DC United have struggled to hit their stride this season, managing just one win from their opening six games. Meanwhile, off the back of their victory over Toronto FC, Montreal will head into the weekend with renewed confidence as they continue to surge up the table. We predict an end-to-end affair with Nancy's men claiming all three points.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a CF Montreal win with a probability of 38.04%. A win for DC United had a probability of 36% and a draw had a probability of 26%.
The most likely scoreline for a CF Montreal win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.38%) and 0-2 (6.37%). The likeliest DC United win was 1-0 (9.07%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.32%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-2 win for CF Montreal in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for CF Montreal.