Evenly matched teams: Montreal Impact vs New England match preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Olympique

Montreal Impact and New England supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Major League Soccer season. Game on!

The hosts Montreal Impact saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the CONCACAF Champions League. This match was also played here at Stade Olympique. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, New England have had more rest.

It should be mentioned that New England play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for New England on grass are 5 victories, 11 draws and 14 defeats from 30 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 42-70. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Montreal Impact form and stats

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 ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost five.

Montreal Impact have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 3 losses. In these games, Montreal Impact have scored 3 goals and conceded 4 times.

Last season, Montreal Impact's league statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 47 goals and conceded 60. Playing at home last season Montreal Impact managed 8-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 22 conceded.

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New England form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New England playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were zero New England wins, two draws and two defeats.

New England played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these two matches New England scored 4 and conceded 3 goals.

Let's have a look at how New England performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 12 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 57 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 8 and lost 6 with 27/38 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Montreal Impact wins - draws - New England wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Montreal Impact New England
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Montreal Impact Last season New England
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 35
12 8   Won W   3 11
5 3   Drew D   8 12
17 6   Lost L   7 12
47 23   Scored S   27 50
60 22   Conceded C   39 58
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
82% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 86%
74% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 54%
24% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 34%
18% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 20%
59% 41%   BTTS BTTS   72% 60%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 17%
26% 35%   Failed to Score F T   22% 29%
 
4.9 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.8
3.9 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.7
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
3 0   Red cards R C   5 6
 
399 214   Total Shots T S   199 458
124 64   Shots on Target S O   83 147
38% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 York City 34 18 10 6 63 42 17 11 5 1 34 16 17 7 5 5 29 26 21 64
2 Atlanta United 34 18 4 12 58 43 17 12 3 2 36 14 17 6 1 10 22 29 15 58
3 Philadelphia Union 34 16 7 11 58 50 17 10 4 3 36 19 17 6 3 8 22 31 8 55
4 Toronto 34 13 11 10 57 52 17 9 4 4 34 26 17 4 7 6 23 26 5 50
5 DC United 34 13 11 10 42 38 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 16 4 50
6 New York RB 34 14 6 14 53 51 17 9 3 5 29 18 17 5 3 9 24 33 2 48
7 New England 34 11 12 11 50 57 17 8 4 5 23 19 17 3 8 6 27 38 -7 45
8 Chicago Fire 34 10 12 12 55 47 17 8 7 2 37 18 17 2 5 10 18 29 8 42
9 Montreal Impact 34 12 5 17 47 60 17 8 3 6 23 22 17 4 2 11 24 38 -13 41
10 Columbus Crew 34 10 8 16 39 47 17 6 5 6 21 22 17 4 3 10 18 25 -8 38
11 Orlando City 34 9 10 15 44 52 17 6 3 8 26 29 17 3 7 7 18 23 -8 37
12 Cincinnati 34 6 6 22 31 75 17 3 3 11 15 36 17 3 3 11 16 39 -44 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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