Bring on Montreal Impact - Chicago Fire! Never mind the highs and lows so far, this game should be immense!
- Montreal Impact have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest points (4) away in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Montreal nor Chicago Fire as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Montreal Impact form and stats
Montreal Impact have played 11 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Montreal Impact are returning here after visiting Orlando City in a Major League Soccer game and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Mathieu Choinière, Romell Quioto, Lassi Lappalainen and Ibrahim Sunusi scored the goal(s). The talented striker Romell Quioto bettered all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 9.04 out of 10. Quioto scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total). A goal frenzy last time out for Montreal Impact, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Orlando City. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that game, the home loss against Nashville SC with the scoreline 0-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Montreal have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Montreal as they are travelling to their away game against HFX Wanderers in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Montreal in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Montreal have conceded 14 goals.
Chicago Fire form and stats
There's been little loot from Chicago Fire's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 11 away games in the Major League Soccer. Chicago Fire only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Chicago have lost on their last two travels.
R. Beric was the last player to score for the away team. Chicago haven't scored a league goal in the last 238 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Chicago, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus DC United in the Major League Soccer. Midfielder Álvaro Medrán was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.64. Medrán hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 62 successful passes (of 74 total). Chicago Fire lost heavily in their last match (against DC United as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sporting KC wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Chicago are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and twelve defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
After this away game Chicago return home for a Major League Soccer game against New England. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chicago Fire as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league. The Chicago manager R. Wicky has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other before in this season, with the result Chicago Fire - Montreal 0-1 logged in the official records. Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Montreal won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Chicago Fire have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  M. Toye 7 goals |   L. Stojanović 7 goals | R. Quioto Robinson 4 goals |
Montreal Impact missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Montreal Impact | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 34 | 20 | 15 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 30 | 14 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | 38 |
| 88% | 82% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 67% | 64% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | 67% |
| 50% | 64% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 36% | 46% |
| 25% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 27% | 29% |
| 12% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 12% |
| 58% | 64% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 36% | 42% |
| 25% | 27% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 21% |
| 29% | 27% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 55% | 42% |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 14 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.6 | 14 |
| 4.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 33% | 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 18% | 23% |
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest points (4) away in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Chicago Fire haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Montreal Impact have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montreal Impact have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chicago Fire have scored 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 | New England | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 55 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 38 |
| 4 | New York City | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | DC United | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 34 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 32 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | New York RB | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -14 | 23 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | -19 | 20 |
| 14 | Toronto | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 35 | -24 | 15 |