suárez was the most involved Inter player, with four shots and two of them on target, and his goal gave his side the lead. Evander had six attempts for Cincinnati and set up the goal that made it 1-1, a sign of how often he was looking to shoot. Neither side had a player sent off, so both finished with eleven men on the pitch, and nothing in the match changed because of a dismissal.

Inter conceded two goals, which is above their home average of 1.4, but the chances they gave away were fewer than usual, with Cincinnati's expected goals of 0.64 well under their usual 1.73. Cincinnati conceded two as well, which is below their away average of 2.3, and Inter's expected goals of 0.85 sat beneath the 1.14 that Cincinnati normally allow on the road. The two defences were tested less than usual, and the goals that did come were the ones that made the difference.

Inter Miami have won three of their last six at home, while Cincinnati have won three of their last six away from home. Both sides leave with a point they would not have predicted from the chances alone, and both now have three wins and three defeats in that run.

Player of the matchL. Suárez1 goal8.2

K. Mboma Dem1 goal8.2

Riquelme Fillipi1 goal8.0

R. De Paul1 assist7.7