CF Montréal vs Inter Miami face off today at Stade Saputo in a match valid for the 12th round of the North American league.
You can read Gustavo Maranhão’s original text in Portuguese here
The teams take the field on Saturday night, May 11, at 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Stade Saputo in Montreal – Quebec, Canada, for the 12th round of Major League Soccer. The game will be broadcast on Apple TV and MLS Season Pass.
The match brings together two clubs in different situations in the Eastern Conference table. The hosts are in twelfth place with 12 points, two behind the playoff elimination zone. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi and Company are having the best start to the season in their history, with seven wins, three draws, and only two losses. They are the sole leaders with 24 points, three more than the second-placed team.
In the last round, the Canadians suffered a 4-1 defeat away from home to Nashville SC, while the Pink Shirts defeated NY Red Bulls in Miami 6-2, one of the biggest wins so far.
CF Montréal vs Inter Miami Preview
In the history of their encounters, nine games have been played, and what stands out is the northern team’s superiority, with six victories against only two for the Herons, in addition to another draw. Last season, in the last match played, Montréal won at home by a score of 1-0.
Another curiosity is that 25 goals have been scored since the first match, 15 by the home team and 10 by Miami.
Luis Suárez: 500x and counting…
In last week’s rout against NY Red Bulls, the team’s striker and number 9, Luis Suárez, reached the milestone of 500 goals by scoring a hat-trick in the match, to be more precise, 501.
A Uruguayan national team idol, Barcelona, Liverpool, Ajax, and Grêmio player, the athlete seeks to make his mark in the southern United States. See the teams and numbers:
- Nacional (URU): 20 goals
- Groningen: 15 goals
- Ajax: 111 goals
- Liverpool: 82 goals
- Barcelona: 198 goals
- Atlético de Madrid: 34 goals
- Grêmio: 29 goals
- Inter Miami: 12 goals
Possible Lineups and Absences for CF Montréal
The home team, led by coach Laurent Courtouis is expected to present a 3-4-1-2 formation, lining up as follows:
Sebastian Breza; Ruan Teixeira, Fernando Álvarez, and Joel Waterman; Victor Wanyama, Ilias Iliadis, Ousman Jabang, and Rida Zouhir; Mathieu Choinière, and Mason Toye; Sunusi Ibrahim.
Enzo Joaquim Sosa, Lassi Lappalainen, Josef Martinez, Matias Fernando, and Kwadwo Opoku are out due to injury.
Possible Lineups and Absences for Inter Miami
The Florida team is expected to come with the following 4-3-3 formation:
Drake Callender; Marcelo Weigandt, Tomás Aviles, Nicolás Freire, and Franco Negri; Sergio Busquets, David Ochoa, and Julian Gressel; Diego Gómez, Lionel Messi, and Luis Suárez.
Regarding absences, Miami cannot count on Jordi Alba, Sergey Krivtsov, Ian Fray, Shanyder Borgelin, Facundo Farias, Federico Redondo, and Robbie Robinson, all in the medical department.
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CF Montréal vs Inter Miami Predictions
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Suárez celebrates 500 goals mark (Inter Miami Release/ X)
