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Jul 4, 2024 at 12.30am UK
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Sands (90+3')
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Campbell (52')

Preview: New York City FC vs. CF Montreal - prediction, team news, lineups

:Headline: Preview: New York City FC vs. CF Montreal - prediction, team news, lineups:
Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Major League Soccer clash between New York City FC and CF Montreal, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
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Making their first-ever visit to Citi Field, CF Montreal begin the month of July by facing New York City FC on Wednesday in the 21st MLS match for both sides.

This past weekend, the Pigeons moved up to fifth in the Eastern Conference with a 4-2 triumph over Orlando City, while Le CFM defeated the Philadelphia Union by that same score, putting them in 10th.


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On Saturday, the Boys in Blue looked more like themselves, scoring four goals in a victory versus the Lions, four more than they managed to score on their recent two-game road trip.

As a result, Nick Cushing's men are well above the playoff line, 10 points ahead of Montreal, with only three points separating themselves and the New York Red Bulls in third.

So far in 2024, New York City have claimed maximum points on seven occasions at home in this competition, more than anyone in the Eastern Conference.

Two of those victories occurred at Citi Field, where the Pigeons have only suffered one defeat thus far in the 2024 regular season (2-0 versus the Colorado Rapids).

In their last three domestic affairs at home, this team have found the back of the net 11 times and have only been held off the scoresheet in one MLS encounter at Citi Field since June 2023 (2-0 loss to the Colorado Rapids in May 2024).

NYCFC have won three consecutive games versus Montreal in the regular season and playoffs, winning four successive home matches against them in this competition.



Le CFM finally experienced something positive this past weekend, impressively ending a four-match MLS winless run in the process.

It is only the second time in their previous 15 matches across all competitions that Laurent Courtois's men were able to earn a victory.

Meanwhile, their win on Saturday was the first time in the 2024 domestic campaign that they came back to claim maximum points after conceding the opening goal.

Despite their struggles, Montreal are just two points behind Atlanta United and the final post-season berth in the Eastern Conference.

Not since March have we seen this side win consecutive league contests, following up their last two triumphs with a 2-2 draw.

Montreal are winless in their last six meeting with NYCFC across all competitions and have not claimed three points away from home against them since 2015, when they were known as the Montreal Impact (3-2 win at Yankee Stadium).

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Team News

After making his first start of the 2024 campaign in Nashville, Maxi Moralez was back on the substitutes bench for New York City this past weekend, coming on for Santiago Rodriguez in the second half.

Malachi Jones has started two of their previous three MLS contests, while Julian Fernandez was an unused substitute last weekend for a second match running.

Rodriguez put his side in front after 15 minutes against Orlando, his team-leading eighth of the domestic campaign before Hannes Wolf and Agustin Ojeda scored late in the opening half and Monsef Bakrar netted for the second time in 2024.

Fernando Alvarez missed the previous Montreal fixture due to an illness, Mason Toye sat out with a lower-body issue and Ousman Jabang was unavailable because of an adductor injury.

With Canada advancing into the knockout phase of the Copa America, Le CFM will not have Samuel Piette, Joel Waterman or Mathieu Choiniere available for selection, while Ariel Lassiter is with the Costa Rican team at that tournament.

Ruan, Dominik Yankov and Josef Martinez each found the back of the net for them on Saturday, with their other strike being an own-goal courtesy of the Union's Jack Elliott.

New York City FC possible starting lineup:
Freese; Ilenic, Martins, Risa, O'Toole; Sands, Perea; Fernandez, Rodriguez, Ojeda; Martinez

CF Montreal possible starting lineup:
Sirois; Campbell, Corbo, Sosa; Ruan, Duke, Saliba, Edwards; Yankov, Martinez; Ibrahim


We say: New York City FC 2-0 CF Montreal



The Boys in Blue have shown much more consistency and compactness defensively when compared to Montreal, which is why we project they will win another home contest in midweek.


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Eastern Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Inter MiamiInter Miami34228479493074
2Columbus Crew34199672403266
3FC CincinnatiCincinnati341851158481059
4Orlando City34157125950952
5Charlotte FCCharlotte FC34149114637951
6New York City FCNY City34148125449550
7New York Red BullsNY Red Bulls34111495550547
8CF MontrealMontreal341110134864-1643
9Atlanta UnitedAtlanta341010144649-340
10DC United341010145270-1840
11Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia34910156255737
12Toronto34114194061-2137
13Nashville SCNashville3499163854-1636
14New England RevolutionNew England3494213774-3731
15Chicago Fire3479184062-2230

Western Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Los Angeles FCLos Angeles34197863432064
2Los Angeles GalaxyLA Galaxy34197869501964
3Real Salt LakeSalt Lake341611765481759
4Seattle SoundersSeattle34169951351657
5Houston DynamoHouston34159104739854
6Minnesota UnitedMinnesota Utd34157125849952
7Colorado RapidsColorado34155146160150
8Portland TimbersPortland341211116556947
9Vancouver WhitecapsVancouver34138135249347
10Austin FCAustin34119143948-942
11Dallas34118155456-241
12St Louis City34813135063-1337
13Sporting Kansas CityKansas3487195166-1531
14San Jose EarthquakesEarthquakes3463254178-3721
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