MLS Atlanta United FC

Match Preview: Atlanta United vs. CF Montreal

Published on July 7, 2023 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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ATLANTA -Atlanta United returns to action Saturday when it travels to face CF Montreal at Stade Saputo. The match is set to kick-off at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on MLS Season Passwhile fans can also tune-in to radio calls on 92.9 The Game and La Mejor.

MLS Season Pass features every match of the regular season and Audi MLS Cup Playoffs with consistent match times and no blackouts. The service also features MLS Countdown, the live pre-game show before every match, live halftime reports, MLS 360 -- a fast-moving whip-around show that will provide live look-ins and analysis from all the key moments from every match, and MLS Wrap-up, the live post-game show. All matches feature commentary in English or Spanish, while matches involving Canadian teams will also have French commentary. Fans in the U.S. and Canada also have the option to select their home team's radio for broadcast audio on the Apple TV app where available.

Atlanta holds a 5-3-3 all-time record against Montreal in MLS regular season play: 4-0-1 at home and 1-3-2 on the road. This will be the first meeting between the teams in 2023 as Atlanta will host the second meeting on Sept. 23 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Atlanta is coming off a 2-0 win against Philadelphia Union on Sunday behind goals from Thiago Almada and Brooks Lennon. Atlanta held the Union to one shot on target and blocked a franchise record nine shots in one of its best defensive performances of the season.

Almada now has 18 goal contributions this season, which ranks second in MLS. The MLS All-Star created five chances against Philadelphia. It marks the fourth match this season in which he has created at least five chances, the most such matches in MLS.

Ten of Almada's 14 career MLS goals (71.4 %) have been scored from outside the box three more than any other player since he joined MLS last season. Of the 56 players to score at least 10 goals since the start of the 2022 season, Almada is the only one with more than 40% of his goals coming from outside the box.

Lennon played in his 100th MLS regular season match for club, becoming just the fifth player in Atlanta history to reach the century mark.

Montreal heads into Matchday 22 in ninth place in the Eastern Conference and coming off a 1-0 loss at home to New York City FC on July 1. Montreal saw its streak of eight straight shutout wins in all competitions at home come to an end with the loss to NYCFC. In it's past four matches, Montreal has posted three clean sheets and conceded one goal.

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