Philadelphia Union vs CF Montreal — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 6 September 2026

MLS·Sunday, 6 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 15.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Philadelphia Union

68%

pick · result

Draw

18%

CF Montreal

14%

Final score

2–0

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Philadelphia Union win 68.4% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Philadelphia Union win. Expected goals 2.35–0.99 against 2–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals65%2 scored
Both teams score58%no
Philadelphia Union clean sheet37%yes
CF Montreal clean sheet9%no
Philadelphia Union score 2+69%yes
CF Montreal score 2+26%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.0593
1X2 Brier score0.1512
Probability on the result68.4%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 2–1 (10.3%), 2–0 (10.0%), 1–1 (8.3%). It finished 2–0 — one of them.

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Philadelphia Union

22 FebAvs DC United0–1L
1 MarHvs New York City1–2L
8 MarHvs San Jose Earthquakes0–1L
14 MarAvs Atlanta Utd1–3L
21 MarHvs Chicago Fire1–2L

CF Montreal

22 FebAvs San Diego FC0–5L
28 FebAvs Chicago Fire0–3L
8 MarAvs New York Red Bulls3–0W
14 MarAvs Orlando City1–2L
22 MarAvs FC Cincinnati3–4L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatPhiladelphia Union
(Home · 16 matches)
CF Montreal
(Away · 17 matches)
BTTS rate62.5%52.9%
Over 2.5 rate62.5%70.6%
Clean sheet31.2%5.9%
Avg goals2.883.65

Home stats use Philadelphia Union's home record; away stats use CF Montreal's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.