Toronto will be hoping a return home can start another unbeaten run when they host Cincinnati. Bob Bradley’s side suffered their first defeat in five matches on Sunday, losing to New York City, but are in impressive form at the BMO Field this season.
Montreal and Atlanta are in contrasting form heading into their clash at Saputo Stadium on Saturday. The Impact are unbeaten in their last five matches while United have not won in three.
Austin and Vancouver ended last week’s matches in contrasting moods and are at opposite ends of the Western Conference. The 3-2 victory at DC United was a fourth win of the campaign for Austin, while 13th-placed Vancouver have just one win and four points from seven games.
Philadelphia will look to start another winning streak when they host Montreal on Saturday. The Eastern Conference leaders won five matches in a row before a defeat in Toronto last time out.
Toronto travel to the Big Apple looking to do the double over New York City. Bob Bradley’s side claimed a 2-1 home win over the MLS Cup champions at the start of this month in Canada.
Philadelphia Union will be aiming to continue their unbeaten start to the MLS season when they travel to Toronto. Jim Curtin’s side are sitting pretty at the top of the Eastern Conference after five wins and a draw while Toronto’s form has also picked up in recent games.
CF Montreal return home after taking seven points from three successive road trips and are expected to maintain that momentum in Saturday’s all-Canadian showdown. Back-to-back wins at Cincinnati and New York Red Bulls have sparked Montreal’s season into life and they have climbed to ninth in the Eastern Conference.
Manchester City claimed a slender advantage to take to Madrid as Kevin De Bruyne’s second-half goal put them 1-0 up against Atletico. It was not perhaps the margin of victory that Pep Guardiola’s side would have liked heading to the Spanish capital but they remain firm favourites to make the semi-finals.
Liverpool’s dominant first-leg performance in the Estadio da Luz means Jurgen Klopp’s side have one foot in the semi-finals, with Benfica a massive 26.00 to progress to the last four. January signing Luis Diaz, signed from Benfica’s rivals Porto, returned to haunt the Portuguese giants with a starring role for the Reds as he netted a late third to put Liverpool in full control of the tie.
Toronto will aim to continue their recent resurgence under Bob Bradley when they travel to Real Salt Lake on Saturday. The Canadian side have won back-to-back games after starting the season with a three-match winless run, while Real Salt Lake have begun well at home this term.
Bayern Munich have it all to do to reach the Champions League semi-finals. The German champions lost 1-0 to Villarreal after an early goal from Arnaut Danjuma. However, Julian Nagelsmann’s side have a strong record in front of their own fans at Allianz Arena.
Canada have already qualified for the World Cup and Panama are out of contention, but the hosts will still be playing for pride. The Canal Men are unbeaten at home during this campaign and have never lost to Les Rogues in eight past meetings in front of their own fans.
Canada only need a point to qualify for the World Cup finals when hosting Jamaica but will be keen to celebrate in style in front of their own fans. These teams drew 0-0 in Kingston back in October but the Reggae Boyz have struggled when visiting the better CONCACAF teams.
Canada need one more win to book their place at the 2022 World Cup and will hope to do so at the first opportunity when they face Costa Rica. Securing a trip to Qatar looks almost certain with Canada four points clear at the top of the CONCACAF qualifying table.