Major League Soccer

Sep 3, 2023 at 12.30am UK

Stade Saputo

Montreal
2 - 4
Columbus Crew

Opoku (52'), Vilsaint (68')
Jabang (18'), Miljevic (90+4')

FT(HT: 0-3)

Corbo (14' og.), Camilo Hernandez (22', 43', 65' pen.)
Yeboah (29'), Amundsen (46'), Schulte (86')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Major League Soccer clash between CF Montreal and Columbus Crew, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

CF Montreal

All competitions

Last Game: NY City 2-0 Montreal
Thursday, August 31 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Columbus Crew

All competitions

Last Game: Houston 2-0 Columbus Crew
Thursday, August 31 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

We said: CF Montreal 1-2 Columbus Crew

Trading away a couple of centre-backs in Camacho and Kamal Miller earlier this season has left Le CFM relatively thin at that position, and fatigue could play a factor for that backline this weekend given how much they still have to play for and so much defensive inexperience on this roster outside of their new back three. Nancy knows this Montreal side well and should be able to create an effective game plan to expose his former team on the counter.

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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a CF Montreal win with a probability of 48.21%. A win for Columbus Crew had a probability of 26.37% and a draw had a probability of 25.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a CF Montreal win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.26%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.34%) and 2-0 (8.71%). The likeliest Columbus Crew win was 0-1 (7.83%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.09%). The actual scoreline of 2-4 was predicted with a 0.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Columbus Crew would win this match.

Result
CF Montreal	Draw	Columbus Crew
48.21% ( 2.82)	25.43% ( -0.11)	26.37% ( -2.72)

Both teams to score 51.77% (

-1.62)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

48.61% (

-1.19)

51.39% (

1.19)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

26.79% (

-1.05)

73.2% (

1.05)

CF Montreal Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.67% (

0.77)

21.33% (

-0.77)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

45.71% (

1.17)

54.28% (

-1.17)

Columbus Crew Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.8% (

-2.73)

34.2% (

2.72)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.11% (

-3.04)

70.89% (

3.04)

Score Analysis

CF Montreal 48.2%

Columbus Crew 26.37%

Draw 25.42%

CF Montreal	Draw	Columbus Crew
1-0 @ 11.26% ( 0.77) 2-1 @ 9.34% ( 0.18) 2-0 @ 8.71% ( 0.78) 3-1 @ 4.81% ( 0.2) 3-0 @ 4.48% ( 0.5) 3-2 @ 2.58% ( -0.08) 4-1 @ 1.86% ( 0.12) 4-0 @ 1.73% ( 0.23) 4-2 @ 1% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.43% Total : 48.2%	1-1 @ 12.09% ( -0.04) 0-0 @ 7.29% ( 0.34) 2-2 @ 5.01% ( -0.28) 3-3 @ 0.92% ( -0.1) Other @ 0.1% Total : 25.42%	0-1 @ 7.83% ( -0.21) 1-2 @ 6.49% ( -0.53) 0-2 @ 4.2% ( -0.45) 1-3 @ 2.32% ( -0.38) 2-3 @ 1.79% ( -0.25) 0-3 @ 1.5% ( -0.29) Other @ 2.24% Total : 26.37%