Major League Soccer: First-class against below par, at least based on the league table. Montreal Impact - Sporting KC. Home win or a shock result?
- Montreal Impact have the most points from losing position (14) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Montreal Impact and Sporting KC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Montreal Impact form and stats
5 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Montreal Impact have to build on here at Stade Saputo in the Major League Soccer.
Montreal Impact are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus LA Galaxy. Montreal were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The attacking player Koné was announced as "man of the match" for Montreal Impact with the rating of 7.35/10. Koné hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 43 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Seattle Sounders and winning 2-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Montreal Impact's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Betting people might want to know that 14 of the most recent 17 league matches from this club have had goals from both sides.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Montreal Impact defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sporting KC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting KC so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Sporting KC aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 219 league minutes without a goal. Zusi was the last player to find the net.
Sporting KC failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs New York RB (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfielder Hernández was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Hernández hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Seattle Sounders's place.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sporting KC when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.
The schedule is very tough for Sporting KC now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at Minnesota United is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Sporting KC when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. The Sporting KC manager Vermes has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Montreal won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Sporting KC have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  D. Mihailovic 7 goals |  R. Quioto Robinson 6 goals |   J. Russell 5 goals |
Montreal Impact missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Montreal Impact | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 32 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 33 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 24 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 90% | 89% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 63% |
| 78% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 53% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 26% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 78% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 53% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 10% | 21% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 37% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12.1 | 12.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.8 | 10.3 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 39% | 40% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 30% |
| 10.8 | 8.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.6 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 4.2 |
- Montreal Impact have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- 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.
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| 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 RB | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | New York City | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -1 | 29 |
| 5 | New England | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Toronto | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | DC United | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 17 |
