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CF Montréal vs Cincinnati: match report

CF Montréal hosted FC Cincinnati at Stade Saputo on Saturday 26 September 2026, in the MLS. CF Montréal are without 9 players (Olger Escobar, Samsy Keita, Efraín Morales and others); Cincinnati are missing 4 (Miles Robinson, Andrei Chirilă, Pavel Bucha and others). Ismail Elfath is the referee, averaging 3.9 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.2.

Result and scorers

CF Montréal 3-1 Cincinnati. Goals: Daniel Ríos 25' for CF Montréal; Tom Barlow 64' for Cincinnati; Prince Owusu 72' (pen) for CF Montréal; Prince Owusu 75' for CF Montréal.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 25' Goal: Daniel Ríos (CF Montréal) 1-0
  • 33' Yellow card: Matthew Longstaff (CF Montréal)
  • 47' Yellow card: Fabian Herbers (CF Montréal)
  • 64' Goal: Tom Barlow (Cincinnati) 1-1
  • 71' Yellow card: Roman Celentano (Cincinnati)
  • 72' Penalty: Prince Owusu (CF Montréal) 2-1
  • 75' Goal: Prince Owusu (CF Montréal) 3-1
  • 85' Yellow card: Teenage Hadebe (Cincinnati)
Match stats (contains the result)
45.4%Possession54.6%
15Shots18
5Shots on target4
4Corners6
8Fouls7
2Offsides0
3Saves2
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

CF Montréal 3-4-3

Coach: Philippe Eullaffroy

  1. 1 Sébastian Breza GK
  2. 3 Brayan Ceballos DEF
  3. 5 Brandan Craig DEF
  4. 2 Jalen Neal DEF
  5. 14 Daniel Ríos FWD
  6. 8 Matthew Longstaff MID
  7. 22 Victor Loturi MID
  8. 10 Alexis Sánchez FWD
  9. 27 Dawid Bugaj DEF
  10. 9 Prince Osei Owusu FWD
  11. 13 Luca Petrasso DEF

Bench

  • 21 Fabian Herbers MID
  • 25 Frankie Amaya MID
  • 33 Emil Gazdov GK
  • 31 Thomas Gillier GK
  • 26 Ivan Losenko MID

Cincinnati 3-5-2

Coach: Pat Noonan

  1. 18 Roman Celentano GK
  2. 11 Samuel Gidi MID
  3. 4 Nick Hagglund DEF
  4. 15 Teenage Lingani Hadebe DEF
  5. 17 Kenji Mboma Dem MID
  6. 5 Obinna Nwobodo MID
  7. 10 Evander Ferreira MID
  8. 22 Gerardo Valenzuela MID
  9. 29 Bryan Ramírez MID
  10. 99 Ayoub Jabbari FWD
  11. 16 Tom Barlow FWD

Bench

  • 23 David Douděra MID
  • 24 Kyle Smith DEF
  • 14 Kristian Fletcher FWD
  • 2 Alvas Elvis Powell DEF
  • 27 Brian Anunga MID
  • 13 Evan Louro GK
  • 50 Félix Samson DEF
  • 6 Julián Malatini DEF
  • 19 Ștefan Chirilă FWD

Injuries and suspensions

CF Montréal

  • Olger Escobar other, back Early October 2026
  • Samsy Keita other, back Early October 2026
  • Efraín Morales other, back Early October 2026
  • Daniel Pereira other, back Early October 2026
  • Samuel Piette other, back Early October 2026
  • Viktor Radojević other, back Early October 2026
  • Dante Sealy other, back Early October 2026
  • Noah Streit other, back Early October 2026
  • Wiki Carmona other, back Early October 2026

Cincinnati

  • Miles Robinson other, back Early October 2026
  • Andrei Chirilă other, back Early October 2026
  • Pavel Bucha other, back Early October 2026
  • Kévin Denkey other, back Early October 2026
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 22 March 2026: FC Cincinnati 4-3 CF Montréal
  • Saturday 18 October 2025: FC Cincinnati 3-0 CF Montréal
  • Wednesday 25 June 2025: CF Montréal 1-3 FC Cincinnati
  • Saturday 31 August 2024: FC Cincinnati 4-1 CF Montréal
  • Saturday 13 April 2024: CF Montréal 2-1 FC Cincinnati