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Major League Soccer10/18/2026, 02:30 AM

Seattle Sounders – CF Montréal1 : 1

Why the model thinks so

Seattle Sounders
1.94
Total xG
3.05
CF Montréal
1.11
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorSeattle SoundersCF Montréal
High-scoring league (3.3 goals/match)+0.76+0.76
4 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (2 goals/match)+0.18
Rising form (2 vs 1.4 season average)+0.18
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (0.8 goals/match)−0.14
Declining form (0.8 vs 1.2 season average)−0.14
Standings disadvantage (pos 15 vs 7, 8 places gap)−0.10
Standings advantage (pos 7 vs 15, 8 places gap)+0.07
Paul Arriola on the bench (3 goals, 3 assists)
Sebastian Gomez on the bench (1 goals, 2 assists)
Danny Musovski on the bench (2 goals, 0 assists)
Prince Owusu not in squad (15 goals, 6 assists)
Daniel Ríos on the bench (6 goals, 1 assists)
Matty Longstaff on the bench (2 goals, 3 assists)
Luca Petrasso on the bench (0 goals, 3 assists)
80% of goal output missing (only 26% available)
Strong home record (1.7 vs 1.4 goals/match)

Key factors

  • Form: Seattle Sounders won 4 of their last 5 matches, CF Montréal lost 4 of their last 5
  • Home/Away: Seattle Sounders scores 1.64 goals per game at home, CF Montréal concedes 2.71 per game away
  • Table: Seattle Sounders sits 7th with 41 points from 29 matches, CF Montréal is 15th with 24 points

Risks

  • Rest days: Seattle Sounders with 3 days since their last match

All probabilities

Result
Seattle Sounders55%
Draw25%
CF Montréal20%
Double chance
Seattle Sounders or draw80%
CF Montréal or draw45%
No draw75%
Goals
Over 1.582%
Under 1.518%
Over 2.559%
Under 2.541%
Over 3.536%
Under 3.564%
Both teams score
Yes59%
No41%

Most likely scores

1:1
12%
2:1
10%
2:0
9%
3:1
6%
3:0
6%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Seattle Sounders: 7 goals from minute 80 onwards in the last 12 games (7 of 18 total)
  2. CF Montréal: dropped a lead in 4 of 6 games (10 points lost)
  3. Seattle Sounders: 78% of all goals in the second half (14 of 18, last 12 games)
  4. Seattle Sounders with Jordan Morris starting: 1.5 goals/game, without him: 0.8 (13/9 games, last 29)
  5. Seattle Sounders: 3 comebacks in 5 games after trailing past minute 75 (3 points rescued)

Lineups

Seattle Sounders 4-2-3-1 · CF Montréal 4-2-3-1

Seattle Sounders
  • 26 A. Thomas
  • 16 A. Roldan
  • 28 Y. Gómez Andrade
  • 4 R. Sailor
  • 5 N. Tolo
  • 31 H. Dotson
  • 7 C. Roldan
  • 8 C. Clark
  • 11 A. Rusnák
  • 13 J. Morris
  • 9 D. Joveljić
CF Montréal
  • 1 S. Breza
  • 2 J. Neal
  • 24 E. Morales Badillo
  • 5 B. Craig
  • 28 V. Radojević
  • 6 S. Piette
  • 22 V. Loturi
  • 18 H. Synchuk
  • 21 F. Herbers
  • 23 N. Streit
  • 10 A. Sánchez Sánchez
Substitutes
  • 27 J. Ferreira
  • 17 P. Arriola
  • 19 D. Musovski
  • 24 S. Frei
  • 25 J. Ragen
  • 35 A. Lopez
  • 37 S. Brunell
  • 85 K. Kossa-Rienzi
  • 90 S. Gomez
  • 45 P. Kingston
  • 39 S. Hawkins
  • 7 D. Pereira Gil
  • 8 M. Longstaff
  • 13 L. Petrasso
  • 14 D. Ríos Calderón
  • 16 W. Carmona Torres
  • 29 O. Escobar
  • 27 D. Bugaj
  • 41 S. Keita

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