National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Montreal Impact or Forge that keep their silverware dream alive.
This arena has grass, unlike Forge's home arena. The previous 30 games by the away team on grass have resulted in 12 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses.
Montreal have less rest than Forge in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Major League Soccer game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at New York RB.
Montreal Impact form and stats
Montreal Impact was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Championship.Montreal Impact have collected 12 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 4-0-1.
Montreal Impact lost their last game at New York RB after a 1-2 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Cincinnati in the Major League Soccer.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Inter Miami are coming to town in three days.
Montreal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Saputo with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Montreal Impact are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Saputo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Forge form and stats
Last season their Championship adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Forge are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Premier League.
Forge delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Vancouver FC in their previous game.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Valour in the Premier League.Forge have another game away from home in just three days, a Premier League game against Atletico Ottawa. A hard timetable for the visiting team!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Forge has managed {2 goals} and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous two meetings involving these two sides are: one win for Montreal Impact, one draw and zero wins for Forge. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game. Sunusi likes to face Forge and have scored 3 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Quioto Robinson 3 goals |  M. Choiniere 2 goals |  C. Nnamdi 2 goals |
Montreal Impact missing players
Forge missing players
| Montreal Impact | Forge | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 35 | 24 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | ||
| 10.5 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.4 | ||
| 4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | New England | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | DC United | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | New York City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | New York RB | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Montreal Impact | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -10 | 15 |
| 15 | Toronto | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forge | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Pacific | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Cavalry | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Valour | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | York9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 6 | Vancouver FC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 7 | Atletico Ottawa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | HFX Wanderers | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
