CF Montreal at Philadelphia Union 6/3/23 MLS Picks & Predictions

The Philadelphia Union hosts CF Montreal on Saturday in a MLS Eastern Conference fixture. Philadelphia is third in the conference table 8-3-4 on 27 points with a goal difference of +9. Philadelphia Union took all three points at home on Wednesday when defeating Charlotte 1-0. Charlotte’s Khristijan Kahline had an own goal in the 70th minute that proved to be the winner for Philadelphia. 

Philadelphia won for the 16th time in its last 19 matches at home in MLS play with two draws in one loss after beating Charlotte on Wednesday. Over that period, Philadelphia has outscored its opponents by a combined 58-11. Daniel Gazdag and Julian Carranza are the leading goal scorers for Philadelphia with seven each, while Gazdag is the leader in assists with seven.

CF Montreal is 10th in the conference table at 6-1-8 on 19 points with a goal difference of -9. Montreal battled on the road to a 2-2 draw with DC United on Wednesday. Montreal gave up two goals in the first 59 minutes of the match but Sunusi Ibrahim scored for Montreal in the 80th minute and Ariel Lassiter added an equalizer in the 82nd minute as Montreal was able to share spoils on the road.

Montreal scored two late goals to rally from a two-goal deficit to draw against DC United Wednesday, which marked the second time in club history that Montreal took a point when behind by more than one goal at the 80th minute mark or later. Chinonso Offor and Romell Quioto are the leading goal scorers for Montreal with three each, while Mathieu Choiniere and Aaron Herrera are the leaders in assists with three each.