Colorado Rapids vs CF Montreal Prediction: Beware of draw!

Colorado Rapids are back in action this week and they welcome CF Montreal to the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids did the business once again in the last game against St. Louis City last week and they are now on a 2-match win streak. This seemed almost impossible to achieve a few weeks back, when they had a terrible run, but it seems that the Rapids are onto something in recent weeks. CF Montreal are coming off another draw against the New York Red Bulls last week. They have now played a draw in 3 consecutive matches and they are feeling anxious to get back to winning ways.

According to the ranking, Colorado Rapids is 5th on the western conference table with 28 points and CF Montreal is 12th on the eastern conference table with 19 points.

Colorado Rapids

The Colorado Rapids fans are feeling relieved and excited about the positive results from the team in the last couple of weeks. They faced a tough run that led to a 4-match winless streak, but that memory has been eased by the back-to-back wins in the last 2 games. And at the moment, Colorado Rapids are looking very confident of picking up another win at home against CF Montreal.

So, the Rapids are unbeaten in 2 games where they recorded back-to-back wins. However they have a very poor record in their last 5 games as they had 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. And in 10 straight games, their record still looks very poor, as they had 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

The Rapids played their last game away from home against St. Louis City SC and they won 3-0 in the end. Dorde Mihailovic was first to score in just 9 minutes and then he doubled the lead in the 60th minute. Finally in the 90+6 minute, The Rapids got a penalty and Dorde Mihalovic scored to complete his hat trick.

At the end of the game, Colorado Rapids’ stats were: 46% possession, 3 big chances, 4 goalkeeper saves, 7 corner kicks and 5 shots on target.

CF Montreal

CF Montreal will be hoping to snatch a win after playing 3 draws in their last 3 games. They have been very good in those games but they hope to find a way to get back to winning ways. Their last win was against DC United at home back in May, when they won 4-2. CF Montreal will travel to the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park to face Colorado Rapids and their chances of getting a win is not as glamorous as they would hope.

According to records, CF Montreal have played 4 draws in their last 4 games. They are also unbeaten in their last 5 league games, during that time they recorded 4 draws and 1 win. And in 10 games, CF Montreal recorded just 1 win, 5 draws and 4 defeats, which is a horrible stat.

CF Montreal’s last game was at home against the New York Red Bulls and the game ended as a 2-2 draw. CF Montreal had a 2-0 lead in the first half courtesy of goals from Ibrahim Sanusi (11’) and Kwadwo Opoku (40’). But in the second half, they failed to maintain the tempo and they conceded twice in the 61st and 88th minutes to end the game as a draw.

At the end of the game, CF Montreal had the stats: 52% possession, 4 big chances, 7 goalkeeper saves, 3 corner kicks and 4 shots on target.

Head to Head

According to h2h, both clubs have played 9 games against each other. Colorado Rapids won 6 games while CF Montreal won 2 games and 1 game ended in a draw.

Analysis and Prediction

Colorado Rapids are the better pick to get the win because they are in very confident form at the moment and they are playing in front of the home fans. CF Montreal’s draw tendencies poses a serious worry for the Rapids in this game as CF Montreal might be more than happy to play out another draw rather than lose the game. But the game should turn out well for Colorado Rapids and whether they win or not is dependent on them.

• Colorado Rapids (-1.5) Corner Handicap at 1.6 Odds
• Both Teams to Score at 1.68 Odds
• Over 9 Corners at 1.80 Odds