It's early days in the Major League Soccer and both Minnesota United and Montreal Impact are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Montreal Impact when visiting Minnesota United as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Minnesota United form and stats
Minnesota United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at SJ Earthquakes's place. The match ended 5-2 with Ike Opara (2), Robin Lod, Jan Gregus and Luis Amarilla scoring. In the game before, an away victory match versus Portland Timbers with a 3-1 scoreline.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Montreal Impact form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Major League Soccer away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 4 wins, 2 draws and 11 defeats.
Montreal Impact are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Dallas (placed 4th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs New England.
Drawing 2-2 against Dallas after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager T. Henry needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
2 goals so far away for Montreal Impact, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Minnesota United won six games, one match ended with a draw and Montreal Impact has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  M. Urruti 3 goals |   I. Opara 2 goals |  K. Molino 2 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Montreal Impact missing players
| Minnesota United | Montreal Impact | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 62% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| Minnesota United | Last season | Montreal Impact | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Lost | L | 11 | 17 | ||
| 53 | 30 | Scored | S | 24 | 47 | ||
| 45 | 15 | Conceded | C | 38 | 60 | ||
| 91% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 66% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 82% | ||
| 46% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 88% | 74% | ||
| 29% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 23% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 18% | ||
| 51% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 76% | 59% | ||
| 31% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 26% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 26% | ||
| 4.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 479 | 290 | Total Shots | T S | 185 | 399 | ||
| 151 | 82 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 124 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 13 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |