Montréal – Orlando City

The Lions have a difficult assignment in Canada to start their postseason.

[This week’s PawedCast](https://www.themaneland.com/2022/10/12/23400024/pawedcast-episode-315-miami-crew-rewinds-amanda-cromwell-fallout-montreal-preview-and-more)features our key match-ups and score predictions. [Ignacio Piatti](https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/255744/ignacio-piatti). [2-1 Decision Day comeback win over the Columbus Crew](https://www.themaneland.com/2022/10/9/23395502/orlando-city-vs-columbus-crew-final-score-2-1-as-lions-qualify-for-mls-cup-playoffs-with-win). [thumping Orlando 4-1](https://www.themaneland.com/2022/5/7/23061482/orlando-city-vs-cf-montreal-final-score-4-1-as-lions-suffer-first-road-loss-of-2022) in the most recent meeting in Montreal on May 7. [Montreal stole a 1-0 win in Orlando](https://www.themaneland.com/2016/10/2/13140534/orlando-city-vs-montreal-impact-final-score-1-0-as-lions-are-eliminated-from-the-postseason) after bunkering down and hitting on a Dominic Oduro counter-attack goal. That Crew match may not have fixed all of Orlando City’s recent problems but at least the Lions had a full week to rest and prepare for the first time since the international break at the end of September. 20, 2021, with the visitors managing [a 1-1 draw](https://www.themaneland.com/2021/10/20/22737497/orlando-city-vs-cf-montreal-final-score-1-1-as-lions-squander-lead-at-home). 15 in Orlando with [the Lions falling 4-2](https://www.themaneland.com/2021/9/15/22676560/orlando-city-vs-cf-montreal-final-score-4-2-as-9-man-lions-lose-second-straight) and finishing the game with just nine men after both Nani and Andres Perea were sent off. [a 3-0 drubbing at Stade Saputo](https://www.themaneland.com/2019/6/1/18648786/orlando-city-vs-montreal-impact-final-score-3-0-as-lions-roar-past-impact-in-canada) on June 1, 2019. [Dom Dwyer](https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/151258/dom-dwyer) added a cosmetic goal late for Orlando City to spoil the clean sheet. The teams previously met on opening day of the 2022 season, when [Orlando City captured a 2-0 home win](https://www.themaneland.com/2022/2/27/22951633/orlando-city-vs-cf-montreal-final-score-2-0-as-lions-remain-unbeaten-in-season-openers) behind second-half goals from Alexandre Pato and Benji Michel. This is the first time the teams have met in the postseason and will be the third meeting of the year after they split the regular-season series.