There should be a pronounced gulf in form between these sides based on the matches played so far, with Montreal Impact in front of Chicago Fire by 18 points.
- Montreal Impact have the most points from losing position (24) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (31) in Major League Soccer
Chicago Fire have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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 Montreal Impact and Chicago Fire.
Montreal Impact form and stats
7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Montreal Impact so far this season.
The spoils were shared in Montreal's previous game, also at home. Visiting Columbus Crew (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Late drama in the game against Columbus Crew as Montreal Impact were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Guillard popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Guillard was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Columbus Crew after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Wanyama got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Wanyama scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 46 successful passes (of 54 total).
In the preceding match a 4-3 victory visiting Toronto.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Montreal Impact's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 22 of the 29 most recent league matches with this side has contained three or more goals.
Montreal are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at New England awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Montreal Impact in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 15 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Chicago Fire form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Chicago Fire so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-8 (win-draw-lose). Chicago Fire has drawn their two previous away games.
Chicago are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the fixture against Inter Miami (placed 10th). That win felt good as this club had gone five league fixtures without victory. Durán, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.71. Durán scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Chicago Fire travelled to Columbus Crew and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Chicago Fire playing away, we found 8 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 6 home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Chicago Fire are hosting Charlotte in the Major League Soccer only four days away.
The visiting Chicago have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Chicago Fire have conceded 26 goals in their away games. Chicago Fire has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Montreal have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Chicago Fire.This was the scoreline when the contenders met earlier this season; Chicago Fire - Montreal Impact 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Quioto Robinson 15 goals |  D. Mihailovic 8 goals |  K. Kamara 6 goals |
Montreal Impact missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Montreal Impact | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 55 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 47 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 26 | 39 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 77% |
| 87% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 60% |
| 73% | 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 53% | 43% |
| 37% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 30% |
| 23% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 20% |
| 70% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 47% | 40% |
| 17% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 40% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 47% | 43% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12.9 | 14.2 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.9 | 12.8 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 38% | 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| 10.1 | 8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 14.4 | 12 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (31) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Montreal Impact have the most points from losing position (24) in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 46 | 63 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 53 |
| 3 | New York RB | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 50 |
| 4 | New York City | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 54 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 42 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -9 | 42 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 29 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 39 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 41 |
| 8 | New England | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | -1 | 38 |
| 9 | Atlanta United | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 50 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -5 | 36 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 26 | -13 | 36 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -8 | 35 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 35 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -11 | 35 |
| 13 | Toronto | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 49 | 57 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -8 | 34 |
| 14 | DC United | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 33 | -27 | 27 |
