Columbus Crew vs CF Montreal: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups

Columbus Crew host CF Montreal at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field on Wednesday, August 19 (7:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM CT / 4:30 PM PT).

Columbus Crew have no fresh absences to work around this week, and Dániel Gazdag – their leading scorer with 3 goals this season – should again dictate play alongside Hugo Picard, who has created 11 chances from 861 minutes at the back. CF Montreal will lean on Prince Owusu, who has scored 10 goals and registered 18 shots on target, comfortably their most reliable outlet, with Wikelman Carmona (4 goals, 26 chances created) offering support in behind him.

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Columbus Crew vs CF Montreal: Best Bets & Predictions

Columbus Crew's home edge should be enough to squeeze past Montreal in a tight, low-scoring night at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field.

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Columbus CrewTop pickColumbus Crew sit 11th in the East on 20 points, 4 points and 3 places clear of Montreal in 14th on 16.

58%win prob.-196 @ bet365

1-0 Columbus CrewDániel Gazdag has found the net 3 times already this season, and a single breakthrough fits a fixture where goals look hard to come by for either side.

11%chance850 @ bet365

NoCF Montreal's defense has conceded heavily on the way to a -11 goal difference, but their own attack has misfired often enough that a goal at both ends looks unlikely here.

45%chance120 @ bet365

Under 2.5

44%chance140 @ bet365

Dániel Gazdag to score anytimeGazdag leads Columbus Crew's scoring charts with 3 goals and has created 6 chances in 715 minutes, making him the likeliest source of the game's only goal.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐chanceopening soon @ bet365

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Season Form & Standings

Columbus Crew are 11th in the East on 20 points, still within range of the playoff picture, while CF Montreal sit 14th on 16 points and further back in that same race.

Eastern Conference

Potential Match-Winners

• Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew): 3 goals and 6 chances created in 715 minutes make him Columbus Crew’s most direct route to goal.
• Hugo Picard (Columbus Crew): The defender has still chipped in with 2 goals and leads Columbus Crew’s chance creation with 11 from open play, a rare attacking threat from the back.
• Prince Owusu (CF Montreal): Owusu’s 10 goals and 18 shots on target dwarf anything else in the Montreal squad this season.

Recent Form

Columbus Crew: D W L W D

• 2026-08-02: Inter Miami 2-2 Columbus Crew (D, away)
• 2026-07-26: Columbus Crew 2-1 FC Cincinnati (W, home)
• 2026-07-23: Columbus Crew 1-2 NYCFC (L, home)
• 2026-05-24: Columbus Crew 2-0 Atlanta United (W, home)
• 2026-05-17: Philadelphia Union 1-1 Columbus Crew (D, away)

Columbus Crew’s last five: D W L W D.

CF Montreal: D D L L D

• 2026-08-02: CF Montreal 2-2 New England Revolution (D, home)
• 2026-07-26: CF Montreal 0-1 Inter Miami (L, home)
• 2026-07-23: Nashville SC 1-0 CF Montreal (L, away)
• 2026-07-17: CF Montreal 0-0 Toronto FC (D, home)
• 2026-05-24: DC United 4-4 CF Montreal (D, away)

CF Montreal’s last five: D D L L D.

Columbus Crew vs CF Montreal Prediction

This has the makings of a tight, low-scoring night in Columbus. Crew’s edge at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, sitting 11th in the East and still with a route back into the playoff picture, should be enough to nose past a Montreal side stuck 14th and further from that picture. Dániel Gazdag, with 3 goals already this season, is the man most likely to find the breakthrough, and Signal’s model has this finishing 1-0 to Columbus Crew.