DC United vs. CF Montreal 7/23/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

DC United hosts CF Montreal on Saturday in a MLS Eastern Conference fixture. DC United is last or 14th in the conference table at 5-3-11 on 18 points with a goal difference of -16. DC United was routed by Bayern Munich 6-2 in a club friendly on Wednesday. Prior to that DC United was defeated on the road by Minnesota United 2-0 last Saturday.

DC United's loss to Minnesota last Saturday was the ninth match out of the last 10 that DC has allowed multiple goals, resulting in one win, three draws and six losses. DC United has given up 28 goals during that span which is the most ever by the club in a 10-match run in the club's history. Taxiarchis Fountas is the leading goal scorer for DC with 10, while Julian Gressel is the leader in assists with four.

CF Montreal is fourth in the conference table at 10-2-8 on 32 points with a goal difference of -1. CF Montreal is coming off a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC last Saturday. The only goal of the game was an own-goal by Toronto's Lukas MacHaughton in the 69th minute which gave Montreal the victory at home in a defensive-minded fixture for both sides.

Montreal's victory over Toronto last Saturday was only the second time this season the club has had a clean sheet and Montreal has not had consecutive clean sheets since June of 2021. Romell Quioto and Djordje Mihailovic are the leading goal scorers for Montreal with seven each, while the leader in assists is Kei Kamara with five and four others have three assists each.