The Major League Soccer season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps promises to be an interesting one.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game was also an away game, at Toronto. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Vancouver Whitecaps play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Vancouver Whitecaps when playing on grass are 9 wins, 9 draws and 17 defeats from 35 matches. They have scored 41 goals and conceded 71 times in these games.
It's quite the trip for Vancouver Whitecaps when visiting Montreal as the cities are 4500 kilometers apart.
Montreal Impact form and stats
Montreal Impact have played 1 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Montreal lost their last game at Orlando City (placed 6th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Montreal had a home game versus DC United which ended with a victory 1-0.
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 four games, won one match, drawn one and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Toronto in only three days. This game is also played here at Stade Saputo.
Early season league goal statistics from Montreal Impact's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Things could have gone better for Vancouver Whitecaps in their Major League Soccer away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Vancouver have lost on their last two travels.
Vancouver aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 289 league minutes without a goal. C. Dajome was the last player to find the net.
Vancouver Whitecaps lost away at Toronto (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 0-3 defeat away at Toronto before that.
Vancouver goalkeeper Thomas Hasal had a great day against Toronto, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Vancouver playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, zero draws and two home wins.
Vancouver are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. As opposed to that, Vancouver have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Montreal Impact-Vancouver Whitecaps H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Montreal four wins, Vancouver Whitecaps five wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Taïder 3 goals |  M. Urruti 3 goals |  R. Quioto Robinson 2 goals |
Montreal Impact missing players
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
| Montreal Impact | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 17% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.2 | 9.2 |
| 0.8 | 1.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | 37 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 40 | 56 |
| 16 | 13 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 16 | 23 |
| 50% | 46% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 30% |
- Montreal Impact haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Toronto | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | New York RB | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | New England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | DC United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | New York City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Nashville SC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |