CF Montreal vs New York City Prediction & Picks - Major League Soccer

Prediction published on 10/17/24, 7:21 AM  by Edgar Jibran | Modified on 10/17/24 at 3:28 PM in Major League Soccer Picks

The MLS Eastern Conference will define the qualified teams for the Wild Card spots next Saturday, being one of the most important matches the confrontation between CF Montreal and New York City, teams that will face at 04:00 pm Central Time. In this regard, Montreal is the team with the huge pressure of winning this game as teams like Philadelphia Union and Atlanta United are only 3 points behind them.

When looking closely at the standings, Montreal is one of the weakest offensives in the MLS with just 46 scored goals, but they recently collected very relevant results like their victories over Atlanta United, San Jose and Chicago Fire. Nonetheless, they showed themselves not to be prepared to confront more solid teams like Charlotte FC, as they lost their most recent game against them 2-0.

Meanwhile, New York City is already qualified for the playoffs, remarkably noting as one of the best MLS defensives with just 47 received goals. Also, it must be added that they’ve two offensive referents that scored more than 10 goals throughout the regular season, Alonso Martinez and Santiago Rodriguez, being this last one also the top assistant of the sky-blue squad with 10 assists.