Montreal Impact have journeyed here for an appealing duel versus the hosting New York City. Prepare for the fixture with this thorough Major League Soccer preview!
It's no vacation for neither New York City 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.
New York City form and stats
New York City are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 229 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Castellanos).
Before that, York played out a Major League Soccer draw 0-0 when visiting Vancouver Whitecaps.The manager Deila will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Comunicaciones in only three days.
Montreal Impact form and stats
Montreal Impact have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Major League Soccer were 3 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats from 17 fixtures.
A 1-2 loss hosting Philadelphia Union before that.A quick return to home after this game, as Montreal Impact are hosting Cruz Azul in the CONCACAF Champions League only four days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Montreal Impact has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two sides are: five wins for York, four draws and one win for Montreal Impact. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Lappalainen 1 goals |
New York City missing players
Montreal Impact missing players
| New York City | Montreal Impact | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 6.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 11.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| New York City | Last season | Montreal Impact | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 63 | 39 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 40 | 13 | Conceded | C | 21 | 44 | ||
| 95% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 79% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 74% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 47% | ||
| 26% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 58% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 59% | ||
| 32% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 26% | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 14.5 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | DC United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | New England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Toronto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 12 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
