Orlando City vs Montreal Impact Betting Tips

Orlando City may have started their first season of MLS football poorly, but patchy periods of good form have intervened and allowed them to pick up 38 points from their 31 games.

The most recent of these was an unexpected and impressive 5-2 win away to MLS Eastern Conference leaders New York Red Bulls, a result which took their winning streak in the MLS to three matches.

Cyle Larin bagged a hat trick in this game and took his tally to 14 goals for the season, making him Orlando City’s top scorer in the league.

Their other two victories came against Sporting Kansas City and Chicago Fire, but before this they had lost four and drawn two of their previous six matches, winning only once in 11 attempts.

This leaves them in 7^th position in the MLS Eastern Conference. They are four points behind Montreal Impact in 6^th place, but their opponents also have two games in hand on them, so they could end up quite a way off the pace.

Montreal Impact are also in very good form coming into this game. They haven’t lost any of their last six MLS matches, taking victory in four of those games.

They had also endured a sticky spell previously, failing to win in six matches, but their recent good form shows that they have turned a corner.

It’s not such a good story when you look at their away record though. They have only won one of their last nine matches on the road, losing five times in the process.

By contrast, Orlando City have won five of their last nine home games, losing twice and drawing twice.

I think backing Orlando City for victory is the smart move here, and odds of 23/20 for this outcome look very valuable.