Major League Soccer preview: Can Charlotte edge out victory against Montreal Impact?

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 24.June
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bank of America Stadium

Creeping up on the top sides is the subject when these mid-table sides meet. Both will be aiming to better their league table position, Charlotte in 10th and Montreal Impact in 8th spot.

Insights:
  • Charlotte have the most conceded goals (35) in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact have the most conceded goals (24) away in Major League Soccer

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Charlotte and Montreal Impact.

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Charlotte form and stats

The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Charlotte at their home stadium (Bank of America Stadium) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

An away draw last time out for Charlotte, facing New York RB in a game that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Charlotte in the New York RB match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Midfielder Bender was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.02 (out of ten) in that game. Bender scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus Seattle Sounders.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Charlotte handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 16 latest league games shows that 12 of them had goals from both sides.

Charlotte are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Charlotte defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Montreal Impact form and stats

Montreal Impact have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-1-8 (10 played).

The Montreal Impact goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 209 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Montreal are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Nashville SC (placed 2nd). Attacker Duke got a player rating of 7.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Duke scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Minnesota United.

Montreal Impact are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Stats flash: 12 of the last 14 league fixtures featuring this club have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

Montreal Impact are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {5 goals} from 10 away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Montreal Impact manager Losada has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Charlotte-Montreal Impact H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Charlotte zero wins, Montreal Impact two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CharlotteK. Świderski
K. Świderski
5 goals
CharlotteE. Copetti
E. Copetti
4 goals
CharlotteB. Bender
B. Bender
3 goals

Charlotte missing players

Montreal Impact missing players

Charlotte Montreal Impact
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 1 10 18
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 8
5 3 0 Drew D 1 1 1
8 3 0 Lost L 0 8 9
27 13 1 Scored S 2 5 20
35 15 0 Conceded C 2 24 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 78% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 78%
74% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 44%
47% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 30% 28%
16% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 11%
68% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 20% 17%
11% 11% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 39%
21% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 70% 44%
 
4.7 4.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.1 4.3
4.5 3.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 5.2
2.8 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.1 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.8 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.9 10.3
3.4 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3 3.8
42% 43% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 17% 29%
 
12.3 10.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12 17.1 14.3
5.1 4.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 6.3 5.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Charlotte have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Montreal Impact have scored away.
  • Charlotte have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Charlotte have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Charlotte have the most conceded goals (35) in Major League Soccer
  • Charlotte have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Charlotte have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Charlotte haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Montreal Impact have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Montreal Impact have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Montreal Impact have the most conceded goals (24) away in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 18 13 4 1 30 16 10 10 0 0 19 5 8 3 4 1 11 11 14 43
2 Nashville SC 19 10 5 4 28 14 10 7 2 1 19 6 9 3 3 3 9 8 14 35
3 New England 18 9 6 3 31 22 9 6 3 0 21 8 9 3 3 3 10 14 9 33
4 Philadelphia Union 18 9 4 5 30 19 9 6 2 1 17 5 9 3 2 4 13 14 11 31
5 Atlanta United 19 7 8 4 37 31 10 6 3 1 24 13 9 1 5 3 13 18 6 29
6 Columbus Crew 18 8 4 6 36 26 9 6 2 1 25 10 9 2 2 5 11 16 10 28
7 Orlando City 18 7 6 5 25 22 10 3 4 3 11 11 8 4 2 2 14 11 3 27
8 Montreal Impact 18 8 1 9 20 27 8 7 0 1 15 3 10 1 1 8 5 24 -7 25
9 DC United 19 6 5 8 26 26 9 3 3 3 15 12 10 3 2 5 11 14 0 23
10 Charlotte 19 6 5 8 27 35 9 3 3 3 13 15 10 3 2 5 14 20 -8 23
11 New York City 19 4 8 7 20 25 9 4 3 2 13 12 10 0 5 5 7 13 -5 20
12 New York RB 18 4 8 6 13 18 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 1 4 4 4 8 -5 20
13 Toronto 19 3 10 6 17 24 10 3 6 1 11 9 9 0 4 5 6 15 -7 19
14 Chicago Fire 17 3 8 6 22 27 9 2 6 1 14 13 8 1 2 5 8 14 -5 17
15 Inter Miami 17 5 0 12 16 24 9 4 0 5 12 12 8 1 0 7 4 12 -8 15

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.