A classic home victory, the away team claims the win or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table inhabitants Montreal Impact and Atlanta United battle at Stade Saputo.
- Montreal Impact have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Major League Soccer
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Atlanta United have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-7-14 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.
It's quite the trip for Atlanta United when visiting Montreal as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Montreal Impact and Atlanta United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Montreal Impact form and stats
Montreal Impact are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Stade Saputo. 7 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
Duke was the last player to score a league goal for Montreal Impact and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Montreal Impact haven't scored in 243 minutes.
The Montreal club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade Saputo: A 0-1 defeat against New York City (placed 10th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten through three league rounds. Montreal Impact's goalkeeper Sirois was extremely busy against New York City, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
0-0 away at Charlotte before that.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 Montreal Impact have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 3.
It should be considered that a look at the 16 most recent league fixtures reveals that 14 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Montreal as they are travelling to their away game against Chicago Fire in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
The Montreal Impact fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively Montreal have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atlanta United form and stats
Atlanta United have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-5-4 (10 played).
Lennon and Almada scored in Atlanta United's previous match, the home game against Philadelphia Union that ended 2-0. Almada, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.9. Almada scored one goal, served one assist and hit five key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against New York RB wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Atlanta United playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Atlanta United wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Take note that 11 of this side's 14 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Atlanta United have another fixture away in just four sleeps, a Major League Soccer match versus New England. A grim itinerary for the guests!
Atlanta find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Atlanta United have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Montreal Impact have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Atlanta United.Top Goalscorers
  G. Giakoumakis 10 goals |  T. Almada 8 goals |
Montreal Impact missing players
Atlanta United missing players
| Montreal Impact | Atlanta United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 39 |
| 28 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 22 | 35 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 70% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 40% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 70% | 71% |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 52% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 40% | 67% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 50% | 22% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.3 | 12 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.3 | 12.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 27% | 37% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 41% |
| 14.1 | 10.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.9 | 10.8 |
| 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4 |
- Atlanta United have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Montreal Impact have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | New England | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 34 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 8 | DC United | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -8 | 26 |
| 10 | New York City | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | New York RB | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Toronto | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 16 |
