Delightful dogfight as daring Montreal Impact duel with determined New York City

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Saputo (20801 seats)

Welcome to the show! The main heroes are Montreal Impact and New York City, 3 points is the target and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • Montreal Impact is in the best form (5-1-0) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Montreal Impact form and stats

The complete Major League Soccer stats playing at home this season for Montreal Impact are 9-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

Montreal Impact's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Orlando City. The home side are looking to build on that result. Mihailović, a natural forward, was the top player for the side in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.7 (out of 10). Mihailović scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).

Before that match, a win away at Inter Miami.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Montreal Impact handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

A decent goal production from Montreal in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 17 league matches. Montreal Impact's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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New York City form and stats

6-3-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for New York City in their Major League Soccer matches away. The fact that New York City have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Impressive finishing from Héber, Moralez and Pereira secured the home win 3-0 against Inter Miami in their previous game. Moralez got a match rating of 8.93 in that game, top player of the team. Moralez scored one goal, hit seven key passes and had 63 successful passes (of 74 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Atlanta United with the score of 2-1.

New York City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

The visiting York have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, New York City have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Montreal Impact - New York City 0-0. Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Montreal Impact won one, New York City triumphed in six and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Montreal ImpactR. Quioto Robinson
R. Quioto Robinson
15 goals
MontrealD. Mihailovic
D. Mihailovic
10 goals

Montreal Impact missing players

New York City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montreal Impact New York City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 2 Played P 2 17 35
21 10 0 Won W 1 6 17
5 3 0 Drew D 0 3 7
9 5 2 Lost L 1 8 11
65 32 1 Scored S 2 20 60
50 21 3 Conceded C 2 22 41
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
83% 72% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 59% 74%
69% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 51%
37% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 26%
23% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 20%
66% 61% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 41% 46%
23% 28% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 41% 43%
14% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 20%
 
5.3 5.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.4 5.3
4.1 3.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.6 5
2.3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.4 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13 13.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 12.1 14.8
4.8 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.2 5.3
39% 37% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 28% 32%
 
9.9 7.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 11.9 10.8
3.9 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 3.9 3.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Montreal Impact have the most points from losing position (24) in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact is in the best form (5-1-0) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have won significantly less corners away then 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 Philadelphia Union 34 19 10 5 72 26 17 12 5 0 49 9 17 7 5 5 23 17 46 67
2 Montreal Impact 34 20 5 9 63 50 17 9 3 5 30 21 17 11 2 4 33 29 13 65
3 New York City 34 16 7 11 57 41 17 10 4 3 37 19 17 6 3 8 20 22 16 55
4 New York RB 34 15 8 11 50 41 17 6 5 6 26 22 17 9 3 5 24 19 9 53
5 Cincinnati 34 12 13 9 64 56 17 6 6 5 37 27 17 6 7 4 27 29 8 49
6 Inter Miami 34 14 6 14 47 56 17 10 3 4 34 28 17 4 3 10 13 28 -9 48
7 Orlando City 34 14 6 14 44 53 17 9 0 8 26 28 17 5 6 6 18 25 -9 48
8 Columbus Crew 34 10 16 8 46 41 17 7 6 4 22 15 17 3 10 4 24 26 5 46
9 New England 34 10 12 12 47 50 17 7 6 4 22 16 17 3 6 8 25 34 -3 42
10 Charlotte 34 13 3 18 44 52 17 10 1 6 28 16 17 3 2 12 16 36 -8 42
11 Atlanta United 34 10 10 14 48 54 17 8 5 4 31 24 17 2 5 10 17 30 -6 40
12 Chicago Fire 34 10 9 15 39 48 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 4 4 9 21 31 -9 39
13 Toronto 34 9 7 18 49 66 17 7 3 7 30 29 17 2 4 11 19 37 -17 34
14 DC United 34 7 6 21 36 71 17 4 4 9 22 34 17 3 2 12 14 37 -35 27

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 Philadelphia Union 34 19 10 5 72 26 17 12 5 0 49 9 17 7 5 5 23 17 46 67
2 Montreal Impact 34 20 5 9 63 50 17 9 3 5 30 21 17 11 2 4 33 29 13 65
3 New York City 34 16 7 11 57 41 17 10 4 3 37 19 17 6 3 8 20 22 16 55
4 New York RB 34 15 8 11 50 41 17 6 5 6 26 22 17 9 3 5 24 19 9 53
5 Cincinnati 34 12 13 9 64 56 17 6 6 5 37 27 17 6 7 4 27 29 8 49
6 Inter Miami 34 14 6 14 47 56 17 10 3 4 34 28 17 4 3 10 13 28 -9 48
7 Orlando City 34 14 6 14 44 53 17 9 0 8 26 28 17 5 6 6 18 25 -9 48
8 Columbus Crew 34 10 16 8 46 41 17 7 6 4 22 15 17 3 10 4 24 26 5 46
9 New England 34 10 12 12 47 50 17 7 6 4 22 16 17 3 6 8 25 34 -3 42
10 Charlotte 34 13 3 18 44 52 17 10 1 6 28 16 17 3 2 12 16 36 -8 42
11 Atlanta United 34 10 10 14 48 54 17 8 5 4 31 24 17 2 5 10 17 30 -6 40
12 Chicago Fire 34 10 9 15 39 48 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 4 4 9 21 31 -9 39
13 Toronto 34 9 7 18 49 66 17 7 3 7 30 29 17 2 4 11 19 37 -17 34
14 DC United 34 7 6 21 36 71 17 4 4 9 22 34 17 3 2 12 14 37 -35 27

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