National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Toronto or Montreal Impact that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Toronto nor Montreal Impact as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Toronto form and stats
Toronto participated in Championship the last season, where they reached the final.Toronto are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus New York RB. Midfielder Pozuelo was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.31 (out of ten) in that game. Pozuelo dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times and had 56 successful passes (of 66 total).
Previous to that game, a Major League Soccer home match hosting Chicago Fire in a game that was won 3-2.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Atlanta United are coming to town in three days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Toronto friendly games in pre-season: Toronto played six friendlies, won 2, drew 1 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Toronto scored 10 goals and conceded 11 in these six games.
Montreal Impact form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Montreal Impact, as they won the Championship.Montreal Impact failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Austin that ended with defeat 0-1. Defender Waterman was the best team player with a rating of 7.32. Waterman won 1 of 2 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-3 against Cincinnati in the Major League Soccer.After this away game Montreal return home for a Major League Soccer game against Charlotte. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Montreal Impact played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these three matches Montreal Impact scored 6 and conceded 4 goals.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Toronto four wins, one draw and Montreal Impact five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jiménez Núñez 7 goals |   D. Mihailovic 7 goals |  R. Quioto Robinson 5 goals |
Toronto missing players
Montreal Impact missing players
| Toronto | Montreal Impact | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Scored | S | 16 | 42 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 76% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| 15.6 | 15.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 10.9 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | ||
