CF Montréal is unbeaten in its last five matches against Real Salt Lake (W3 D2), last losing to RSL in 2014. Montreal has a perfect home record against Salt Lake, winning all four meetings in Quebec despite never keeping a clean sheet.
CF Montréal’s club-record eight-match unbeaten run ended with a 2-1 loss to Nashville on Wednesday, but it returns home, where its won three in a row. Montreal hasn’t won four straight home matches in a single season since a five-match streak in June-July 2018.
Real Salt Lake completed its second come-from-behind victory of the season on Saturday, beating Austin, 2-1, after conceding first. RSL has won seven matches in which its conceded first since the start of last season (including playoffs), most in MLS in that time.
Kei Kamara scored Montreal’s lone goal against Nashville, the 25th different opponent he’s scored against in his MLS career. That goal took Kamara to 133 regular season goals, tied with Jaime Moreno for fourth-most in MLS history. He is one goal away from third (Jeff Cunningham – 134).
Maikel Chang scored RSL’s opening goal before assisting on the match-winner on Saturday against Austin. Three of the four matches in which Chang has found the net in his MLS career he’s also provided at least one assist (4 total). He has seven assists in the 57 matches in which he hasn’t scored.
