CF Montreal vs Inter Miami - prediction, team news, lineups

In hunt of their archetypal MLS triumph since aboriginal May, CF Montreal volition invited Inter Miami to Saputo Stadium connected matchday 17 for some sides connected Saturday.

A 1-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Nashville SC successful midweek has Le CFM sitting 13th successful the Eastern Conference, portion Miami moved up to 2nd acknowledgment to a 3-2 triumph implicit the Chicago Fire.

Match preview

Defensively, Montreal person travel a agelong mode successful caller weeks, but that has not enabled them to summation overmuch crushed successful the MLS playoff race.

Philippe Eullaffroy’s men person conceded a extremity oregon less successful each 4 of their competitory fixtures this period but are 4 points beneath the postseason enactment with 4 teams to catch.

Montreal are 1 of 4 teams successful the league this twelvemonth that are averaging less than a constituent per game, collecting 0.94 truthful far.

Three of their adjacent 4 league outings instrumentality spot astatine Saputo Stadium, wherever the location squad person suffered conscionable 1 decision successful their past six home affairs (2-0 to the Chicago Fire).

Meanwhile, 3 of their 4 league victories this play occurred astatine Saputo Stadium, with this broadside conceding conscionable 1 extremity successful those 3 triumphs combined.

Le CFM person points successful 2 of their past 3 regular play location meetings versus Florida-based clubs, defeating Orlando City 2-0 successful May.

In emblematic Miami fashion, we saw the Herons concede aboriginal and travel from down to triumph connected matchday 16, a look which is surely not planned yet has been hugely palmy for them.

In 2026, the reigning MLS Cup champions person travel backmost to triumph 3 matches successful this contention aft conceding the opener, portion 1 of their 2 defeats occurred erstwhile netting first.

Angel Guillermo Hoyos was missing immoderate cardinal players against Chicago with the World Cup last having conscionable occurred a fewer days earlier that, but his squad stepped up with a 5th consecutive triumph domestically.

A triumph connected Saturday would agelong their winning tally to six matches, mounting a caller nine grounds for the Herons successful the regular season.

Miami person a league-high 7 distant wins successful MLS this twelvemonth and would adjacent their fig of regular play triumphs arsenic the visitors with different 1 this weekend.

The Herons person won their past 3 home meetings with Montreal, netting a combined 11 goals implicit that stretch.

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Team News

We mightiness not spot Josh Nteziryayo, Bode Hudalgo, Wikelman Carmona oregon goalkeeper Thomas Gillier diagnostic for Montreal connected Saturday arsenic they are each dealing with little assemblage injuries, leaving Sebastian Breza arsenic the apt starter betwixt the sticks.

Defender Aleksandr Guboglo volition not beryllium with them for the remainder of the run aft being loaned to French nine Reims successful Ligue 2 until June 30 of adjacent year.

As for Miami, Lionel Messi and Rodrigo De Paul could some beryllium disposable aft the heartbreaking World Cup last decision for Argentina past Sunday, though they whitethorn lone beryllium utilized arsenic subs, portion Gonzalo Lujan and Maximiliano Falcon are questionable owed to calf strains.

A near adductor strain whitethorn forestall David Ayala from featuring connected Saturday, Tadeo Allende has a sore close genu and Dayne St Clair whitethorn instrumentality betwixt the sticks pursuing a monolithic mistake from Rocco Rios Novo which led to a extremity against the Fire.

Luis Suarez netted a brace successful what was his 100th quality for the Herons connected Wednesday, with the victor coming courtesy of Preston Plambeck.

CF Montreal imaginable starting lineup:

Breza; Bugaj, Neal, Morales, Petrasso; Herbers, Piette, Longstaff; Synchuk, Owusu, Streit

Inter Miami imaginable starting lineup:

St Clair; Mura, Fray, Micael, Reguilon; Pinter, Bright, Segovia; Silvetti, Berterame, Suarez

We say: CF Montreal 2-4 Inter Miami

With oregon without Messi, the Herons look to person recovered their stride and boast much than capable attacking weapons to decision an improved antiaircraft enactment successful Montreal.

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