Major League Soccer prediction and pre-match guide: Montreal Impact moderate thought to get the better of Toronto

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Fri 27.August
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Saputo (20801 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Montreal Impact are in the 6th position while the guesting Toronto worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Montreal Impact have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the most conceded goals (44) in Major League Soccer

This should be an exciting fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Montreal Impact form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 Major League Soccer games here at Stade Saputo for Montreal Impact. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Montreal drew their last game, 1-1 away at Philadelphia Union (placed 4th). The attacker Djordje Mihailovic was "man of the match" for Montreal with a rating of 8.01/10. Mihailovic scored one goal, hit six key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).

0-0 away at Cincinnati before that.

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

Montreal Impact have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Saputo with 17 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Montreal Impact have conceded 12 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Toronto form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Toronto so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-9 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Toronto as they have been defeated three times in a row since the New York City match.

Toronto play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Inter Miami (placed 11th). Midfield player Alejandro Pozuelo was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.33/10. Pozuelo dribled passed the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 69 successful passes (of 77 total).

Prior to that match, the Toronto manager C. Armas faced defeat when travelling to Atlanta United and losing 0-1.

Toronto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and nine defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Toronto have scored 13 goals in 12 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Toronto's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 30 goals in 12 travels.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged history featuring both these participants is the Montreal - Toronto 4-2 played earlier this season. Data for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Montreal, zero draws and six wins for Toronto. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Montreal ImpactM. Toye
M. Toye
7 goals
MontrealD. Mihailovic
D. Mihailovic
4 goals
TorontoJ. Osorio
J. Osorio
4 goals

Montreal Impact missing players

Toronto missing players

Montreal Impact Toronto
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 9 4 Played P 4 12 21
7 5 3 Won W 0 2 3
7 3 0 Drew D 1 1 6
7 1 1 Lost L 3 9 12
27 17 9 Scored S 3 13 25
26 12 7 Conceded C 11 30 44
86% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 90%
48% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 57%
19% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 42% 38%
10% 22% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 33% 24%
57% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 71%
29% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 5%
29% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 24%
 
4.1 5.2 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4 4.6
4.5 2.6 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.6 4.7
2.2 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.7
4 3 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12 13.3 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.7 9.9
4 5.1 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.5
33% 37% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 34%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Montreal Impact have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montreal Impact have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Montreal Impact have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Toronto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Toronto have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Toronto have the most conceded goals (30) away in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the most conceded goals (44) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 22 15 4 3 44 26 11 9 1 1 23 12 11 6 3 2 21 14 18 49
2 Orlando City 20 9 7 4 30 24 10 6 3 1 18 7 10 3 4 3 12 17 6 34
3 Nashville SC 20 7 11 2 32 20 13 7 6 0 28 13 7 0 5 2 4 7 12 32
4 Philadelphia Union 21 8 8 5 27 20 11 6 3 2 15 8 10 2 5 3 12 12 7 32
5 New York City 19 9 4 6 34 19 10 7 1 2 24 8 9 2 3 4 10 11 15 31
6 Montreal Impact 21 7 7 7 27 26 9 5 3 1 17 12 12 2 4 6 10 14 1 28
7 DC United 21 8 3 10 32 31 9 6 0 3 15 7 12 2 3 7 17 24 1 27
8 Atlanta United 21 6 9 6 25 26 9 4 3 2 10 7 12 2 6 4 15 19 -1 27
9 Columbus Crew 21 6 6 9 22 27 10 4 3 3 16 14 11 2 3 6 6 13 -5 24
10 New York RB 19 6 4 9 23 24 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 1 2 7 10 17 -1 22
11 Inter Miami 19 6 4 9 21 31 11 4 2 5 15 22 8 2 2 4 6 9 -10 22
12 Chicago Fire 21 5 5 11 23 33 13 5 4 4 18 15 8 0 1 7 5 18 -10 20
13 Cincinnati 19 3 8 8 19 34 8 0 5 3 6 10 11 3 3 5 13 24 -15 17
14 Toronto 21 3 6 12 25 44 9 1 5 3 12 14 12 2 1 9 13 30 -19 15

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