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Preview: Orlando City vs CF Montreal – prediction, team news, lineups

• Posted on July 13, 2025

CF Montreal can claim consecutive away victories in MLS on Saturday for the first time since March 2024 when they travel to Inter & Co Stadium for a date with Orlando City.

Thanks to a 2-2 draw at Charlotte FC, the Lions held onto sixth place in the Eastern Conference, while Le CFM remain bottom of the table following a 4-1 loss at home to Inter Miami.

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For a side as talented as Orlando City are, they have had some peculiar results of late, collecting just seven points from their last six league games, dropping points to Charlotte and Atlanta United, two sides currently on the outside of the post-season picture.

However, the Lions have suffered just one defeat in their last four domestic home contests, earning five points this year when conceding the opening goal.

Oscar Pareja’s men are in danger of suffering three straight home defeats on Saturday for the first time since March to April of the 2023 domestic campaign.

After 21 league fixtures, the Lions have found the back of the net 39 times, the second-most in the Eastern Conference and just three fewer than the leaders in that category, Inter Miami.

At the same time, they have not always been super sharp at the back on home soil, conceding multiple goals on five occasions at Inter & Co Stadium this year, allowing three or more in three of those instances.

Orlando City are unbeaten in their previous five meetings versus Montreal in this competition and have not lost any of their last five home games against them.

Things were looking good for Montreal after a half hour last Saturday, but as we have come to expect it was too good to be true for them yet again.

Up by a goal after only two minutes, Le CFM gave up four unanswered strikes to the Herons, losing for the first time domestically in 2025 when netting the opener, dropping five points this year in that position.

Eight of their 14 points in the regular season have occurred away from home and this weekend Marco Donadel’s men can win consecutive league contests on the road for the first time since March 2024.

Montreal have not won an MLS affair as the visitors in July since the 2022 season when they hung onto a 2-1 result in the US capital versus DC United.

While they have given up the most goals in the Eastern Conference this year (40), some of their better defensive outings were away from home with Le CFM allowing a goal or fewer on six occasions.

They have points in three of their previous four outings versus Orlando City but have not claimed maximum points away from home against them since 2021 (4-2).

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