Match statistics and preview for Major League Soccer: Columbus Crew - Montreal Impact

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Wed 03.August
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)

Montreal Impact will not expect any handouts from their host Columbus Crew in this Major League Soccer game. Here's our comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • All of Montreal Impact's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Major League Soccer.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

Columbus Crew have played 10 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Columbus goalkeeper Eloy Room is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.

Columbus Crew drew their last game, also a home match. New England (placed 8th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Williams was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Williams won 5 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match, Columbus Crew won a home game hosting Cincinnati (2-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Columbus handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Columbus Crew, as the Major League Soccer home game vs New York City is only three days away.

The Columbus Crew fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Columbus have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Montreal Impact form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

There were no winners in Montreal Impact's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs New York City (placed 2nd). Midfielder Mihailović was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Mihailović hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at DC 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 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 16 of this club's 21 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Inter Miami in just three days.

The travelling fans enjoy Montreal's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Columbus Crew victories, two draws and three Montreal Impact wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Montreal ImpactR. Quioto Robinson
R. Quioto Robinson
9 goals
Montreal ImpactD. Mihailovic
D. Mihailovic
7 goals
Columbus CrewL. Zelarayán
L. Zelarayán
5 goals

Columbus Crew missing players

Montreal Impact missing players

Columbus Crew Montreal Impact
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 1 Played P 2 11 22
7 4 0 Won W 1 5 11
9 3 1 Drew D 0 2 3
5 3 0 Lost L 1 4 8
27 12 0 Scored S 4 18 36
22 7 0 Conceded C 5 22 36
81% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
71% 70% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
43% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 73%
24% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 27%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 23%
43% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 73% 73%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 14%
43% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 18%
 
5.1 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.9 5.4
4.7 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.7 4.4
1.9 1.8 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.3 16.4 19 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11.7 12.7
3.9 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.5
33% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 39% 36%
 
10.9 8.5 5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 12.7 10.3
3.7 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.9 4.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • All of Montreal Impact's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Montreal Impact haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Philadelphia Union 23 12 9 2 40 15 12 7 5 0 26 6 11 5 4 2 14 9 25 45
2 New York City 22 12 6 4 41 21 12 8 3 1 30 12 10 4 3 3 11 9 20 42
3 New York RB 22 10 6 6 34 25 10 3 4 3 14 11 12 7 2 3 20 14 9 36
4 Montreal Impact 22 11 3 8 36 36 11 6 1 4 18 14 11 5 2 4 18 22 0 36
5 Columbus Crew 21 7 9 5 27 22 10 4 3 3 12 7 11 3 6 2 15 15 5 30
6 Orlando City 22 8 6 8 26 31 11 5 0 6 15 20 11 3 6 2 11 11 -5 30
7 Cincinnati 23 7 8 8 37 42 11 3 4 4 20 19 12 4 4 4 17 23 -5 29
8 New England 22 6 9 7 32 34 11 4 5 2 15 12 11 2 4 5 17 22 -2 27
9 Chicago Fire 23 7 6 10 24 28 12 5 4 3 12 8 11 2 2 7 12 20 -4 27
10 Charlotte 22 8 2 12 25 31 10 7 0 3 15 7 12 1 2 9 10 24 -6 26
11 Inter Miami 22 7 5 10 26 37 12 6 3 3 22 20 10 1 2 7 4 17 -11 26
12 Atlanta United 22 6 7 9 29 33 11 5 4 2 20 15 11 1 3 7 9 18 -4 25
13 Toronto 23 6 5 12 30 39 12 6 1 5 20 19 11 0 4 7 10 20 -9 23
14 DC United 20 5 3 12 26 43 11 3 2 6 16 19 9 2 1 6 10 24 -17 18

Read more about Major League Soccer

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.