📏 Form Guide

CF Montreal

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CF Montreal fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-1 MLS victory against New York City FC.

In that match, CF Montreal managed 39% possession and 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The only player to score for CF Montreal was Prince Osei Owusu (48'). New York City FC had 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

It has been all too rare in recent games that CF Montreal have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that CF Montreal have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals in the process. Despite that, we must now wait to see whether that pattern shall be replicated here in this match or not.

Columbus Crew

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In their previous fixture, Columbus Crew drew 2-2 in the MLS tie with Philadelphia Union.

In that game, Columbus Crew managed 71% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Columbus Crew, goals were scored by Max Arfsten (61') and Sean Zawadzki (93'). For their opponents, Philadelphia Union got 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Tai Baribo (45') and Frankie Westfield (64') scored for Philadelphia Union.

The stats tell the story, and Columbus Crew have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 6 goals in all. In defence, Columbus Crew just haven’t been too solid at all.

👥 Head to head

Looking at past results between these clubs stretching back to 09/09/2022 shows that these encounters have been a source of anguish for CF Montreal. They have not been able to get any wins at all whereas Columbus Crew have been dominant against them, getting wins in 67 per cent of those match-ups.

A total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 of them from Montreal and 13 netted by The Crew. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The previous league match between these clubs was MLS match day 10 on 05/04/2025 when the final score was Columbus Crew 2-1 CF Montreal.

That time, Columbus Crew had 56% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Goals were scored by Aziel Jackson (11') and Jacen Russell-Rowe (26').

CF Montreal had 4 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Prince Osei Owusu (50') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Alexis Da Silva.

📋 Team News: CF Montreal

We are thinking that Montreal should use the 4-4-2 system for the game and select Jonathan Sirois, Dawid Bugaj, Joel Waterman, Jalen Neal, Luca Petrasso, Dante Sealy, Nathan Saliba, Victor Loturi, Fabian Herbers, Caden Clark and Prince Osei Owusu.

🗞️ Team News: Columbus Crew

Columbus Crew boss Wilfried Nancy has some current player fitness concerns. Rudy Camacho (Hamstring injury) and Andrés Herrera (Hamstring injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

There’s a good chance that The Crew appear most likely to make use of a 4-4-2 formation by sending out Patrick Schulte, Mohamed Farsi, Steven Moreira, Evgen Cheberko, Malte Amundsen, Aziel Jackson, Dylan Chambost, Darlington Nagbe, Max Arfsten, Jacen Russell-Rowe and Daniel Gazdag.

✨ Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, CF Montreal may not find it easy to register a score against this Columbus Crew team who should get the vital goal that wins it.

We therefore fancy a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 victory for Columbus Crew at the end of the 90.

Hoping for a good game.

Andre Moura, 23:30 14/05/2025