New York City FC are set to play against CF Montreal in Wednesday’s MLS meeting.
All New York City FC v CF Montreal game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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New York City FC
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New York City FC will be looking for another win after a 4-2 MLS victory versus Orlando City.
In that match, New York City FC had 53% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For New York City FC, the goalscorers were Santiago Rodríguez (15'), Axel Ojeda (45'), Hannes Wolf (45') and Monsef Bakrar (94'). For their opponents, Orlando City got 14 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Dagur Dan Þórhallsson (72') and Duncan McGuire (91') scored for Orlando City.
It has been all too rare in recent games that New York City FC have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that New York City FC have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 9 goals in the process.
CF Montreal
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CF Montreal will come into the clash following a 4-2 MLS win over Philadelphia Union in their last outing.
In that game, CF Montreal managed 64% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. For CF Montreal, the goals were scored by Josef Martínez (36'), Dominic Yankov (89') and Ruan (92'). Philadelphia Union had 8 shots on goal with 5 on target. Quinn Sullivan (29'), Jesús Bueno (42') and Jack Elliott (56' Own goal) scored for Philadelphia Union.
Indicating their involvement in fruitful encounters, we’ve had goals 21 times in the prior 6 games in which CF Montreal have taken to the field, yielding an average of 3.5 goals per meeting. Opposition teams have got 11 of this grand total. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, however.
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Head to head
Looking over past results between these clubs going back to 21/07/2021 shows that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for CF Montreal. They have not managed to get any victories whatsoever whereas New York City FC have been the better of the two, winning in 83% of those games played.
A sum of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 11 of them from The Pigeons and 2 belonging to Montreal. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.
The last league encounter featuring these clubs was MLS match day 38 on 30/08/2023 which ended up with the score at New York City FC 2-0 CF Montreal.
That time, New York City FC managed 53% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Andres Jasson (29') and Monsef Bakrar (37').
CF Montreal had 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target.
The match was refereed by Fotis Bazakos.
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Team News: New York City FC
The New York City FC manager Nick Cushing does not have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game with a completely healthy squad available to select from.
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Team News: CF Montreal
Thanks to a completely healthy group available to choose from, the CF Montreal boss Laurent Courtois has zero fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match.
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Prediction
In our view, New York City FC are likely to dominate possession and create several successful chances.
However, CF Montreal won’t find it easy getting goals although we do think that they will probably end up hitting back at some stage here.
Therefore, we are anticipating a decent 3-1 victory for New York City FC when the full-time whistle blows.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game in the WDW market, staking on New York City FC is best priced at 1.38, a bet on a drawn result is 5 and staking on a win for CF Montreal is 7. Those are the top returns that can be secured as of now.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
20:00 02/07/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
New York City FC
Formed: 2013
Stadium: Yankee Stadium (47,422)
Captain: Thiago Martins
Chairman: Brad Sims
Manager: Nick Cushing
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Eastern Conference)