Philadelphia Union warm up for Montreal Impact with expectations of landing all three points. Will they? Open our in-depth preview!
- Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (10) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Major League Soccer
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.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Philadelphia Union are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Subaru Park. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Subaru Park.
A nice win for Philadelphia Union last time playing, versus Charlotte. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0. Wagner (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Wagner hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting New York City.Philadelphia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Subaru Park with 14 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Philadelphia Union have conceded only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Montreal Impact form and stats
There's been little loot from Montreal Impact's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Major League Soccer. Montreal Impact only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
Montreal are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at DC United (placed 8th). The match against DC United looked like a defeat for Montreal Impact, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Lassiter equalized in the 82nd minute. Midfielder Lassiter was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.43. Lassiter scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Inter Miami.Highlight this: 9 of the latest 11 league matches involving this team have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Montreal manager Losada as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vancouver Whitecaps.
The attacking power of Montreal Impact when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Montreal Impact, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Montreal Impact has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other already this season, with the final score Montreal Impact - Philadelphia 3-2 logged in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Philadelphia Union victories, three draws and three Montreal Impact wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Gazdag 7 goals |  J. Carranza 7 goals |  M. Uhre 5 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
Montreal Impact missing players
| Philadelphia Union | Montreal Impact | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 24 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 24 |
| 87% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 80% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 40% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 27% |
| 20% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 40% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 33% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 47% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.9 | 16.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.9 | 9.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 36% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 29% |
| 11.3 | 9.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 16.4 | 13.9 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
- Montreal Impact have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Montreal Impact have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Montreal Impact have the most conceded goals (21) away in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Montreal Impact have scored away.
- Philadelphia Union have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (10) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | New England | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | DC United | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | New York RB | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Montreal Impact | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Toronto | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | New York City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
