Soccer betting preview: Toronto welcomes Montreal Impact in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 04.September
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: BMO Field (30991 seats)

This league season has been strenuous for Toronto so far, while Montreal Impact have enjoyed many victories. Will the away side triumph again at BMO Field?

Insights:
  • Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer

It's no vacation for neither Toronto 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.

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Toronto form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Toronto, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer, have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games. When Toronto hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like New York City, Philadelphia Union and New York RB), they have won 2 of 3 matches! Toronto have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Toronto, who played 2-2 against LA Galaxy. That match was also played at this venue (BMO Field). The attacking player Bernardeschi was declared "man of the match" for Toronto with a rating of 7.11/10. Bernardeschi scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Charlotte with a 2-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Toronto have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Toronto have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BMO Field with 27 goals in 15 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded. When Toronto hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Chicago Fire, Charlotte, DC United and Atlanta United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Montreal Impact form and stats

8-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Montreal Impact, who have the most scored goals (25) away in Major League Soccer, in their Major League Soccer matches away. Montreal has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against LA Galaxy.

Home advantage was not enough for Montreal Impact in their previous game as they lost hosting New York RB, 0-1. Until that defeat this side had won at least a draw from eight league matches in a row. Attacker Quioto got a player rating of 7.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Quioto hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chicago Fire at their stadium, the result 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Montreal Impact in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Montreal Impact, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Montreal Impact has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Montreal have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the contenders faced each other previously this campaign; Montreal Impact - Toronto 1-0. Last ten meetings with these squads: Toronto won four, Montreal Impact triumphed in five and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Montreal ImpactR. Quioto Robinson
R. Quioto Robinson
15 goals
TorontoJ. Osorio
J. Osorio
9 goals
TorontoJ. Jiménez Núñez
J. Jiménez Núñez
9 goals

Toronto missing players

Montreal Impact missing players

Toronto Montreal Impact
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 3 Played P 4 14 28
9 7 2 Won W 3 8 15
7 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
13 5 1 Lost L 0 4 9
44 27 5 Scored S 9 25 49
49 24 6 Conceded C 4 25 42
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
86% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
66% 87% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 71%
38% 47% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 32%
14% 13% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 29% 21%
66% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 68%
10% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 18%
28% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 18%
 
5.1 5.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 5.5
5 5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.6 4.4
1.8 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.3 12.4 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 11.8 12.8
4.3 4.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.6 4.7
35% 39% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 38% 37%
 
14.4 12.7 17 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.2 10.1
5.5 4.9 8.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.7 4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • All of Montreal Impact's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Montreal Impact have the most points from losing position (20) in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact have the most scored goals (25) away in Major League Soccer
  • Montreal Impact haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Montreal Impact is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto 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 Philadelphia Union 29 16 9 4 61 21 15 10 5 0 40 8 14 6 4 4 21 13 40 57
2 Montreal Impact 28 15 4 9 49 42 14 7 2 5 24 17 14 8 2 4 25 25 7 49
3 New York RB 29 13 8 8 45 34 14 4 5 5 22 19 15 9 3 3 23 15 11 47
4 New York City 28 13 6 9 50 34 14 8 3 3 32 17 14 5 3 6 18 17 16 45
5 Orlando City 28 12 6 10 35 40 14 7 0 7 20 26 14 5 6 3 15 14 -5 42
6 Columbus Crew 27 9 12 6 37 31 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 3 8 2 18 18 6 39
7 Inter Miami 28 10 6 12 35 46 14 8 3 3 27 23 14 2 3 9 8 23 -11 36
8 Cincinnati 27 8 11 8 45 48 14 4 6 4 27 24 13 4 5 4 18 24 -3 35
9 New England 28 8 11 9 39 42 14 5 6 3 17 14 14 3 5 6 22 28 -3 35
10 Toronto 29 9 7 13 44 49 15 7 3 5 27 24 14 2 4 8 17 25 -5 34
11 Atlanta United 28 8 9 11 40 46 14 7 4 3 26 20 14 1 5 8 14 26 -6 33
12 Charlotte 28 10 2 16 34 44 14 8 0 6 21 14 14 2 2 10 13 30 -10 32
13 Chicago Fire 28 8 7 13 28 38 14 5 4 5 12 12 14 3 3 8 16 26 -10 31
14 DC United 28 7 4 17 32 59 14 4 3 7 18 26 14 3 1 10 14 33 -27 25

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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.