📊 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC will be hoping for a better result following a 1-0 US Open Cup defeat last time out to Pittsburgh Riverhounds.

Over their prior 6 fixtures, Pascal Jansen's New York City FC have hit the back of the net a total of 7 times giving them an average number of goals per match of 1.17.

CF Montreal

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After being beaten in their last game against Philadelphia Union in MLS action, CF Montreal will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, CF Montreal had 59% possession and 12 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for CF Montreal was Giacomo Vrioni (45'). Philadelphia Union got 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Indiana Vassilev (2') and Mikael Uhre (84') scored for Philadelphia Union.

The forward players for CF Montreal have made hard work of scoring goals over their last 6 clashes, netting the disappointing return of just 4. In those fixtures, Montreal have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 8. Nonetheless, it remains to be seen if the trend might continue on in this upcoming game or not.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 30/07/2022 tells us that New York City FC have won 4 of these & CF Montreal 1, with the tally of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 11 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 from The Pigeons and 3 coming from Montreal. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The last league contest between these sides was MLS match day 49 on 19/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of CF Montreal 2-0 New York City FC.

On that occasion, CF Montreal had 41% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorers were Caden Clark (18') and Josef Martínez (45').

At the other end, New York City FC got 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Allen Chapman.

📋 Team News: New York City FC

Jacob Arroyave (Knee injury) and Malachi Jones (Broken leg) will not be taking part for New York City FC boss Pascal Jansen.

In our view, The Pigeons may well go for a 4-3-3 system in the match and select Matt Freese, Tayvon Gray, Justin Haak, Thiago Martins, Nico Cavallo, Aiden O'Neill, Jonathan Shore, Maxi Moralez, Julian Fernandez, Alonso Martinez and Andres Perea.

ℹ️ Team News: CF Montreal

From our viewpoint, Montreal will likely make use of a 4-4-2 lineup, going with Jonathan Sirois, Dawid Bugaj, Joel Waterman, Jalen Neal, Luca Petrasso, Dante Sealy, Samuel Piette, Nathan Saliba, Fabian Herbers, Giacomo Vrioni and Prince Osei Owusu.

✨ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, CF Montreal will likely create enough chances to find the back of the net against this New York City FC outfit, although that may not be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re tipping a close game with a 2-1 winning score for New York City FC by the conclusion of the game. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Andre Moura, 23:33 10/05/2025