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Major League Soccer10/31/2026, 06:00 PM

New York City – CF Montréal1 : 1

Why the model thinks so

New York City
1.92
Total xG
2.91
CF Montréal
0.99
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.

FactorNew York CityCF Montréal
High-scoring league (3.2 goals/match)+0.75+0.75
5 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (0.4 goals/match)−0.23
Declining form (0.4 vs 1.2 season average)−0.23
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.2 goals/match)−0.10
Declining form (1.2 vs 1.5 season average)−0.10
Hannes Wolf on the bench (6 goals, 3 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)
Noah Streit on the bench (1 goals, 2 assists)
Victor Loturi on the bench (1 goals, 1 assists)
Efraín Morales on the bench (0 goals, 2 assists)
44% of goal output missing (only 50% available)

Key factors

  • Home/Away: New York City averages 1.81 goals per home game in the league, while CF Montréal concedes 2.69 per away game
  • Standings: New York City is 12th in the league with 38 points, while CF Montréal sits 15th with 25 points

Risks

  • Head-to-head: CF Montréal has won 4 of the 5 direct meetings against New York City

All probabilities

Result
New York City58%
Draw25%
CF Montréal18%
Double chance
New York City or draw82%
CF Montréal or draw42%
No draw75%
Goals
Over 1.580%
Under 1.520%
Over 2.556%
Under 2.544%
Over 3.533%
Under 3.567%
Both teams score
Yes55%
No45%

xG score

2:1
From xG 1.92 : 0.99, rounded up only from .910% probability

Other likely scores

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

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. CF Montréal: dropped a lead in 4 of 5 games (10 points lost)
  2. New York City: dropped a lead in 4 of 6 games (9 points lost)
  3. CF Montréal: 6 of 12 games without conceding in H1, but only 0 over 90 minutes

Lineups

New York City 4-3-3 · CF Montréal 4-2-3-1

New York City
  • 49 F. Matthew
  • 24 T. Gray
  • 13 T. Martins Bueno
  • 6 J. Sands
  • 22 K. O'Toole
  • 7 N. Fernández Mercau
  • 32 J. Shore
  • 8 A. Perea Castañeda
  • 26 A. Ojeda
  • 11 T. Bacelar Martins
  • 9 B. Traore
CF Montréal
  • 41 S. Keita
  • 27 D. Bugaj
  • 5 B. Craig
  • 4 B. Vera Ramírez
  • 28 V. Radojević
  • 6 S. Piette
  • 7 D. Pereira Gil
  • 18 H. Synchuk
  • 29 O. Escobar
  • 16 W. Carmona Torres
  • 10 A. Sánchez Sánchez
Substitutes
  • 2 N. Cavallo
  • 17 H. Wolf
  • 30 T. Romero Keubler
  • 34 R. Pereira Bicalho
  • 55 K. Alexander Parks
  • 3 M. Miazga
  • 27 C. Flax
  • 88 M. Jones
  • 20 L. Sousa Santos
  • 17 D. Sealy
  • 1 S. Breza
  • 8 M. Longstaff
  • 13 L. Petrasso
  • 14 D. Ríos Calderón
  • 22 V. Loturi
  • 23 N. Streit
  • 24 E. Morales Badillo
  • 21 F. Herbers

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