Major League Soccer WON 3–1

Sun, Sep 27 · 01:30 · Saputo Stadium

CF Montreal Home

FC Cincinnati Away

Tipster's pick Montreal or Draw

Confidence Low

Odds 1.53 Odds via Bet365

Expert analysis

Montreal Can Avoid Defeat Against Cincinnati

CF Montreal concede just 1.3 goals per home game this season. FC Cincinnati have picked up draws in three of their last five matches but remain without a win in that run. The visitors also concede 2.8 goals per away game on average. Montreal have taken three wins from the last ten head-to-head meetings while adding one draw. Cincinnati score 1.5 goals per away game yet have failed to score in four league matches overall. Montreal’s home scoring matches their season average of 1.2 goals. A tight contest at Saputo Stadium could see Cincinnati struggle to find the net.

Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate

Result

3–1 WON

Our pick “Montreal or Draw” at odds 1.53 won — final score 3–1.

Match timeline

First half
Fabian Herbers ↓ Brayan Ceballos 11'
Daniel Rios 25'
Matthew Longstaff 33'
Second half
Fabian Herbers 47'
David Douděra ↓ Ayoub Jabbari 58'
Tom Barlow assist Gerardo Valenzuela 64'
Roman Celentano 71'
Prince-Osei Owusu Penalty 72'
Prince-Osei Owusu assist Daniel Rios 75'
Kristian Fletcher ↓ Bryan Ramirez 77'
Kyle Smith ↓ Obinna Nwobodo 77'
Teenage Hadebe 86'
Alvas Powell ↓ Nick Hagglund 86'
Tah Anunga ↓ Samuel Mawuena Gidi 86'
Frankie Amaya ↓ Prince-Osei Owusu 87'

This season

	CF Montreal	FC Cincinnati
Over 2.5 goals	62%	72%
Clean sheet	15%	8%
Failed to score	38%	16%
Scored per game	1.2	2.2
Conceded per game	2.0	2.4
Scored home / away	1.2 / 1.2	2.8 / 1.5

Across 26 and 25 matches played this season.

League table position

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
8	NEW New York Red Bulls	26	9	6	11	33
9	FCC FC Cincinnati ▲	25	8	9	8	33
10	NEW New York City FC	26	8	8	10	32
11	DCU DC United	25	6	11	8	29
12	TOR Toronto FC	26	6	11	9	29
13	COL Columbus Crew	26	7	5	14	26
14	ATL Atlanta United FC	26	7	5	14	26
15	CFM CF Montreal ▲	26	5	6	15	21

Recent form · last 5 finished matches

CF Montreal LLLWL

L @ Philadelphia Union 0–2 Sep 5

L vs Charlotte 1–2 Sep 9

L @ Colorado Rapids 0–1 Sep 13

W vs Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Sep 16

L vs Columbus Crew 0–2 Sep 19

FC Cincinnati DLLDD

D vs Seattle Sounders 1–1 Aug 22

L @ Nashville SC 0–4 Aug 30

L @ Philadelphia Union 0–5 Sep 9

D vs Charlotte 3–3 Sep 12

D @ Houston Dynamo 2–2 Sep 20

Goals trend · last 5 matches

CF Montreal

Scored 0.6 avg

0 1 0 2 0

Conceded 1.6 avg

2 2 1 1 2

FC Cincinnati

Scored 1.2 avg

1 0 0 3 2

Conceded 3.0 avg

1 4 5 3 2

Head-to-head · last meetings

3 CF Montreal

1 Draws

6 FC Cincinnati

Mar 2026 FC Cincinnati 4–3 CF Montreal FC Cincinnati

Oct 2025 FC Cincinnati 3–0 CF Montreal FC Cincinnati

Jun 2025 CF Montreal 1–3 FC Cincinnati FC Cincinnati

Jan 2025 FC Cincinnati 1–0 CF Montreal FC Cincinnati

Aug 2024 FC Cincinnati 4–1 CF Montreal FC Cincinnati

Over 2.5 goals in 8 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups

CF Montreal 3-4-3

1 S. Breza G
2 J. Neal D
3 B. Ceballos D
13 L. Petrasso D
5 B. Craig M
8 M. Longstaff M
22 V. Loturi M
27 D. Bugaj M
10 A. Sánchez F
9 P. Owusu F
14 D. Ríos F

Bench F. Amaya, I. Losenko, F. Herbers, T. Gillier, E. Gazdov

Philippe Eullaffroy

FC Cincinnati 3-5-2

18 R. Celentano G
4 N. Hagglund D
11 S. Gidi D
15 T. Hadebe D
17 K. Mboma Dem M
22 G. Valenzuela M
10 Evander M
5 O. Nwobodo M
29 Bryan Josías Ramírez León M
99 A. Jabbari F
16 T. Barlow F

Bench J. Malatini, A. Powell, Felix Samson, K. Smith, E. Louro, K. Fletcher, D. Douděra, B. Anunga, Stefan Chirila

Pat Noonan

Team news · injuries & suspensions

CF Montreal

OUT W. Carmona International duty
OUT O. Escobar International duty
OUT B. Hidalgo Groin Injury
OUT E. Morales International duty
OUT D. Pereira Lower-Body Injury
OUT S. Piette Yellow Cards
OUT V. Radojevic International duty
OUT D. Sealy International duty
OUT N. Streit International duty
OUT G. Synchuk International duty
OUT B. Vera Lower-Body Injury
DOUBT F. Amaya Lower-Body Injury
DOUBT T. Gillier Upper-Body Injury
OUT W. Carmona International duty
OUT O. Escobar International duty
OUT B. Hidalgo Groin Injury
OUT E. Morales International duty
OUT D. Pereira Lower-Body Injury
OUT S. Piette Yellow Cards
OUT V. Radojevic International duty
OUT D. Sealy International duty
OUT N. Streit International duty
OUT G. Synchuk International duty
OUT B. Vera Lower-Body Injury
DOUBT F. Amaya Lower-Body Injury
DOUBT T. Gillier Upper-Body Injury

FC Cincinnati

OUT P. Bucha International duty
OUT A. Chirila International duty
OUT K. Denkey International duty
OUT E. Echenique Inactive
OUT M. Robinson International duty
OUT P. Bucha International duty
OUT A. Chirila International duty
OUT K. Denkey International duty
OUT E. Echenique Inactive
OUT M. Robinson International duty