It's advantage Columbus Crew so far with their 1st position in the Major League Soccer table, welcoming Montreal Impact who are placed 9th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Montreal Impact have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Major League Soccer, have been outstanding at home so far in the Major League Soccer with 7 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. After failing to beat Minnesota United here at MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Columbus Crew manager C. Porter and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Dallas in the Major League Soccer. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Toronto.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Columbus as they are travelling to their away game against Orlando City in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
Columbus Crew can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 14 times. Defensively Columbus have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Montreal Impact form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Montreal Impact, who have the most conceded goals (29) in Major League Soccer, playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on T. Henry, the Montreal manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Montreal played 2-2 against Chicago Fire in their previous match. A 1-4 defeat away at New York RB before that.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Philadelphia Union.
Montreal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. For Montreal, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Columbus Crew five wins, two draws and Montreal Impact three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Columbus Crew missing players
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| Columbus Crew | Montreal Impact | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 26 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 30 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 69% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 62% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 71% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 62% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 19% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 184 | 104 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 67 | 149 |
| 62 | 34 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 24 | 58 |
| 42% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 42% | 38% |
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the most clean sheets (9) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the most points (21) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the the best goal difference (+15) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have not yet lost a game at home.
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Columbus Crew have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Montreal Impact has the most conceded goals (29) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | Columbus Crew | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Toronto | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | New York City | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | New England | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | New York RB | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Nashville SC | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -15 | 13 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 14 | DC United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 11 |