A highly important game in Major League Soccer as both contenders are battling for the top positions. With Montreal Impact in 3rd position and New York City located at 2nd, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting meeting. Read on to learn more!
- Montreal Impact have the most points from losing position (14) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals (41) in Major League Soccer
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.
Montreal Impact form and stats
Montreal Impact have played 10 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Montreal in their previous game, a fixture away at DC United (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The striker Quioto outshone all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.51 out of 10. Quioto scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Montreal Impact had a home game versus Toronto which ended with a victory 1-0.Take note: 16 of the latest 20 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.
There will be little rest for Montreal Impact after this match as they are travelling to Columbus Crew for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.
Montreal Impact have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Saputo with 18 goals in 10 league matches. Montreal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
New York City form and stats
Playing away, New York City have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. New York City hope to make it five in this match.
283 minutes! That's how long the York goalkeeper Sean Johnson and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Héber and Moralez scored in New York City's previous match, the home game against Inter Miami that ended 2-0. Midfielder Moralez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.34. Moralez scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that result New York City won their away game at New York RB. The scoreline was 1-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far New York City have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
New York City - Montreal 4-1 was the result in these squads' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Montreal Impact wins - draws - New York City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 13 goals |   R. Quioto Robinson 9 goals |  D. Mihailovic 7 goals |
Montreal Impact missing players
New York City missing players
| Montreal Impact | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 36 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 41 |
| 36 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 44% | 67% |
| 76% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 29% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 76% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | 52% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 19% |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 13.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 12.8 | 15.9 |
| 4.7 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 36% | 34% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | 33% |
| 10.6 | 8.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.9 | 10.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- Montreal Impact have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montreal Impact have the most points from losing position (14) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New York City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most clean sheets (11) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most clean sheets (5) away in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals (41) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+20) in Major League Soccer
- New York City is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | New York City | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | New York RB | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 30 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 28 |
| 8 | New England | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 10 | Charlotte | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 25 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Toronto | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | DC United | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 18 |
