Atlanta United and Montreal Impact regulars can't wait for Major League Soccer bout at Mercedes-Benz Stadium

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (71000 seats)

Montreal Impact have travelled here for an entertaining game against the hosting Atlanta United. Read up on the match with this full Major League Soccer preview!

Insights:
  • Montreal Impact have the most conceded goals (8) in Major League Soccer

Montreal Impact play their home fixtures on grass, while this fixture will be played on artifical turf. The latest results for Montreal Impact when featuring on artifical turf are 1 win, 1 draw and 6 defeats from eight matches. They have created 11 goals and conceded 17 times on these occasions.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a CONCACAF Champions League game only three days ago.

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Atlanta United form and stats

As mentioned below, Atlanta United are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Major League Soccer games. Atlanta has recorded two wins in a row here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A nice win for Atlanta United last time playing, versus Charlotte. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Mulraney and Martínez scoring for the victors. The versatile forward Lennon outperformed all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Lennon hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 48 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Colorado Rapids (0-3).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Atlanta United matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and two defeats (from six games).

Early season league goal statistics from Atlanta United's 2 home games: 5 goals, 2 conceded.

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Montreal Impact form and stats

It's not happening yet for Montreal Impact on their Major League Soccer travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? It's a growing despair in Montreal Impact as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Montreal delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Cruz Azul in their previous match; a CONCACAF Champions League duel.

Prior to that match, the Montreal Impact manager Nancy faced defeat when travelling to New York City and losing 1-4.

Montreal Impact have the goal stats of 1-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: five - two - two (Atlanta United wins - draws - Montreal Impact wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Atlanta UnitedJ. Mulraney
J. Mulraney
1 goals
AtlantaJ. Martínez
J. Martínez
1 goals
Atlanta UnitedL. de Araujo Guimarães Neto
L. de Araujo Guimarães Neto
1 goals

Atlanta United missing players

Montreal Impact missing players

Atlanta United Montreal Impact
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 2 2 3
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 2 2 3
5 5 2 Scored S 1 1 2
5 2 1 Conceded C 6 6 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 67%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 33%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 33%
 
7.7 7.5 11 Corners for (avg) C F 9 9 8
4.7 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 3.7
3 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.7 14 15 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 11.3
6 7.5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 4.3
28% 33% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 14% 15%
 
11.3 12.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13 11.7
3.7 4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.5 5
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Montreal Impact have the most conceded goals (8) in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Major League Soccer
Atlanta United Last season Montreal Impact
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   17 34
13 9   Won W   3 12
12 5   Drew D   6 10
10 3   Lost L   8 12
45 25   Scored S   17 46
39 14   Conceded C   21 44
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
69% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 74%
46% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 47%
26% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 24%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 12%
51% 41%   BTTS BTTS   59% 59%
29% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
29% 24%   Failed to Score F T   29% 26%
 
4.9 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 5
4.6 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.3
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.9
4 0   Red cards R C   1 5
 
13.5 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 12.2
4.8 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 4.3
27% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 32%
 
13.2 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   14.6 12.5
4.8 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Columbus Crew 3 2 1 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 5 7
2 Philadelphia Union 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 7
3 New York RB 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 7 2 4 6
4 DC United 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Atlanta United 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 6
6 Chicago Fire 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 5
7 New York City 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 4
8 Orlando City 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 New England 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 4
10 Cincinnati 3 1 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 3
11 Toronto 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 1
12 Inter Miami 3 0 1 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -6 1
13 Charlotte 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 0
14 Montreal Impact 3 0 0 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 -6 0

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