CF Montreal vs Portland Timbers Prediction: Montreal are over priced by the bookmakers

CF Montreal have hit a dead end in the last few weeks with a string of poor performances and now they face a difficult and in-form opponent. There are serious concerns that CF Montreal might lose their playoff spot at the end of this game unless they can find a way to turn things around. And with such a poor form, a positive result is almost impossible. Portland Timbers however, are doing really well and they are getting the right results for their brilliant performances. They held LA Galaxy to a 3-3 draw last time out and they are hungry for a win. With CF Montreal's current form, Toronto FC will be grateful to take all 3 points.

CF Montreal

CF Montreal have remained 9th in the Eastern Conference, not really because of their brilliance but because the teams below are struggling. They have 38 points and behind them are New York City, DC United and New York Red Bulls with 38, 37 and 37 points respectively. It's safe to say CF Montreal's position in the playoffs is as good as gone unless they can beat Portland Timbers.

Montreal have not won in their last 7 games in the league. They managed to hold Houston Dynamo to a 1-1 draw in their last match. Lassi Lappalainen scored the equalizer in the dying minutes to earn CF Montreal a draw.

Montreal are no match for Portland Timbers at the moment. Although they beat Toronto in their last meeting by 2 goals to 1. However, that was back in 2019.

Streaks

• No wins in 7 matches.
• Without a clean sheet in 4 matches.
• First to concede in 5/7 matches.
• First half loser in 5/7 matches.
• More than 4.5 cards in 5/6 matches.
• Less than 10.5 corners in 9/10 matches.

Portland Timbers

Portland Timbers are the better side in this game by a mile. Toronto FC have maintained a very fine form since their last defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps 2 months ago. Since then Toronto FC are unbeaten in their last 7 games in a row.

They played an exciting 3-3 draw with LA Galaxy in their last game. Santiago Moreno gave them an early lead in just 5 minutes and then Eriq Zavaleta scored an own goal for their second and Felipe Mora scored the third goal.

Portland Timbers remain 7th in the western conference with 43 points and they have San Jose and Dallas behind them with 42 and 41 points respectively.

Portland Timbers don't have fond memories of their last meeting against CF Montreal as they lost their last meeting by 2 goals to 1 back in 2019. Tomas Conechny scored the only goal for Portland Timbers in that game.

Streaks

• No losses in 7 games.
• Without a clean sheet in 4 games.
• More than 2.5 goals in 8/9 games.
• Both Teams scored in 7/8 games.
• Portland scored first in 5/5 games.
• Less than 10.5 corners in 7/9 games.

Head to Head

Portland Timbers and CF Montreal have played 8 matches against each other. CF Montreal won 4 matches, while Portland Timbers won 2 matches and 2 matches ended in a draw.

Streaks

• CF Montreal have not lost the last 4 games.
• CF Montreal are without a clean sheet in 7 games.
• Portland Timbers are without a clean sheet in 8 games.
• More than 2.5 goals scored in 6/7 games.
• Both teams scored in 7/7 games.
• Montreal scored first in 7/8 games.
• Less than 4.5 cards in 7/8 games.
• Less than 10.5 corners in 6/7 games.

Analysis and Predictions

We can all agree that this is a walk over for Portland Timbers. Montreal have been struggling for some time now and there's no hope for them again this season. Portland Timbers should pick all 3 points in this game without stress.

• More than 2.5 Goals at 1.64 Odds
• Away Win FT at 3.07 Odds
• Felipe Mora to Score Anytime at 2.62 Odds