Major League Soccer: Philadelphia Union thought to beat Montreal Impact

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Subaru Park (19178 seats)

Major League Soccer: Philadelphia Union welcome Montreal Impact in what should be an entertaining football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • Philadelphia Union have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Philadelphia and Montreal Impact.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 10 Major League Soccer games here at Subaru Park for Philadelphia Union. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Philadelphia after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Philadelphia's last game was hosting New York City (placed 3rd) and winning 1-0. Alejandro Bedoya (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.31/10. Bedoya scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Prior to that, an away loss at América in the CONCACAF Champions League.

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 Philadelphia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won four matches, drawn one and lost two.

Philadelphia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Philadelphia Union are not conceding a lot of goals here at Subaru Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Montreal Impact form and stats

There's been little loot from Montreal Impact's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Major League Soccer. Montreal Impact only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

Montreal are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Cincinnati (placed 13th). Victor Wanyama got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Wanyama hit one key pass and had 64 successful passes (of 76 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs New York RB.

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 Montreal Impact playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and three home wins.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Montreal Impact have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Philadelphia victories, two draws and four 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

Montreal ImpactM. Toye
M. Toye
7 goals
PhiladelphiaK. Przybyłko
K. Przybyłko
6 goals
Philadelphia UnionS. Santos Gomes
S. Santos Gomes
4 goals

Philadelphia Union missing players

Montreal Impact missing players

Philadelphia Union Montreal Impact
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 4 11 20
8 6 2 Won W 0 2 7
7 2 0 Drew D 2 3 6
5 2 0 Lost L 2 6 7
26 14 3 Scored S 4 9 26
19 7 1 Conceded C 6 13 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 85%
70% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 65%
40% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 50%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 9% 20%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
50% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 45% 55%
40% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 30%
15% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 30%
 
5.5 6.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.2 4.1
5.6 5.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.8 4.3
2.1 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
13.1 12.8 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.1 12.1
4.2 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.9
31% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 33%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Montreal Impact have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Philadelphia Union have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 21 14 4 3 40 25 10 8 1 1 19 11 11 6 3 2 21 14 15 46
2 Nashville SC 20 7 11 2 32 20 13 7 6 0 28 13 7 0 5 2 4 7 12 32
3 New York City 19 9 4 6 34 19 10 7 1 2 24 8 9 2 3 4 10 11 15 31
4 Philadelphia Union 20 8 7 5 26 19 10 6 2 2 14 7 10 2 5 3 12 12 7 31
5 Orlando City 19 8 7 4 29 24 9 5 3 1 17 7 10 3 4 3 12 17 5 31
6 DC United 20 8 3 9 31 29 8 6 0 2 14 5 12 2 3 7 17 24 2 27
7 Montreal Impact 20 7 6 7 26 25 9 5 3 1 17 12 11 2 3 6 9 13 1 27
8 Atlanta United 20 5 9 6 23 25 9 4 3 2 10 7 11 1 6 4 13 18 -2 24
9 Columbus Crew 20 6 6 8 21 25 9 4 3 2 15 12 11 2 3 6 6 13 -4 24
10 New York RB 19 6 4 9 23 24 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 1 2 7 10 17 -1 22
11 Chicago Fire 20 5 5 10 23 32 13 5 4 4 18 15 7 0 1 6 5 17 -9 20
12 Inter Miami 18 5 4 9 18 30 10 3 2 5 12 21 8 2 2 4 6 9 -12 19
13 Cincinnati 18 3 8 7 18 30 8 0 5 3 6 10 10 3 3 4 12 20 -12 17
14 Toronto 20 3 6 11 24 41 9 1 5 3 12 14 11 2 1 8 12 27 -17 15

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.