Overview

• Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. EDT in Montreal in the teams’ first meeting of the season.
• Austin sits 9-8-8 (35 points) after a 2-0-3 stretch, but will be without top scorer Brandon Vazquez (season-ending ACL) and suspended midfielder Daniel Pereira.
• Coach Nico Estevez notes improved output with 13 goals in the last eight league matches, with Owen Wolff contributing three goals in his past four.
• Montreal is 4-15-8 and struggling defensively with 48 goals conceded, while Austin has allowed 29, tied for the second-fewest in MLS.
• Montreal added defender Bode Hidalgo and traded Caden Clark and Joel Waterman for cash and allocation funds, with a reported pursuit of Ivan Jaime; BetMGM lists Montreal +153, Austin +161, Draw +246 with a 2.5 total.