{"id":17808,"date":"2026-10-24T23:32:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T03:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=17808"},"modified":"2026-10-24T23:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T03:32:43","slug":"match-preview-new-york-city-fc-vs-cf-montreal-10-31-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/news\/mls\/match-preview-new-york-city-fc-vs-cf-montreal-10-31-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"NYCFC vs CF Montreal: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

NYCFC host CF Montreal at Citi Field on Saturday, October 31 (2:00 PM ET \/ 1:00 PM CT \/ 11:00 AM PT).<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s no fresh injury news to report for either side ahead of this one, so expect NYCFC to lean on Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau, their midfield’s chief creator and source of fifteen goals this season, alongside strikers Hannes Wolf and Axel Ojeda up top. CF Montreal will again look to Prince Owusu, who has matched Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau’s tally with fifteen goals of his own, to lead the attack, with Daniel R\u00edos Calder\u00f3n and Wikelman Carmona offering support in behind.<\/p>\n

NYCFC sit twelfth in the Eastern Conference<\/a> and haven’t won in their last five league games (L D L L D), but a run like that at home against a side shipping goals at CF Montreal’s rate is exactly the kind of fixture that should snap it. CF Montreal are 15th with a goal difference of -26 across 31 games, and that defensive record, more than their own patchy form (W L L D L), is what points toward goals at both ends. Expect NYCFC’s quality in the final third, led by Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau, with Owusu good enough to get Montreal on the scoresheet too, to make the difference \u2014 a tight edge rather than a rout, with the hosts getting there 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n