Orlando City SC vs CF Montreal Prediction: Both sides can’t afford a defeat

Orlando City will be playing CF Montreal at the Exploria Stadium. CF Montreal come into this game with very poor form from their previous games. While Orlando City look like they will finally be able to get back to winning ways after they played a draw in their last match.

Orlando City lost 2-0 to CF Montreal back in May and they have lost back-to-back games against CF Montreal. But at the Exploria Stadium, they won CF Montreal CF last year.

CF Montreal will need more than head-to-head records to stand a chance against Orlando City. They are in very poor form as they are winless in their last 5 games. They lost 2-0 on this ground back in 2022.

Orlando City

Orlando City need a win in this game after playing a draw and a defeat in their last 2 games. They won 2 and drew 1 of their last 5 league games leading to this game. Their last game against Inter Miami CF ended in a draw. Orlando conceded from David Ruiz’s goal in the 52nd minute, before Duncan Maguire equalized in the 66th minute. Orlando City have already lost the first game against CF Montreal when they faced each other in May. But they can expect a less competitive game against CF Montreal, who are in very poor form. Orlando’s position on the Eastern Conference table remains under threat from the clubs below. They have 51 points, while Columbus Crew, Philadelphia Union, Atlanta United and New England Revolution are all having 41 points.

Streaks

• Without a clean sheet in 3 games.
• Both teams scored in 8/10 games.
• They conceded first in 8/10 games.

CF Montreal

CF Montreal cannot seem to come back from their poor form that has stretched in their last 5 games in a row. They had 3 defeats and 2 draws in those 5 games and most recently they lost 4-1 against Atlanta United. They conceded 4 goals from Xnde Silva, Thiago Almada, Giogios Giakoumakis and Edwin Mosquera. And Ahmed Hamdi was able to find the back of the net for CF Montreal once in the 40th minute.

CF Montreal will need to pull off a miracle against Orlando City SC. They beat Orlando City in their last meeting back in May. Robin Jansson scored an own goal in the 62nd minute and Romell Quioto scored Montreal’s second goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately both teams have changed since then and CF Montreal are currently the poorer side between the two.

Montreal are still in 8th spot with 37 points and they face tight competition from New York City who are 9th with the same point. Montreal will definitely be dropping off the playoff zone unless they can turn things around.

Streaks

• No wins in 5 games.
• 8/9 games ended with less than 10.5 corners

Head to Head

There’s been nothing to separate both clubs according to the head-to-head record. Both clubs won 9 of the 20 matches they played against each other and they played out a draw in 2 matches.

Streaks

• CF Montreal won the last 3 games.
• Orlando City are without a clean sheet in 3 games.
• 5/6 games ended with less than 2.5 goals.
• 5/5 games ended with more than 4.5 cards
• 7/8 games ended with less than 10.5 corners.

Analysis and Betting Tips

The pressure is on for both sides who are interested in keeping their positions on the table. Orlando City can use the home ground to their advantage and also the form of CF Montreal is very bad at the moment. Despite both sides being in very contrasting form, there is an indication that there won’t be plenty of goals in this game. Orlando City should be able to snatch a win by a very slim margin.

• Under 3 Goals at 1.69 Odds
• Home to Keep a clean sheet at 2.65 Odds
• Both Teams to Score No at 2.05 Odds