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Montreal Impact vs Orlando City Prediction & Betting tips
On June 1, the world of football looks to Madrid, the Champions League final between Liverpool FC and the Tottenham Hotspurs is eagerly awaited. In addition to the final in the premier class, there are relatively few games on a professional level on Saturday. In American Major League Soccer, however, is a game day on the program. In Canada, a duel between Montreal Impact and Orlando City.
The mode in the MLS is not comparable to that in Europe. The 24 MLS teams are divided into two “divisions” and determine the eight play-off starters in the two groups of twelve. But it can come to duels with teams from the other division. However, the duel between these two teams is a match between two teams from the Eastern Conference. Montreal Impact ranks third, Orlando City in tenth. Coupled with the home advantage, Montreal Impact and Orlando City are likely to predict their home win. The start of the game at Saputo Stadium is on Saturday at 11pm Central European Time.
Montreal Impact:
Since 2012, Montreal Impact is represented in Major League Soccer. President Joey Saputo, after whom the stadium is named, took over the franchise and thus raised the club, which was founded in 1993 and has played in underclass North American leagues until 2011, into the highest football league.
Montreal Impact’s first coach was Jesse Marsch, who will be in charge of the Austrian champions Red Bull Salzburg starting next season. But also in the field there have been some well-known names in recent years. From Marco di Vaio to Didier Drogba, all of whom wore the jersey of Canadians. However, the successes in Major League Soccer are manageable and only in the 2016 season, the Conference Finals could be achieved. In the last two years, even the play-off games have been missed. Currently, the team of the French head coach Remi Garde can draw a very satisfactory conclusion. After 16 games are 24 points on the credit side and in the Eastern Conference Montreal thus settled in third place. Montreal has so far played almost the entire season abroad. Eleven of the 16 matches were played away. In the coming weeks countless home games are on the program, accordingly, the chance of the play-offs this year but quite large. On Thursday, Montreal defeated Real Salt Lake 2-1, and in the fifth home game of the season, both teams met for the first time. Should be the right bet on at least one goal of both clubs between Montreal Impact and Orlando City, attract odds of 1.70!
In the squad of Montreal are indeed no world stars to find a la Drogba, but with Saphir Taider (former Algerian international), Ignacio Piatti (longtime Europa Legionaries) or even Bacary Sagna (former national player of France) but some sonorous names.
Orlando City:
Only since 2015 Orlando City is represented in Major League Soccer, making it the 21st franchise in American professional football. But the club from Florida has been waiting for the first qualifying for the play-off games. Looking at placements in recent years, there is even a negative development. Platz Sieben, Eighth place, Platz ten and last year only Platz Elf are booked. Even in the current season, the results are not really satisfactory. Head coach James O’Connor’s team have only won four of their 14 league games and have suffered seven defeats. Above all, the achievements in foreign countries were anything but satisfactory. Only the guest appearance at the New York Red Bulls at the end of March could win Orlando. In the remaining five games, there was no further victory, but were scored in six away games only five hits. The form in recent weeks has not been entirely satisfactory, with a fierce 5-1 home win against Cincinnati on 19 May, but that one-off was the only success for Orlando City in their recent six league appearances.
In contrast to the competitors from Canada, there is the Elf from Florida an absolute top player. The 32-year-old European champion Nani plays since this season at the “Lions” from Florida and knew from the beginning to convince. The veteran immediately became captain and achiever. Seven goals of the season go to his account, the dependence on Nani is clearly noticeable. But around Nani, Orlando does not have much quality to offer.
Following recent performances and the outward weakness (with a 2-0-15 away record in the previous year), Montreal Impact and Orlando City are close to predicting home victory and are also recommended.
Montreal Impact vs Orlando City head to head matches
16.03.19 MLS Orlando City Montreal Impact 1 : 3
24.06.18 MLS Orlando City Montreal Impact 0 : 2
14.06.18 MLS Montreal Impact Orlando City 3 : 0
06.08.17 MLS Montreal Impact Orlando City 2 : 1
18.06.17 MLS Orlando City Montreal Impact 3 : 3