Evenly matched teams: Montreal Impact vs Philadelphia Union match preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Olympique (45757 seats)

With the volatile opening match out of the way it’s time for the second Major League Soccer duel of the season. Montreal Impact eagerly anticipate Philadelphia Union in front of their home fans.

Both sides have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an active match!

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Montreal Impact form and stats

The season before, Montreal Impact's league statistics were 12 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, ending with 10th place in the Major League Soccer. In these 34 matches they scored 46 goals and gave away 44. Performing at home in the last season Montreal Impact generated 9-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 23 conceded.

Miller was the last player to score a league goal for Montreal Impact and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Montreal Impact haven't scored in 207 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager Nancy led his Montreal to a defeat away at Orlando City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Olympique. The attacking player Miljevic was named "man of the match" for Montreal Impact with the rating of 6.92/10. Miljevic hit one key pass.

This is expected to be a close game, with Montreal Impact perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Montreal Impact as a small favourite), we find eight games. Montreal Impact has won four of these, drawn three and lost one.

Montreal are traveling soon after this match as the CONCACAF Champions League match at Cruz Azul awaits in four days.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

Let's have a look at how Philadelphia Union performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 12 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 9 and lost 5 with 23/25 goals scored/conceded.

Philadelphia Union played 1-1 against Minnesota United in their previous match. The attacker Burke got a match rating of 7.64 in that game. Burke scored one goal.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against New York City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Philadelphia Union playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were four Philadelphia Union wins, six draws and five defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Montreal victories, two draws and four Philadelphia Union wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Philadelphia UnionC. Burke
C. Burke
1 goals

Montreal Impact missing players

Philadelphia Union missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montreal Impact Philadelphia Union
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
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% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 11
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 22
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 15
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 6
Montreal Impact Last season Philadelphia Union
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 37
12 9   Won W   3 15
10 4   Drew D   9 13
12 4   Lost L   5 9
46 29   Scored S   23 51
44 23   Conceded C   25 38
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
74% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 73%
47% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 43%
24% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 19%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 5%
59% 59%   BTTS BTTS   76% 57%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 35%
26% 24%   Failed to Score F T   12% 11%
 
5 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5
4.3 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.2
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
5 4   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.2 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 13.2
4.3 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.5
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 31%
 
12.5 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.5 11.6
4.1 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Columbus Crew 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 DC United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Atlanta United 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 New York RB 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Orlando City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 New England 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Philadelphia Union 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Toronto 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Inter Miami 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 New York City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Montreal Impact 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
14 Cincinnati 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 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 England 34 22 7 5 65 41 17 12 3 2 31 18 17 10 4 3 34 23 24 73
2 Philadelphia Union 34 14 12 8 48 35 17 11 3 3 25 10 17 3 9 5 23 25 13 54
3 Nashville SC 34 12 18 4 55 33 17 8 9 0 35 18 17 4 9 4 20 15 22 54
4 New York City 34 14 9 11 56 36 17 10 4 3 37 13 17 4 5 8 19 23 20 51
5 Atlanta United 34 13 12 9 45 37 17 9 5 3 25 14 17 4 7 6 20 23 8 51
6 Orlando City 34 13 12 9 50 48 17 8 7 2 29 18 17 5 5 7 21 30 2 51
7 New York RB 34 13 9 12 39 33 17 8 6 3 19 11 17 5 3 9 20 22 6 48
8 DC United 34 14 5 15 56 54 17 11 1 5 32 17 17 3 4 10 24 37 2 47
9 Columbus Crew 34 13 8 13 46 45 17 10 3 4 33 22 17 3 5 9 13 23 1 47
10 Montreal Impact 34 12 10 12 46 44 17 9 4 4 29 23 17 3 6 8 17 21 2 46
11 Inter Miami 34 12 5 17 36 53 17 7 2 8 26 35 17 5 3 9 10 18 -17 41
12 Chicago Fire 34 9 7 18 36 54 17 7 5 5 23 18 17 2 2 13 13 36 -18 34
13 Toronto 34 6 10 18 39 66 17 4 7 6 24 27 17 2 3 12 15 39 -27 28
14 Cincinnati 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 1 5 11 17 29 17 3 3 11 20 45 -37 20

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 Columbus Crew 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 DC United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Atlanta United 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 New York RB 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Orlando City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 New England 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Philadelphia Union 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Toronto 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Inter Miami 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 New York City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Montreal Impact 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
14 Cincinnati 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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