{"id":38316,"date":"2026-08-31T14:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/us\/?post_type=news&p=38316"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:41:42","slug":"match-preview-philadelphia-union-vs-cf-montreal-09-05-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/us\/news\/mls\/match-preview-philadelphia-union-vs-cf-montreal-09-05-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Union vs CF Montreal: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Union<\/a> host CF Montreal<\/a> at Subaru Park on Saturday, September 5 (7:30 PM ET \/ 6:30 PM CT \/ 4:30 PM PT).<\/p>\n

No fresh absences are flagged for either side, so Saturday’s teamsheet should lean heavily on the players already carrying the goal threat. Philadelphia Union will build around Milan Iloski, who has 11 goals and 43 chances created in 1,832 minutes this season, with Bruno Damiani P\u00edriz and Cavan Ayaz Sullivan offering further support in the final third. CF Montreal’s approach starts and ends with Prince Osei Owusu<\/a>, whose 13 goals from 52 shots make him the most productive forward on either team sheet, backed by Wikelman Jos\u00e9 Carmona Torres and Matthew Ben Longstaff supplying chances from midfield.<\/p>\n

Union’s own form reads W W D D W, capped by Sunday’s 3-1 win away at New York Red Bulls, while Montreal’s D D W D L includes last weekend’s harrowing 7-1 defeat at Inter Miami. Philadelphia sit 12th in the Eastern Conference<\/a> on 24 points from 22 games; Montreal are 14th on 21 points from the same number of games, and their -16 goal difference points to a defense that will give Union’s attack room to work with. Expect goals at both ends at Subaru Park, with Milan Iloski and Prince Osei Owusu the two most likely to find the net.<\/p>\n

US viewers can watch Philadelphia Union vs CF Montreal on Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n