New York City FC vs CF Montréal Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Oct 31, 2026)

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New York City FC logo

New York City FC11th in MLS
FINAL1 – 1
CF Montréal logo

CF Montréal15th in MLS

MLS · Saturday, October 31, 2026 · 2:00 PM ET

How the bets settled

ResultDrawFinished 1-1
Total goalsUnder 3.52 goals, 1.5 under
Both teams to scoreYesNew York City FC 1, CF Montréal 1

Match report

New York City FC 1-1 CF Montréal, with the points shared after A. Perea put New York City FC ahead in the 41st minute from N. Mercau’s assist and D. Rios equalised in the 90+1st. Yellow cards finished 3-5.

New York City FC held the statistical edge with 1.28 xG to 0.79, 12 shots to 10, four on target to two, 53% possession and two big chances to one, while Montréal had four corners to three. Before the match New York City FC were on WDDLL and Montréal on LLDLL. The 1-1 result means both teams scored, with the pre-match yes price at -135 and no at +105, while the over 2.5 rates of 53% for New York City FC and 63% for Montréal did not produce a third goal.

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Goals

  • 41′ A. Perea, assist N. Mercau New York City FC
  • 90+1′ D. Rios CF Montréal
Match stats New York City FC CF Montréal
Expected goals (xG) 1.28 0.79
Ball possession 53% 47%
Total shots 12 10
Shots on target 4 2
Big chances 2 1
Corner kicks 3 4
Passes 85% (394/464) 81% (330/407)
Yellow cards 3 5

How the key matchups went

  • Ojeda: 1 shot, 1 shot on target, 4 fouls won. Radojevic: 3 fouls committed, 3 tackles, 1 yellow card.
  • Traore: 0 shots, 0 shots on target, 0 fouls won. Bugaj: 0 fouls committed, 2 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
  • Talles Magno: 0 shots, 0 shots on target, 2 fouls won. Craig: 0 fouls committed, 3 tackles, 0 yellow cards. Vera: 3 fouls committed, 0 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
  • Synchuk: 2 shots, 0 shots on target, 2 fouls won. O’Toole: 2 fouls committed, 1 tackle, 1 yellow card.
  • Carmona: 2 shots, 0 shots on target, 3 fouls won. Gray: 1 foul committed, 4 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
  • Sanchez: 1 shot, 1 shot on target, 3 fouls won. Thiago Martins: 0 fouls committed, 1 tackle, 0 yellow cards. Sands: 2 fouls committed, 2 tackles, 0 yellow cards.

Box score

New York CityCF Montreal

New York City

Player MIN G A SH SOT xG KP PAS TKL FC FS YC SV RAT
Sands J. 90 0 0 2 0 0.26 2 79/89 2 2 1 0 0 7.3
Traore B. 57 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 5/7 0 3 0 0 0 5.4
Perea A. 70 1 0 2 1 0.29 0 24/29 1 1 0 0 0 7.3
Gray T. 90 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 52/62 4 1 2 0 0 6.6
Shore J. 57 0 0 1 0 0.03 1 24/26 0 4 0 1 0 5.9
Mercau N. 90 0 1 2 1 0.19 3 28/37 0 0 3 0 0 7.8
O’Toole K. 45 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 20/22 1 2 0 1 0 6.1
Talles Magno 57 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 4/9 0 0 2 1 0 6.1
Thiago Martins 90 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 89/93 1 0 1 0 0 7.0
Freese M. 90 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 13/17 0 0 0 0 1 6.4
Ojeda A. 90 0 0 1 1 0.12 2 15/18 5 1 4 0 0 7.4
Raul Gustavo 33 0 0 1 0 0.22 0 16/23 3 0 0 0 0 6.7
Parks K. 20 0 0 1 0 0.03 0 8/12 0 1 4 0 0 6.7
Cavallo N. 45 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 5/8 2 0 1 0 0 6.4
Wolf H. 33 0 0 1 0 0.10 0 5/5 0 0 1 0 0 6.3
Luighi 33 0 0 1 1 0.04 2 7/7 2 2 0 0 0 6.8

CF Montreal

Player MIN G A SH SOT xG KP PAS TKL FC FS YC SV RAT
Bugaj D. 74 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 20/26 2 0 1 0 0 6.8
Radojevic V. 90 0 0 1 0 0.07 0 20/27 3 3 0 1 0 6.5
Escobar O. 74 0 0 1 0 0.03 1 8/14 1 2 3 1 0 6.3
Craig B. 90 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 48/52 3 0 2 0 0 6.5
Sanchez A. 90 0 0 1 1 0.04 3 19/25 0 1 3 1 0 6.6
Carmona W. 90 0 0 2 0 0.08 0 14/20 1 1 3 0 0 6.0
Synchuk G. 86 0 0 2 0 0.03 0 20/27 3 1 2 0 0 5.4
Vera B. 90 0 0 1 0 0.36 0 37/52 0 3 0 0 0 6.6
Keita S. 90 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 32/37 0 0 0 0 2 5.9
Piette S. 74 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 30/34 1 2 1 0 0 6.5
Pereira D. 90 0 0 1 0 0.07 1 41/46 0 2 0 1 0 6.8
Rios D. 4 1 0 1 1 0.12 0 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 –
Petrasso L. 16 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 16/18 0 0 0 0 0 6.6
Herbers F. 16 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 12/14 0 4 0 1 0 6.1
Longstaff M. 16 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 12/14 1 0 1 0 0 6.4

