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Peter Green - March 3, 2023
Austin FC vs CF Montreal Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Major League Soccer on Sunday, 5 March 2023.
Both Austin FC and CF Montreal had an unimpressive start to this fresh MLS season recording a defeat. Austin lost to St. Louis City while Inter Miami defeated CF Montreal.
Going on, Austin FC finished at second in the Western Conference table the past season and have played till the semis. On the other side, Montreal claimed the second position in the Eastern Conference table and have played till the quarter finals.
They have met just once in the past and Austin FC sealed a 0-1 victory.
Austin was maintaining a momentum consistently at home for the past many months. The defeat against St. Louis City ended their 9-game unbeaten streak at home.
CF Montreal were also having a fine form on the road before losing to Inter Miami. They were having a 10-match unbeaten streak with most of them being victories.
Such a form of both teams makes it a tough call to pick a winner from the two. Since they both owns an equally competitive display, we are not going with the odds of the bookmakers, pricing the hosts favorites.
The recent match-ups of both sides at respective patches display high-scoring affairs at a good rate. Six of the last seven home matches of Austin and four of the last five road trips of Montreal had seen goals over 2.5 ft. Thus, we expect this match to have goals in plenty.
The competitive potential of both teams forces us to consider a both teams scoring scenario here. In addition, four of the last five away matches of Montreal and four of the last five home matches of Austin have seen their respective defensive lines breaching.
This match could have goals in plenty considering the recent stats of both sides. An over 2.5 goals bet at 1.70 odds seems to be a logical pick to start with since the two have an equally stronger display at the moment.
For the second tip, we like to place the both teams to score option at 1.62 odds considering the defensive trend of both.
