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Columbus Crew v Montreal Impact : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 20th Aug, 00:30 BST, Lower.com Field, Columbus

We’ve Major League Soccer action to enjoy on Thursday morning, as Henrik Rydström and his Columbus Crew side host Marco Donadel’s Montreal Impact at the Lower.com Field. In this preview you'll find odds for 17 top betting markets plus predictions, statistics and head-to-head data for both teams. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

This Major League Soccer fixture, with Columbus and Montreal going head-to-head, offers great potential in the highly popular over market, with at least 3 goals predicted to be scored in total. Attackers on both sides will look to come out on the front foot and, having reviewed the relevant statistics and odds, we firmly believe that a bet on over 2.5 goals would be stronger than anything in the WDW market.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Columbus are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 59% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.51.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Columbus 59%	51/100	-
Draw 21%	16/5	-
Montreal 20%	17/4	-
Columbus 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Draw 1-1 9%	15/2	-
Columbus 2-0 9%	8/1	-
Columbus 1-0 8%	17/2	-
Columbus 3-1 7%	11/1	-
Columbus 3-0 6%	12/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	-
Montreal 2-1 5%	16/1	-
Montreal 1-0 5%	18/1	-
Draw 0-0 4%	16/1	-
Columbus 3-2 4%	18/1	-
Columbus 4-1 4%	20/1	-
Columbus 4-0 3%	20/1	-
Montreal 2-0 3%	28/1	-
Montreal 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 63%	8/15	-
Under 2.5 Goals 37%	7/5	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	1/2	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	8/5	-
No 1st Goal 2%	16/1	-
BTTS - Yes 60%	8/13	-
BTTS - No 40%	6/5	-
BTTS - Home Win 31%	15/8	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	4/1	-
BTTS - Away Win 12%	15/2	-
Home/draw 80%	1/6	-
Away/draw 41%	11/8	-
Home/away 79%	2/9	-
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	1/7	-
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	9/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 41%	5/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 59%	4/7	-
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	3/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	2/9	-
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	7/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/12	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/40	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	16/1	-
Home DNB 74%	2/9	-
Away DNB 35%	3/1	-
Columbus win to nil 28%	9/4	-
Montreal win to nil 8%	10/1	-
Columbus / Columbus 35%	11/8	-
Columbus / Montreal 2%	33/1	-
Columbus / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Columbus 18%	15/4	-
Draw / Montreal 8%	10/1	-
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1	-
Montreal / Columbus 4%	18/1	-
Montreal / Montreal 10%	15/2	-
Montreal / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Montreal have not won in 6 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Columbus have not lost to Montreal in 7 consecutive league meetings

Columbus

Montreal

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 8

Clean sheets

1 / 8

COL

MTL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Columbus
Columbus	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Columbus	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Montreal
Columbus	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Montreal
Columbus	2 - 1
Columbus	3 - 2

Montreal

Columbus

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

1 / 7

COL

MTL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Montreal
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 3	Columbus
	2 - 4	Columbus
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Montreal	1 - 0
Montreal	3 - 0

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.1 is decent for Columbus Crew in their clash with Montreal Impact, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 15 consecutive Major League Soccer games.

	Columbus 10th	Montreal 14th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.1 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 12% 1 26% 2 27% 3 19% 4+ 16% There is a 62% probability that Columbus will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Montreal will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games

Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2026/2026 season

21%

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COL

MTL

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Games scored	15		11
Failed to score	3		7
Scored first	10		8
Goals scored	26		24
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.3
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	17		14
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.5
KickOff rating		+21%

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Games conceded	15		14
Clean sheets	3		4
Conceded first	7		9
Goals conceded	28		35
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		5
Conversion rate against	19%		22%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.7
KickOff rating		+5%

Columbus v Montreal Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Columbus Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	5	4	4
P Schulte	W Ali	M Arfsten	R Camacho

