CF Montréal vs Portland Timbers: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Saputo (20801 seats)

A traditional home win, the away team claims the win or a point each? Anything could happen when the mid-table sides CF Montréal and Portland Timbers clash at Stade Saputo.

Insights:
  • CF Montréal have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Major League Soccer

5-8-12 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Portland Timbers when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 25 matches are 29-51 (scored/conceded).

Portland Timbers have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

The hosts Montréal saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Major League Soccer. This match was also played here at Stade Saputo. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Portland Timbers have had more rest.

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CF Montréal form and stats

9-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for CF Montréal so far this season. The home fans are hungry for more even though CF Montréal have been steadily collecting points here at Stade Saputo through three straight draws.

The spoils were shared in CF Montréal's previous game, also at home. Visiting Houston Dynamo travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Lappalainen was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Houston Dynamo after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Choinière got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Choinière hit two key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 36 total).

Heartbreak before that as Montréal lost 0-3 at Orlando City's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how CF Montréal have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 6.

It should be noted that a look at the 32 most recent league fixtures shows that 24 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

CF Montréal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Montréal have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Portland Timbers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portland Timbers so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-7 (win-draw-lose).

Portland Timbers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at LA Galaxy. As you can tell from the result, the match against LA Galaxy was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? The attacker Mora got a match rating of 7.5 in that game. Mora scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Colorado Rapids.

We have checked recent matches where Portland have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 23 games were 6 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

It's early days yet, but Portland Timbers has scored 16 and conceded 32 goals from their travels in the league so far (16 games).

Head 2 Head

CF Montréal have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Portland Timbers.

Top Goalscorers

Portland TimbersE. da Silva Ferreira
E. da Silva Ferreira
9 goals
Portland TimbersF. Boli
F. Boli
6 goals
Portland TimbersF. Mora Aliaga
F. Mora Aliaga
5 goals

CF Montréal missing players

Portland Timbers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
CF Montréal Portland Timbers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 1 16 32
11 9 1 Won W 0 2 11
5 3 1 Drew D 0 7 10
16 4 2 Lost L 1 7 11
31 22 1 Scored S 1 16 44
49 11 2 Conceded C 5 32 51
94% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 84%
72% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 72%
41% 19% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 62%
25% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 41%
16% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 38% 31%
25% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 66%
34% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
47% 25% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 25%
 
4.7 5.4 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.6 4.1
4.7 4.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.9 5.3
2.1 2.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.2 2.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 12.6 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.2 12.1
3.8 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 4.2
26% 31% 7% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 33%
 
12.5 9.8 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 18 13.4 12.1
4.7 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.5 4.7
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • CF Montréal have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Major League Soccer
  • CF Montréal have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cincinnati 32 19 8 5 54 37 16 13 1 2 31 11 16 6 7 3 23 26 17 65
2 Orlando City 32 16 9 7 50 37 16 8 5 3 28 17 16 8 4 4 22 20 13 57
3 Philadelphia Union 32 15 9 8 56 39 16 10 5 1 33 13 16 5 4 7 23 26 17 54
4 Columbus Crew 32 15 8 9 64 44 16 11 4 1 39 13 16 4 4 8 25 31 20 53
5 New England 31 14 10 7 52 39 16 11 4 1 35 15 15 3 6 6 17 24 13 52
6 Atlanta United 32 13 10 9 63 50 16 10 3 3 41 20 16 3 7 6 22 30 13 49
7 Nashville SC 31 12 9 10 36 29 15 8 4 3 22 10 16 4 5 7 14 19 7 45
8 Chicago Fire 32 10 10 12 39 48 16 6 7 3 26 20 16 4 3 9 13 28 -9 40
9 New York City 32 8 14 10 34 37 16 7 6 3 22 16 16 1 8 7 12 21 -3 38
10 CF Montréal 32 11 5 16 31 49 16 9 3 4 22 11 16 2 2 12 9 38 -18 38
11 DC United 33 9 10 14 43 49 16 5 6 5 29 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -6 37
12 New York RB 32 9 10 13 32 39 16 6 5 5 18 17 16 3 5 8 14 22 -7 37
13 Charlotte 31 8 12 11 40 50 16 5 8 3 23 21 15 3 4 8 17 29 -10 36
14 Inter Miami 31 9 6 16 39 50 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 3 2 11 16 32 -11 33
15 Toronto 32 4 10 18 26 54 16 4 6 6 19 20 16 0 4 12 7 34 -28 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cincinnati 32 19 8 5 54 37 16 13 1 2 31 11 16 6 7 3 23 26 17 65
2 Orlando City 32 16 9 7 50 37 16 8 5 3 28 17 16 8 4 4 22 20 13 57
3 Philadelphia Union 32 15 9 8 56 39 16 10 5 1 33 13 16 5 4 7 23 26 17 54
4 Columbus Crew 32 15 8 9 64 44 16 11 4 1 39 13 16 4 4 8 25 31 20 53
5 New England 31 14 10 7 52 39 16 11 4 1 35 15 15 3 6 6 17 24 13 52
6 Atlanta United 32 13 10 9 63 50 16 10 3 3 41 20 16 3 7 6 22 30 13 49
7 Nashville SC 31 12 9 10 36 29 15 8 4 3 22 10 16 4 5 7 14 19 7 45
8 Chicago Fire 32 10 10 12 39 48 16 6 7 3 26 20 16 4 3 9 13 28 -9 40
9 New York City 32 8 14 10 34 37 16 7 6 3 22 16 16 1 8 7 12 21 -3 38
10 CF Montréal 32 11 5 16 31 49 16 9 3 4 22 11 16 2 2 12 9 38 -18 38
11 DC United 33 9 10 14 43 49 16 5 6 5 29 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -6 37
12 New York RB 32 9 10 13 32 39 16 6 5 5 18 17 16 3 5 8 14 22 -7 37
13 Charlotte 31 8 12 11 40 50 16 5 8 3 23 21 15 3 4 8 17 29 -10 36
14 Inter Miami 31 9 6 16 39 50 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 3 2 11 16 32 -11 33
15 Toronto 32 4 10 18 26 54 16 4 6 6 19 20 16 0 4 12 7 34 -28 22

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