Columbus Crew SC vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Montreal Impact FC

Wed 7 Oct 2020 · 23:30 UTC MAPFRE Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'

Harrison Afful 25' Y

Y 42' Jukka Raitala

Y 52' Jorge Luis Corrales

Y 54' Luis Binks

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs Montreal Impact FC — MLS at MAPFRE Stadium.

Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
Montreal Impact FC 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee Peter Balciunas
Referee C.J. Morgante
Referee Victor Rivas
Referee

11 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 11.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 17 games · Avg 2.8 goals Montreal Impact FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-07 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC 2019-07-20 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC 2019-04-13 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 2018-10-06 Montreal Impact FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC 2018-03-10 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Montreal Impact FC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–2	L
04 Oct	FC Dallas	A	2–2	D
27 Sep	Toronto FC	A	1–3	L
23 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	2–1	W
19 Sep	Nashville SC	H	2–0	W
12 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–2	D

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Oct	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–1	W
03 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–2	D
27 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	1–4	L
23 Sep	New England Revolution	A	1–3	L
20 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	1–4	L
17 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Montreal Impact FC
#7	Position	#15
47	Points	26
34	Played	34
14 / 5 / 15	W / D / L	6 / 8 / 20
59	Scored	37
52	Conceded	69
+7	GD	-32
1.38	PPG	0.76
41%	Win %	18%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

18% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 15th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

4/8

16-30

12/7

31-45

7/7

46-60

10/2

61-75

7/5

76+

6/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Montreal Impact FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

4/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

5/8

61-75

2/9

76+

5/13

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

15 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Columbus Crew SC and Montreal Impact FC is underway.
5' It looks surprising Montreal Impact FC does not make any changes. Luis Binks has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Lassi Lappalainen suffering a number of foals already.
15' Montreal Impact FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
20' Montreal Impact FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
24' Lassi Lappalainen is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
25' Lassi Lappalainen with the second goal in the match!
25' That is a Yellow card for Columbus Crew SC. Harrison Afful will be fuming at that decision.
30' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
35' The 35-year-old Youness Mokhtar has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
40' Columbus Crew SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
42' Montreal Impact FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 42.
45' Gyasi Zardes does the damage! The net is bulging and Columbus Crew SC surge ahead!
50' Columbus Crew SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Montreal Impact FC backline.
52' Montreal Impact FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 52.
54' Poor challenge from Luis Binks. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
59' Zachary Brault-Guillard needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
61' The Montreal Impact FC bench stirs into life. Lassi Lappalainen is withdrawn and Maximiliano Urruti gets his opportunity.
66' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Columbus Crew SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
67' A change in the Columbus Crew SC ranks — Youness Mokhtar exits the field as Ema Boateng enters on 67.
70' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Milton Valenzuela has done his job and it is now time for Hector Jimenez to step up.
74' Bojan makes no mistake. The score reads 1-3 and Montreal Impact FC are in front.
78' Fanendo Adi is replacing Aidan Morris for the Columbus Crew SC side.
83' Pedro Santos, a Portugal , has 32 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
85' The whistle greets Bojan as he departs to be replaced by Shamit Shome.
90' It’s high time Thierry Henry made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
1-2 the final result. Columbus Crew SC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

13
Andrew Tarbell
19
Milton Valenzuela ↓ Hector Jimenez 70'
4
Jonathan Mensah C
25
Harrison Afful
11
Gyasi Zardes
7
Pedro Santos
8
Artur
3
Joshua Williams
12
Luis Diaz ↓ Derrick Etienne 78'
34
Youness Mokhtar ↓ Ema Boateng 67'
21
Aidan Morris ↓ Fanendo Adi 78'

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

9
Bojan ↓ Shamit Shome 85'
2
Victor Wanyama
26
Jorge Luis Corrales
6
Samuel Piette
23
Clement Diop
7
Rod Fanni
22
Jukka Raitala C
15
Zachary Brault-Guillard
14
Amar Sejdic
21
Lassi Lappalainen ↓ Maximiliano Urruti 61'
5
Luis Binks

Bench

Coach Thierry Henry

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	5
Cucho Hernandez	4
Lucas Zelarayan	2
Jacen Russell-Rowe	2
Gyasi Zardes	2
Ignacio Piatti	2
Ignacio Piatti	2
Lassi Lappalainen	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-10-07 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC L 2020-10-04 FC Dallas 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-09-27 Toronto FC 3–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-09-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Minnesota United FC W 2020-09-19 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Nashville SC W 2020-09-12 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D

Montreal Impact FC Form

2020-10-07 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC W 2020-10-03 Montreal Impact FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-09-27 New York Red Bulls 4–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2020-09-23 New England Revolution 3–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2020-09-20 Montreal Impact FC 1–4 Philadelphia Union L 2020-09-17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Montreal Impact FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.14 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.26 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC52% Draw24% Montreal Impact FC24%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.4

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

76%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

48%

Columbus Crew SC or Montreal Impact FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC41% Draw40% Montreal Impact FC19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

7.6%

3 – 1

6.6%

1 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

5.8%

1 – 2

Actual

3 – 0

5.3%

0 – 0

4.7%

3 – 2

4.2%

4 – 1

3.6%

0 – 1

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	17%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	21%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.