In search of their first MLS victory at Saputo Stadium this year, CF Montreal return to league action on Wednesday when they host FC Cincinnati.

Le CFM collected just their second league triumph the last time out, defeating the Houston Dynamo 3-1, while Cincy came away with a narrow 1-0 triumph over the New England Revolution.

Montreal begin a three-game MLS homestand feeling much better about themselves following an impressive showing in Houston before the international break.

In that victory, they scored more goals than they had in any single league contest this year, and on Wednesday they can win consecutive games in MLS for the first time all season.

Marco Donadel’s men have points in three successive matches in this competition when scoring an opening half goal, with two of those points occurring at Saputo Stadium.

They have been particularly poor defensively at home of late though, conceding a combined 11 times in their previous three league contests in Montreal.

So far this season, the Canadian side have yet to claim a single point when conceding the opening goal in an MLS affair, while dropping four points when leading at the half.

Saputo Stadium has served them well when facing Cincinnati recently, with Le CFM winning three of their previous four matches against them at home, and going unbeaten over that stretch.

After a series of uncharacteristically narrow defeats, we witnessed a more traditional Cincinnati triumph in their last match before the international window.

In their previous game, they had just 34% possession against New England but looked in control for most of the match, claiming their sixth clean sheet of the regular season.

Nine of their 10 regular season victories this year have been by a single goal, with Pat Noonan’s men sitting second in the Eastern Conference standings, four points below the Philadelphia Union for first.

The Orange and Blue have suffered four defeats away from home in the competition this season, equalling their total from the 2024 domestic campaign.

Cincinnati are undefeated on the road domestically this year when leading after 45 minutes, dropping points in only one of those instances (1-1 draw at the Columbus Crew).

Their previous two visits to Canada ended with a victory for the Orange and Blue, with both of those triumphs being by just a single goal.

CF Montreal possible starting lineup:

Sirois; Bugaj, Campbell, Neal, Petrasso; Loturi, Piette; Clark, Opoku; Owusu, Vrioni

FC Cincinnati possible starting lineup:

Celentano; Flores, Miazga, Hadebe; Yedlin, Bucha, Nwobodo, Orellano; Evander; Santos, Denkey