CF Montreal vs. Columbus Crew Match Analysis and Prediction

Major League Soccer will be back in action this week when CF Montreal and Columbus Crew will square off at Stade Saputo in their 30th game week in the campaign. Match day schedules for September 10 at 02:30 EAT.

The hosts are currently second in the Eastern conference with 52 points, eight points off Philadelphia Union at the top of the table. In his second year in charge, Wilfried Nancy has been able to count on consistent contributions from his star players, with his back-end also chipping in on a fairly regular basis, as 11 of this team’s goals in 2022 have come from defenders.

Montreal Impact gets into this fixture in high spirits following 3-4 MLS win to beat Toronto FC in their previous fixture. In that game, Montreal Impact had 57% possession, nine shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Kamal Miller (19′), Djordje Mihailovic (21′), Kei Kamara (43′) and Alistair Johnston (54′). Toronto FC got 11 shots with four of them on target and goals by Federico Bernardeschi (5′) and Lorenzo Insigne (7′, 93′) scored for Toronto FC.

Meanwhile, Columbus Crew is two points inside the playoffs (6th) in the same division as Saturday’s hosts. Since the end of May, Caleb Porter has seen a dramatic change in his team’s form, with the Crew suffering only one defeat in their previous 16 MLS affairs, with that lone loss coming at home, 2-1 versus Montreal.

Columbus Crew settled for a 0-0 MLS stalemate with Chicago Fire Chicago fire in their most recent encounter. In that game, Columbus Crew had 62% possession and 25 shots with nine of them on target while Chicago Fire got six shots with one of them on target.

CF Montreal vs. Columbus Crew head to head

These two sides have had 26 head to head encounters since 2012; Columbus Crew claims 12 wins, Montreal Impact 10 wins while four matches played out draws.

• Columbus 1-2 Montreal 04/08/22
• Columbus 2-1 Montreal 26/09/21
• Montreal 0-0 Columbus 01/05/21
• Columbus 1-2 Montreal 08/10/20
• Columbus 2-1 Montreal 21/07/19

Home

• Toronto 3-4 Montreal
• Montreal 0-1 New York
• Chicago 0-2 Montreal
• Montreal 4-0 New England
• Houston 2-3 Montreal

Away

• Columbus 0-0 Chicago
• Columbus 1-0 Miami
• Cincinnati 2-2 Columbus
• Columbus 2-2 Atlanta
• Colorado 1-1 Columbus

CF Montreal Impact team news

Wilfred Nancy is grateful to have a fully fit squad ahead of this game

Columbus Crew team news

Perry Kitchen will be unavailable for Caleb Porter’s selection for this game while Pedro Santos is a doubt for this match.

Prediction and odds

• CF Montreal Win
• Draw
• Both teams to score