Montreal Impact have delivered well this season, being 2nd spot in the table. Columbus Crew have an outlook both ways from their 6th spot.
- Montreal Impact have the most points from losing position (23) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Columbus Crew when visiting Montreal Impact as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Montreal Impact form and stats
7-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Montreal Impact so far this season.
Happy days for Montreal Impact in their previous game, a fixture away at Toronto (placed 10th) that ended with a 4-3 victory. The force was strong with Montreal in their previous game playing Toronto. It looked dark when they went behind 0-2 but thanks to goals from Johnston, Kamara, Miller and Mihailović the match ended with a very strong 4-3 win. The striker Kamara outdid all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.92 out of 10. Kamara scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match, Montreal Impact lost 0-1 at home to New York RB.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 Impact have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Goal fest? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 21 of the 28 most recent league matches with this side has had three or more goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Montreal Impact, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Chicago Fire is only four days away.
Montreal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Saputo with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Montreal Impact's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Playing away, Columbus Crew have won 3 games, drawn 8 and suffered 2 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season. Columbus Crew are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
The Columbus goalkeeper Eloy Room is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 193 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Columbus Crew's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Chicago Fire that finished 0-0. Attacker Hernández got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Hernández hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Inter Miami.We have checked recent matches where Columbus Crew have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 3 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Columbus manager Porter as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Inter Miami.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Columbus Crew have scored 18 goals in 13 league games away. As opposed to that, Columbus Crew have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The newest archived result featuring both these squads is the Columbus Crew - Montreal 1-2 played not long ago this season. Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Montreal Impact won four games, one match ended with a draw and Columbus Crew have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two
Top Goalscorers
  R. Quioto Robinson 15 goals |  D. Mihailovic 8 goals |   L. Zelarayán 8 goals |
Montreal Impact missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Montreal Impact | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 53 | 24 | 14 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 37 |
| 45 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 31 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 82% |
| 86% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | 71% |
| 72% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 54% | 46% |
| 34% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 24% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 11% |
| 69% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 69% | 50% |
| 17% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 32% |
| 17% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 31% | 36% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.6 | 13.7 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11 | 13.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 39% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 41% | 32% |
| 10.1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.4 | 11.4 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Montreal Impact have the most points from losing position (23) 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 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 42 | 60 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 53 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 52 |
| 3 | New York RB | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | New York City | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 42 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | New England | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | -1 | 38 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -11 | 36 |
| 10 | Toronto | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 53 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 29 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | DC United | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 33 | -27 | 26 |