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
P Schulte GLK	18			1 -
R Camacho DEF	18			4 -
S Zawadzki DEF	18			3 -
H Picard MID	18	2	2	-
S Moreira DEF	17			1 -
T Habroune MID	17	1	2	3 -
M Arfsten FWD	17	4	4	3 -
S Bangoura MID	16	1		3 -
D Chambost MID	15		2	1 -
D Gazdag MID	14	3		-
A Herrera DEF	13		1	2 -
M Amundsen DEF	13			2 -
J Thiaré FWD	12	1		2 -
A Gomes MID	11			2 -
M Farsi MID	9		2	-
A Sejdic MID	7			-
N Akhundzade FWD	7			-
W Ali FWD	7	5	1	1 -
C. Adams FWD	3			-
B Lennon DEF	1			-
O. Presthus DEF	1			-
B Méndez MID	1	1		-
L Giaccone FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	4	7
W Ali	M Arfsten	M Arfsten	M Arfsten

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Ali FWD	5	9	1
M Arfsten FWD	4	10	4	7
D Gazdag MID	3	5		1
H Picard MID	2	6	2	2
T Habroune MID	1	5	2	6
S Bangoura MID	1	2
J Thiaré FWD	1	2		1
B Méndez MID	1	2
R Camacho DEF		4
S Zawadzki DEF		1
S Moreira DEF		3		1
D Chambost MID		1	2	4
A Herrera DEF		5	1	1
M Amundsen DEF				1
A Gomes MID		2
M Farsi MID		2	2	2
A Sejdic MID		2
N Akhundzade FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1469	41	106
R Camacho	T Habroune	M Arfsten

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Camacho DEF	1469	18	49
S Zawadzki DEF	1151	36	75
S Moreira DEF	908	13	33
D Chambost MID	792	15	28
T Habroune MID	662	41	71
M Arfsten FWD	660	32	106
M Amundsen DEF	618	24	51
A Gomes MID	618	23	50
P Schulte GLK	604		2
S Bangoura MID	418	19	47
A Herrera DEF	392	20	37
H Picard MID	378	22	44
D Gazdag MID	359	9	30
M Farsi MID	256	6	15
A Sejdic MID	125	6	9
W Ali FWD	116	5	23
J Thiaré FWD	53	3	19
N Akhundzade FWD	49	2	5
O. Presthus DEF	36	1	4
B Méndez MID	17
L Giaccone FWD	7		1
C. Adams FWD	5	1	1
B Lennon DEF	1		1

Montreal Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	10	6	6
M Longstaff	P Owusu	P Owusu	P Owusu

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Longstaff MID	18	2	3	4 -
V Loturi MID	18	1	1	3 -
P Owusu FWD	17	10	6	6 -
L Petrasso DEF	16		1	-
B Vera DEF	16	1		4 1
O. Escobar MID	16			2 -
D Ríos FWD	15	2		3 -
E. Morales DEF	14		2	-
D. Bugaj DEF	14			1 -
N. Streit FWD	14			-
S Piette MID	13			3 -
W Carmona MID	12	4	2	1 -
H. Synchuk FWD	12	1		2 -
J Neal DEF	8			1 -
F Herbers MID	8			-
B Craig DEF	7			2 -
B Hidalgo DEF	4			-
S Breza GLK	3			1 -
D Pereira MID	3			1 -
F Amaya MID	1			-
O. Graham-Roache FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	18	6	7
P Owusu	P Owusu	P Owusu	P Owusu

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Owusu FWD	10	18	6	7
W Carmona MID	4	8	2	4
M Longstaff MID	2	4	3	2
D Ríos FWD	2	8
V Loturi MID	1	2	1
B Vera DEF	1	7
H. Synchuk FWD	1	13		2
L Petrasso DEF		2	1	6
O. Escobar MID		2
E. Morales DEF		3	2	1
D. Bugaj DEF		2
N. Streit FWD		3		1
S Piette MID		1
B Craig DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
836	27	71
M Longstaff	D. Bugaj	P Owusu

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Longstaff MID	836	17	49
B Vera DEF	729	25	54
V Loturi MID	650	24	65
E. Morales DEF	645	23	60
L Petrasso DEF	627	20	47
D. Bugaj DEF	370	27	63
S Piette MID	350	18	31
J Neal DEF	333	13	26
P Owusu FWD	268	14	71
W Carmona MID	248	17	44
H. Synchuk FWD	211	9	45
B Craig DEF	190	4	11
N. Streit FWD	171	6	30
B Hidalgo DEF	136	1	7
D Ríos FWD	134	2	24
O. Escobar MID	104	5	14
S Breza GLK	93		2
F Herbers MID	90	12	19
D Pereira MID	68		4
F Amaya MID	4
O. Graham-Roache FWD	1