StatsBench picks

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New York City FC vs CF Montréal pre-game preview

New York City FC hosts CF Montréal on Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET in MLS. New York City FC is the moneyline favorite at -238, with the draw at +400 and CF Montréal at +600; the total is 3.5. CF Montréal won the last meeting 1-0 on April 25, 2026, and its recent league form is LLDLL, while NYC’s is WDDLL. NYC has 38 points from 32 matches, with 47 scored and 44 conceded; Montréal has 25 points from 32, with 36 scored and 66 conceded. The defensive gap and Montréal’s 2-2-12 away record are central angles, along with injuries: NYC lists Andrew Baiera, Arnau Farnós and Alonso Martínez out, while Montréal lists Brayan Ceballos, Thomas Gillier, Prince Owusu and Jalen Neal out. On props, A. Sánchez over 1.5 fouls won is -105 and cleared 8 of his last 10; James Sands over 0.5 fouls is -160 and also cleared 8 of 10, rates worth monitoring in a research context.

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Confirmed lineups

The official starting XIs. The badge on each player: how often he cleared his strongest prop line (named under him) over his recent matches; green at 70% or better.

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

49 Freese
24 Gray
13 Thiago Martins (C)
6 Sands
22 O’Toole
32 Shore
8 Perea
26 Ojeda
7 Mercau
9 Traore
11 Talles Magno
41 Keita
27 Bugaj
5 Craig
4 Vera
28 Radojevic
6 Piette (C)
7 Pereira
18 Synchuk
29 Escobar
16 Carmona
10 Sanchez

New York City FC missing: D. Baiera (knee), A. Farnos (leg), A. Martinez (thigh), M. Moralez (knee), A. O’Neill (injury), K. Trewin (ankle)

CF Montréal missing: B. Ceballos (lower-body), T. Gillier (upper-body), B. Hidalgo (groin), J. Neal (lower-body), P. Owusu (lower-body)

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Form and head to head

New York City FC23rd in the tableWDDLL9W 11D 12L · 1.19 points a match
5meetings

1 win0 draws4 wins
CF Montréal29th in the tableLLDLL6W 7D 19L · 0.78 points a match
40%Over 1.52/5
0%Over 2.50/5
0%Over 3.50/5
0%Both scored0/5
  • Apr 2026CFM 1-0 NYC
  • Jun 2025CFM 1-0 NYC
  • May 2025NYC 0-1 CFM
  • Oct 2024CFM 2-0 NYC
  • Jul 2024NYC 2-0 CFM

Clean sheets and goal trends

New York City FC

16%

Clean sheet5/32

19%

Failed to score6/32

69%

Both scored22/32

53%

Over 2.517/32

CF Montréal

13%

Clean sheet4/32

41%

Failed to score13/32

50%

Both scored16/32

63%

Over 2.520/32

Recent results

New York City WDDLL W 2-1 vs ATL · D 2-2 at ORL · D 1-1 vs LAF · L 0-2 at MIA · L 1-2 at CHI
CF Montréal LLDLL L 0-4 at CHL · L 0-2 vs NSH · D 1-1 at SEA · L 0-3 vs ATL · L 1-2 at TOR

Last five MLS results, most recent first.

Season numbers

New York City CF Montréal
Table 23 (38 pts) 29 (25 pts)
Record (W-D-L) 9-11-12 6-7-19
Home / away record 5-5-6 (29-23) home 2-2-12 (17-43) away
Goals scored per match 1.47 1.13
Goals conceded per match 1.38 2.06
Shots / on target per match 9.41 / 4.72 9.97 / 4.56
Both teams scored 69% 50%
Over 1.5 / 2.5 / 3.5 goals 88% / 53% / 25% 84% / 63% / 34%
Clean sheets 16% 13%
Failed to score 19% 41%
Yellow cards per match 1.59 2.00
Corners per match 3.94 5.00

This season, 32 and 32 matches.

Referee

Tim Ford averages 3.3 yellow cards and 22.3 fouls per match over 14 matches this season (league average 4.0 and 24.0), lighter with cards than most.

Injury report

New York City FC: none listed.

CF Montréal

  • Brayan Ceballos (D): Out, Knock Injury
  • Thomas Gillier (G): Out, Knock Injury
  • Prince Owusu (F): Out, Knock Injury
  • Jalen Neal (D): Out, Knock Injury
  • Bode Hidalgo (D): Out, Knock Injury
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Line movement chart

Total 3.5 → 3.5
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