It's advantage New England so far with their 1st position in the Major League Soccer table, welcoming Montreal Impact who are placed 5th.
- New England have the most scored goals (28) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It's no vacation for neither England nor Montreal Impact as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Montreal Impact play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Montreal Impact when playing on artifical turf are 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from eleven matches. They have scored 15 goals and conceded 20 times in these games.
New England form and stats
This stadium, Gillette Stadium, has been a fortress for New England in the Major League Soccer so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-0-1.
The England goalkeeper Brad Knighton is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 246 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
New England are returning here after visiting Inter Miami in a Major League Soccer game and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. Teal Bunbury, Adam Buksa (2) and Arnór Traustason (2) scored the goal(s). Midfielder Arnór Traustason was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.45 (out of ten) in that game. Traustason scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 35 successful passes (of 36 total). As indicated by the result mentioned above, England played a great game against Inter Miami and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Atlanta United.England can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 12 times. England have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Montreal Impact form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Montreal Impact have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.
Two away games in a row for Montreal, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus New York City in the Major League Soccer. James Pantemis was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.65. The agile goalkeeper Pantemis stopped the opponent with four saves.
Prior to that match, a home win 5-4 against Cincinnati.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Montreal Impact as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. Montreal have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (England wins - draws - Montreal Impact wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Bou 7 goals | A. Buksa 7 goals |   M. Toye 6 goals |
New England missing players
Montreal Impact missing players
| New England | Montreal Impact | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | 12 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 73% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 14% | 36% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 21% |
| 27% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 29% | 43% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 6.4 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.3 | 4.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 14.2 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.4 | 11.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| 36% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 27% | 33% |
- Montreal Impact have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Montreal Impact haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New England have scored in all their home matches so far.
- New England have the most scored goals (28) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the the best goal difference (+10) in Major League Soccer
- New England 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 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | New York City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | New York RB | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | DC United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Toronto | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 10 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -13 | 8 |