CF Montreal host Nashville SC at Stade Saputo on Saturday, October 24 (1:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM CT / 10:30 AM PT).
There’s no fresh team news to flag on either side at Saputo Stadium, with both camps otherwise at full strength heading into this one. For the hosts, Prince Owusu remains the attacking focal point with fifteen goals already logged this season, flanked by Daniel Ríos up top and Wikelman Carmona pulling strings behind them, while Matthew Longstaff anchors the midfield having played more minutes than any teammate. Nashville SC, by contrast, travel with an embarrassment of attacking riches: Samuel Surridge leads their line with seventeen goals, Hany Mukhtar remains the creative heartbeat with forty-four chances created, and Cristian Espinoza offers a further outlet out wide.
This is about as stark a form and table contrast as the East offers right now. CF Montreal’s defence has been picked apart all season and they’ve lost four of their last five fixtures, including back-to-back defeats to Toronto FC and Atlanta United. Nashville SC, meanwhile, arrive unbeaten in five, having won four straight since a draw at Inter Miami. Expect this one to be shaped by the away side’s control and the hosts’ resistance rather than end-to-end entertainment — a tight, low-event afternoon that should break in the visitors’ favour.
CF Montreal vs Nashville SC: Best Bets & Predictions
Nashville SC, top of the East, visit a CF Montreal side mired in fifteenth as the playoff picture firms up.
Our approach: we weigh conference standings, recent form and underlying attacking data — shots, shots on target, chances created — to land on our picks, rather than leaning on reputation alone.
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Season Form & Standings
CF Montreal sit fifteenth in the Eastern Conference on twenty-four points from a six-win, six-draw, seventeen-loss campaign, their minus-twenty-four goal difference the clearest sign of how porous things have been. Nashville SC, meanwhile, sit top of the East on sixty-six points, built on twenty wins, six draws and just three losses, with a plus-forty-one goal difference underlining their status as the division’s benchmark side.
Eastern Conference
| Team | Pos | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville SC | 1 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 66 |
| CF Montreal | 15 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 59 | -24 | 24 |
CF Montreal vs Nashville SC Predicted Lineups
Predicted XI — updated for the latest team news.
CF Montreal
4-2-3-1Nashville SC
4-2-3-1Potential Match-Winners
- Prince Owusu (CF Montreal): Fifteen goals and thirty-three shots on target make Owusu Montreal’s lone reliable source of goal threat, even as the team around him has struggled.
- Samuel Surridge (Nashville SC): Seventeen goals from sixty-five shots underline Surridge’s efficiency in front of goal, and he’s the man most likely to add to Nashville’s league-leading goal difference here.
- Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC): Forty-four chances created is more than any other player involved in this fixture, and with fifteen goals of his own Mukhtar can both create and finish.
Recent Form
CF Montreal: L L W L L
- 2026-10-15: CF Montreal 0-3 Atlanta United (L, home)
- 2026-10-10: Toronto FC 2-1 CF Montreal (L, away)
- 2026-09-27: CF Montreal 3-1 FC Cincinnati (W, home)
- 2026-09-20: CF Montreal 0-2 Columbus Crew (L, home)
- 2026-09-13: Colorado Rapids 1-0 CF Montreal (L, away)
CF Montreal’s only win in that stretch was a 3-1 home victory over FC Cincinnati, surrounded by 4 defeats: 0-2 to Columbus Crew, 1-0 away at Colorado Rapids, 2-1 away at Toronto FC and 0-3 at home to Atlanta United.
Nashville SC: D W W W W
- 2026-10-15: Nashville SC 4-0 Sporting KC (W, home)
- 2026-10-11: Austin FC 1-4 Nashville SC (W, away)
- 2026-09-27: Nashville SC 2-0 Toronto FC (W, home)
- 2026-09-20: Nashville SC 3-0 Chicago Fire (W, home)
- 2026-09-13: Inter Miami 2-2 Nashville SC (D, away)
Nashville SC are unbeaten in 5, drawing 2-2 at Inter Miami before reeling off 4 straight wins: 3-0 over Chicago Fire, 2-0 over Toronto FC, a 4-1 win away at Austin FC and a 4-0 win at home over Sporting KC.
CF Montreal vs Nashville SC Prediction
Give the raw numbers and the eye test equal weight and this points one way. Nashville SC arrive as East leaders with the division’s best goal difference and the form to match, while CF Montreal’s defensive record makes containing even an under-strength away side a tall task, let alone the league’s in-form outfit. Expect an uneasy afternoon in Montreal: 0-1 Nashville SC, with Samuel Surridge or Hany Mukhtar the most likely source of the only goal, and the hosts left to applaud a resilient but ultimately beaten rearguard.