Season ticket holders at Gillette Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with New England languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Montreal Impact will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Montreal Impact have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 1-1-6 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.
New England form and stats
2 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what New England have to build on here at Gillette Stadium.The New England supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host New York RB in Major League Soccer and win 1-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Atlanta United that was lost 0-2.
The manager B. Friedel will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sporting KC in only three days.
New England have scored 3 goals here in 5 matches, not a lot. 7 goals have been conceded.
Montreal Impact form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Montreal Impact, who have the most conceded goals (14) in Major League Soccer, playing as the away team this season.Two away games in a row for Montreal Impact, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Philadelphia Union in the Major League Soccer. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Columbus Crew.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chicago Fire in just four days.
Montreal Impact find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures. For Montreal Impact, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): New England won 6 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Montreal Impact has 4 wins.Top Goalscorers
 
Carles Gil
3 goals / 1 assists
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S. Taïder
3 goals / 2 assists
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I. Piatti
3 goals
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New England missing players
Montreal Impact missing players
| New England | Montreal Impact | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | Played | 7 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | Scored | 7 | 8 |
| 12 | 7 | Conceded | 14 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 71% | 75% |
| 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | 71% | 62% |
| 25% | 20% | Over 2.5 | 71% | 62% |
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 29% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 14% | 12% |
| 38% | 20% | Both teams to score | 57% | 50% |
| 12% | 20% | Clean Sheet | 29% | 38% |
| 50% | 60% | Failed To Score | 43% | 38% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.7 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 2 |
- New England hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Montreal Impact is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | DC United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Toronto | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
| 7 | Chicago Fire | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 9 | New England | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 10 | New York RB | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | New York City | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
