The magic of the cup as Montreal Impact greet Pumas UNAM visitors in Leagues Cup tie

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Competition: North & Central America Leagues Cup
Competition: Sat 22.Jul
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Saputo (20801 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Montreal Impact and Pumas UNAM are looking forward to this Leagues Cup fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Pumas UNAM, who are travelling more than 4600 kilometers to play this game.

Both contenders have had time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an energetic fixture!

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Montreal Impact form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 Major League Soccer games here at Stade Saputo for Montreal Impact. The data says 8 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.

Montreal Impact's last game was hosting Charlotte and winning 2-0. Waterman, defender, was given a rating of 8.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Waterman served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels.

A Major League Soccer defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Chicago Fire.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Montreal have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Leagues Cup game versus DC United in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade Saputo.

The Montreal Impact fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Defensively Montreal Impact have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pumas UNAM form and stats

Pumas UNAM are still undefeated on their travels in the Liga MX. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Pumas UNAM are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Pachuca. González had red hot gloves after the game against Pachuca, shaping the outcome of the game with eight saves made.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Mazatlán in the Liga MX.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pumas UNAM playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Pumas wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Pumas UNAM has scored 4 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Montreal ImpactC. Nnamdi
C. Nnamdi
4 goals
Montreal ImpactR. Quioto Robinson
R. Quioto Robinson
3 goals
Montreal ImpactM. Choiniere
M. Choiniere
2 goals

Montreal Impact missing players

Pumas UNAM missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montreal Impact Pumas UNAM
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
12 10   Won W   3 7
2 0   Drew D   3 7
11 3   Lost L   7 11
29 21   Scored S   14 33
32 5   Conceded C   24 41
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
76% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 80%
44% 15%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 60%
20% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 40%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 20%
20% 8%   BTTS BTTS   62% 68%
44% 69%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 16%
40% 23%   Failed to Score F T   31% 28%
 
4.4 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.3
4.7 4   Corners against (avg) C A   7 6.3
2.1 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.6
2 1   Red cards R C   3 7
 
10.9 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   14.6 14.2
3.8 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.4
31% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 30%
 
12.2 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   15.8 13.6
4.6 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Pumas UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  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 23 15 6 2 39 25 12 11 1 0 24 8 11 4 5 2 15 17 14 51
2 New England 23 12 7 4 42 28 12 9 3 0 29 10 11 3 4 4 13 18 14 43
3 Philadelphia Union 23 12 4 7 39 26 11 8 2 1 23 7 12 4 2 6 16 19 13 40
4 Nashville SC 24 11 5 8 31 22 12 8 2 2 21 8 12 3 3 6 10 14 9 38
5 Orlando City 23 10 7 6 34 28 12 5 4 3 18 12 11 5 3 3 16 16 6 37
6 Columbus Crew 23 10 6 7 45 33 12 8 3 1 30 12 11 2 3 6 15 21 12 36
7 Atlanta United 24 9 8 7 42 39 12 7 3 2 27 15 12 2 5 5 15 24 3 35
8 Chicago Fire 23 8 8 7 31 31 12 5 6 1 19 13 11 3 2 6 12 18 0 32
9 DC United 24 8 6 10 32 34 11 4 4 3 20 14 13 4 2 7 12 20 -2 30
10 Montreal Impact 23 9 2 12 22 32 11 8 0 3 17 5 12 1 2 9 5 27 -10 29
11 New York RB 23 6 8 9 22 26 12 5 4 3 16 13 11 1 4 6 6 13 -4 26
12 New York City 24 5 11 8 25 30 10 4 4 2 14 13 14 1 7 6 11 17 -5 26
13 Charlotte 23 6 8 9 30 40 11 3 5 3 15 17 12 3 3 6 15 23 -10 26
14 Toronto 24 3 10 11 18 33 12 3 6 3 11 11 12 0 4 8 7 22 -15 19
15 Inter Miami 22 5 3 14 22 36 11 4 2 5 15 15 11 1 1 9 7 21 -14 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guadalajara 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 9
2 Monterrey 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 7
3 Juarez 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 3 3 7
4 Pumas UNAM 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
5 Tigres UANL 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
6 Atletico San Luis 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 4
7 Atlas 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 4
8 Tijuana 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
9 Toluca 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
10 Santos Laguna 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 4
11 León 3 1 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
12 America 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
13 Queretaro 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3
14 Necaxa 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 2
15 Mazatlán 3 0 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 2
16 Pachuca 3 0 2 1 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 2
17 Puebla 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 4 -4 1
18 Cruz Azul 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -5 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Pumas UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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