📊 Form Guide

CF Montreal

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CF Montreal enter this match following a 2-2 MLS drawn match against Portland Timbers.

In that game, CF Montreal had 43% possession and 23 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For CF Montreal, the goalscorers were Daniel Ríos (11') and Wikelman Carmona (45'). Portland Timbers had 14 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Kevin Kelsy (21') and Cole Bassett (77') scored for Portland Timbers.

CF Montreal haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They’ve managed to rack up 15 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5.

Chicago Fire

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Chicago Fire come into this game following on from a 1-3 MLS win vs D.C. United in their previous fixture.

In that game, Chicago Fire had 59% possession and 15 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Chicago Fire, the goals were scored by Robin Lod (62'), Hugo Cuypers (71') and Maren Haile-Selassie (87'). At the other end, D.C. United had 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Tai Baribo (41') scored for D.C. United.

The stats don’t lie, and Chicago Fire have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 12 goals in total. In defence, Chicago Fire have clearly had some problems. That kind of pattern might not follow through into this next game, however.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 16/09/2023 tells us that CF Montreal have won 1 of these and Chicago Fire 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

An aggregate of 16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them for Montreal and 10 netted by Men in Red. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

📰 Team News: CF Montreal

In all likelihood, Montreal look set to use a 4-3-3 formation for this one and select Thomas Gillier, D. Dan Thórhallsson, Jalen Neal, Brayan Vera, Luca Petrasso, Samuel Piette, Victor Loturi, Matthew Longstaff, Noah Streit, Daniel Rios and Wikelman Carmona.

🗞️ Team News: Chicago Fire

From our viewpoint, Men in Red will likely utilise a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to Chris Brady, Jonathan Dean, Jack Elliott, Mbekezeli Mbokazi, Andrew Gutman, Mauricio Pineda, Puso Dithejane, Robin Lod, Philip Zinckernagel, Hugo Cuypers and Jonathan Bamba.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Chicago Fire and CF Montreal should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. That is why we are leaning toward a hard-fought 1-1 draw when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 20:05 16/05/2026