It's game two of the Major League Soccer season and everything to play for. Don't miss our detailed preview of Austin-Montreal Impact!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Austin form and stats
The season before, Austin's league results were 16 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses, ending with 2nd position in the Major League Soccer. During these 34 matches they scored {65 goals} and let in 49. Appearing as the host team in the former season Austin managed 8-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with {42 goals} and 23 conceded. Overall Major League Soccer results playing at home this season for Austin are 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Austin's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Saint Louis City (placed 1st). Stuver had a busy but productive day in the Saint Louis City match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Gil (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.3/10. Gil hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 66 successful passes (of 72 total).
Heartbreak before that as Austin lost 0-3 at Los Angeles FC's place.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 Austin have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Austin after this match as they are travelling to Violette AC for a CONCACAF Champions League game in only three days.
At Bold Stadium, Austin has the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Montreal Impact form and stats
Let's have a look at how Montreal Impact performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded {50 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 33/29 goals scored/conceded. The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
There might be some fixture complaints from Montreal as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Inter Miami. Midfielder Piette was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.04. Piette dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 51 successful passes (of 62 total).
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus New York City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Montreal Impact in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Montreal Impact, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Montreal Impact has managed {0 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gallagher 1 goals |  S. Driussi 1 goals |
Austin missing players
Montreal Impact missing players
| Austin | Montreal Impact | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 18 | 18 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Austin | Last season | Montreal Impact | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 11 | 21 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 69 | 46 | Scored | S | 33 | 66 | ||
| 55 | 26 | Conceded | C | 29 | 53 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 86% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 83% | ||
| 70% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 69% | ||
| 38% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 39% | ||
| 24% | 32% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 22% | ||
| 62% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 67% | ||
| 22% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 22% | ||
| 16% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 14% | ||
| 4.9 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13.3 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 13.2 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Austin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | SJ Earthquakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Dallas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | LA Galaxy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Seattle Sounders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Los Angeles FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
