Campana is out, Higuain is 50-50 for Montreal game

Inter Miami forward Leo Campana is out and Gonzalo Higuain is 50-50 for the Major League Soccer road game on Saturday night against CF Montreal.

Inter Miami, eager to climb above the playoff line as the MLS season hits the final stretch, will be without its top scorer for the road game Saturday against CF Montreal.

Forward Leo Campana, who leads Miami with eight goals, was sent home after Wednesday’s 1-0 road win at San Jose to have scans done on his left thigh. He left the game in the 20th minute. Coach Phil Neville said Campana “might be out for a period of time.”

Meanwhile, forward Gonzalo Higuain, in top form with five goals over the past five games, is “50-50” for Saturday after taking a knock to his jaw area during a corner kick against San Jose,

Neville said. Higuain’s neck and jaw were still sore on Friday morning, and he was being evaluated later in the day.

Inter Miami is in the middle of a 7,600-mile road trip and trying to keep fresh legs after the long plane ride from San Jose. The team did not train Thursday and was working on recovery Friday.

Miami, which sits in eighth place in the East, even on points with seventh-place Charlotte, faces a Montreal team that is in third place and on a four-game unbeaten streak, including a comefrom-behind win against Columbus on Wednesday.

Montreal coach Wilfried Nancy told his players they will likely need 14 or 15 wins to make the playoffs, and they have 12