New York Red Bulls vs CF Montreal Prediction: The Red Bulls won’t lose, but can they win?

The Red Bulls are back in action again this week as they prepare to host CF Montreal at the Red Bull Arena for another MLS fixture. New York Red Bulls chase a win after 3 consecutive draws and they hope CF Montreal will be the team to give them that result. They also head into this fixture with a good unbeaten run, which gives them a lot of confidence in this upcoming game. And for CF Montreal, they had a narrow win over Atlanta United at home a few days ago, but their records are begging for some consistency, so they will hope to snatch another win when they visit the Red Bull Arena to face New York Red Bulls.

According to the eastern conference table, New York Red Bulls sit in 4th position with 37 points, while CF Montreal is in 10th with 26 points.

New York Red Bulls

The Red Bulls have earned a new nickname “draw merchants” after they had 3 consecutive draws in their last 3 games and 4 in their last 6 matches. The Red Bulls have managed to keep an unbeaten streak on one hand, but at the same time they are within the reach of New York City and they face the risk of a free fall down the table. It's only logical that the Red Bulls fight to beat CF Montreal in the upcoming fixture.

Last 5 matches of the New York Red Bulls ended in 1 win and 4 draws (DWDDD), and at home their results were 3 wins and 2 draws (WWDWD). Finally across 10 league matches, the Red Bulls had 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats (LWWLDDWDDD).

New York Red Bulls played against the Colorado Rapids away from home last time out and the game ended in a 1-1 draw. The Red Bulls were first to draw blood through Lewis Morgan in the 45+1’ minute but they lost the lead in the 65th minute through an own goal scored by Sean Nealis. The game stayed as a draw until the end and the Red Bulls walked away with a point. New York Red Bulls stats showed they had 40% possession, 3 big chances, 4 goalkeeper saves, 3 corner kicks and 7 shots on target.

CF Montreal

CF Montreal fought hard to earn a narrow win over Atlanta United in their last match, but it made up for little after a long period of inconsistent and poor results. CF Montreal now turn their attention to the Red Bulls as they seek to build a winning run, but the odds are not in support at the moment.

Last 5 matches for CF Montreal showed they had 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (LWLDW), and away from home they had 1 draw and 4 defeats (LLDLL). Finally, across 10 league matches, CF Montreal had 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats (DWDDDLWLDW).

CF Montreal felt a surge of relief at the end of their last match against Atlanta United. They managed to beat Atlanta United by a single goal scored in the 51st minute by Ruan Gregorio Teixeira. Atlanta United lost a player to a red card 4 minutes after CF Montreal took the lead and the game was pretty much over after that. In the end, CF Montreal had the following stats: 64% possession, 4 big chances, 0 goalkeeper saves, 4 corner kicks and 7 shots on target.

Head to Head

In the last 20 meetings between both clubs, CF Montreal won 10 matches while New York Red Bulls won 9 matches and they drew 1 match.

H2H Streaks

New York Red Bulls is without a clean sheet in the last 3 matches

New York Red Bulls scored first in 5/7 matches

7/8 matches ended with less than 10.5 corners

Expert Betting Options

The momentum is surely with the New York Red Bulls, not necessarily because they are such a formidable team, but because they are facing an inconsistent CF Montreal team at home. I expect the Red Bulls to be over the place searching for all 3 points and avoiding another draw by all means necessary. However, CF Montreal seem to know this fixture pretty well as seen by the h2h, and maybe they might feel comfortable against the New York Red Bulls in this game.

• New York Red Bulls Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals at 1.75 Odds
• Both Teams to Score at 1.81 Odds
• Correct Score 1-1 at 9.00 Odds