Inter Miami Favored to Beat Struggling CF Montreal

MLS regular-season action continues early Sunday morning, when CF Montreal host Inter Miami. Montreal have been struggling badly in recent league matches, and against an Inter Miami side that has performed strongly overall this season, the home team look likely to come up short.

CF Montreal’s last league win dates back to May 10. They are winless in their past five league matches, conceding at least twice in three of those games, while failing to score in three of their last four league outings. That run underlines just how poor their recent form has been. At home in the league, their record through the first seven matches stands at 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats, which is fairly ordinary, and an average of 1.43 goals per game is not especially impressive either.

On top of that, Montreal are without a win in their last three home league matches, with two of those games seeing them concede twice. Given those numbers, avoiding a heavy defeat may be their most realistic target in this one. In team news, Carmona, Thomas Gillier and others are unavailable for various reasons.

Inter Miami, meanwhile, have recently strengthened their midfield with the arrival of Carlos Casemiro. At the same time, in the previous round, with Lionel Messi and Rodrigo De Paul both absent for their own respective reasons, and still unavailable for this match, Luis Suarez marked his 100th club appearance in style by scoring twice to help the team win. That result extended Inter Miami’s league winning streak to five matches and kept them near the top of the Eastern Conference standings.

It is also worth noting that Inter Miami are unbeaten in their last eight away league matches, recording 7 wins and 1 draw, giving them the best away form in MLS this season. Add to that three straight wins in their last three meetings with CF Montreal, scoring 11 goals in total across those games, and Inter Miami will be confident of taking another victory here.