New York City FC (8-6-4, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. CF Montreal (2-12-5, 14th in the Eastern Conference)
Montreal, Quebec; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: NYCFC +133, Montreal +187, Draw +243; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Hannes Wolf leads New York City FC into a matchup with CF Montreal after scoring two goals against Atlanta United.
Montreal is 1-9-4 in Eastern Conference play. Montreal is 1-6 in matches decided by one goal.
NYCFC is 8-3-3 against Eastern Conference opponents. NYCFC ranks ninth in the Eastern Conference with 24 goals led by Adrian Alonso Martinez Batista with eight.
The teams match up Saturday for the second time this season. Montreal won the last meeting 1-0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Prince-Osei Owusu has scored seven goals and added two assists for Montreal. Yuri Aleksandr Guboglo has one assist over the past 10 games.
Martinez Batista has eight goals and one assist for NYCFC. Wolf has five goals and one assist over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Montreal: 2-6-2, averaging 1.1 goals, 3.9 shots on goal and 4.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game.
NYCFC: 5-3-2, averaging 1.3 goals, 4.4 shots on goal and 5.9 corner kicks per game while allowing 0.9 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Montreal: Olger Armando Escobar Real (injured), Hennadiy Synchuk (injured), Nathan-Dylan Saliba (injured), Bryce Duke (injured), Joel Waterman (injured), Giacomo Vrioni (injured), Fabian Herbers (injured).
NYCFC: Malachi Jones (injured), Keaton Parks (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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