Seattle Sounders vs CF Montreal Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form: neither side convincing

Over their last 20 matches in all competitions, Seattle have won just 3, drawn 7 and lost 10, scoring 22 and conceding 34. Montreal's equivalent run reads 5 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, with 24 scored and 34 conceded.

Seattle Sounders: 20 completed matches; CF Montreal: 20 completed matches.

Seattle Sounders

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

33

Difference

-10

CF Montreal

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

35

Difference

-10

So both teams have shipped goals at a similar rate lately, and Montreal have actually collected more points from their sample than Seattle have from theirs, even though the away side sit lower in the league table.

Recent form and league position are pulling in different directions here.

Comparative Team Statistics: Seattle Sounders vs CF Montreal

History favours the visitors

The last ten meetings between these two, stretching back to 2012, have gone Montreal's way more often than not. They've won six of those, Seattle three, with one draw, including a couple of away wins in Seattle itself.

That's a long span covering different squads and competitions, so it's more a curiosity than a guide to this specific game, but it does show Montreal have never been intimidated by this fixture.

The table tells a different story

Seattle sit tenth with 32 points from 25 games, while Montreal are fifteenth on 21 points from 26. Montreal have also conceded 53 in the league compared to Seattle's 33, a much heavier defensive workload over the season.

That's a clear gap on paper, even if the recent form sample above doesn't show Seattle pulling away from Montreal in quite the same fashion.

League position clearly favours Seattle, but it's a bigger gap than recent matches alone would suggest.

Squad news: Montreal's list is longer

Montreal have a lengthy list of absentees and doubts, several tied to international duty along with knocks to players like Ibrahim, Hidalgo, Pereira and Amaya. Vera, their most-carded player this season, also appears among the injury notes.

Seattle Sounders:

Best assist providers:

A. Rusnák - 9

Penalty cards:

P. Kingston x 7

Injury list:

Kim Kee-Hee

G. Minoungou

P. Rothrock

CF Montreal:

Best scorers:

P. Owusu - 13

Penalty cards:

B. Vera x 1 x 5

Injury list:

S. Ibrahim

Seattle have their own gaps too, with Ferreira and Joveljic away on international duty and Rothrock, Petkovic and de La Vega out through injury, plus Kim Kee-Hee and Minoungou as doubts. Given the match is still around three weeks off from when this list was compiled, some of these situations could well change before kickoff.

Goals could be there for both sides

Montreal's P. Owusu has 13 goals in 24 matches this season, a strong return regardless of the team's overall struggles, and he'll fancy his chances against a Seattle defence that's conceded 34 in its last 20 games. Seattle's own threat runs through Rusnák, who leads the way for assists.

With both teams prone to leaking goals and drawing matches lately, an open, back-and-forth game wouldn't be a surprise, though neither side has looked particularly convincing over their recent samples.