Montreal Impact vs Orlando City Predictions

Montreal Impact will be hoping to build upon their midweek victory with three more points on Saturday when they play host to a struggling Orlando City side. The visitors have lost four of their last five matches and sit tenth in the Eastern Conference table, nine points behind their weekend hosts Montreal Impact.

Browne scored in first half stoppage time to hand Montreal Impact the lead at home to Real Salt Lake on Thursday, and a penalty from Taider in the sixty-eighth minute put the hosts 2-0 up. Real Salt Lake pulled a goal back late on, but there wasn’t enough time left to carve out an equaliser and the Canadians claimed a narrow 2-1 win. Orlando City went a goal down at home to LA Galaxy in the nineteenth minute, but should have gone in level at the break after Nani missed a thirty-second minute penalty. That missed spot kick proved costly for Orlando City, because despite having 56% of the possession and thirteen shots to their guest’s four, the hosts ended up losing the game 1-0.

The recent head to head record and the performances of both clubs over the last month or so, all points towards a home win for Montreal Impact on Saturday and a good chance we will see both teams score. Montreal Impact have won five of their last six matches against Orlando City, and four of the last seven encounters between the two clubs have seen both teams score. Montreal Impact are unbeaten in their last two home games and have won two of their last five in the MLS, while Orlando City haven’t won any of their last four away games and have won one of their last five. Both teams have scored in four of Montreal Impact’s last five and three of Orlando City’s last six matches, and with that in mind we’re backing a 3-1 win for the hosts this weekend.

Taïder continues to lead the way from midfield for Montreal impact with five goals in the MLS this season, while Nani has scored seven MLS goals in his first season with Orlando City. We’re confident that Montreal Impact will win on Saturday, and have predicted a final scoreline of 3-1. Montreal Impact have a very good recent record against Orlando City, and the way these two sides have started the new season we’re expecting that good run to continue on Saturday. Both teams have been scoring and conceding on a regular basis and this fixture has often provided goals for both sides and ended in victory for Montreal Impact.