Columbus Crew SC vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Montreal Impact FC

Sat 25 Sep 2021 · 23:30 UTC New Crew Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Josh Williams 40' Y

Derrick Etienne 56' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
Montreal Impact FC 27 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC 2021-05-01 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 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

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–1	W
18 Sep	New England Revolution	A	1–1	D
14 Sep	New York Red Bulls	H	2–1	W
12 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	A	0–1	L
04 Sep	Orlando City SC	A	2–3	L
27 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	3–2	W

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
19 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–0	W
15 Sep	Orlando City SC	A	4–2	W
12 Sep	Nashville SC	H	0–1	L
27 Aug	Toronto FC	H	3–1	W
22 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Montreal Impact FC
#12	Position	#15
29	Points	24
27	Played	27
8 / 5 / 14	W / D / L	6 / 6 / 15
39	Scored	34
43	Conceded	54
-4	GD	-20
1.07	PPG	0.89
30%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 15th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

3/6

16-30

4/4

31-45

6/6

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Montreal Impact FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

4/3

31-45

3/4

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/7

76+

4/8

■ 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

5 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Columbus Crew SC vs Montreal Impact FC — let the football do the talking.
5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Rudy Camacho, as he is very good at scoring at New Crew Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
15' Harrison Afful has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 23 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 292 games and scored 437 goals.
25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
30' The home supporters are growing impatient. Columbus Crew SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
35' Montreal Impact FC have won 383 goals from 288 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
40' Poor challenge from Josh Williams. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
45' Against the run of play, Gyasi Zardes has scored! This game has turned on its head.
50' With 0 assists to his name this season, James Pantemis is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Montreal Impact FC.
55' It is a cagey affair so far. Columbus Crew SC in their trying to find a way past Montreal Impact FC's compact .
56' Derrick Etienne picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
59' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Liam Fraser is withdrawn and Lucas Zelarayan gets his opportunity.
63' Goal! Gyasi Zardes scores his 95 goal in 292 matches.
68' The whistle greets Joaquin Torres as he departs to be replaced by Zorhan Bassong.
69' Fresh legs for Montreal Impact FC! Matko Miljevic comes on to replace Samuel Piette.
70' Gyasi Zardes makes way for Miguel Berry at the 70 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
75' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Columbus Crew SC and Montreal Impact FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
80' It is a substitution in Montreal Impact FC team. Joel Waterman is replaced by Lassi Lappalainen on 80 minute.
83' Saad Abdul-Salam is ready to make an impact after coming on for Marlon Hairston at the 83 minute mark.
88' Columbus Crew SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
Another three points for Columbus Crew SC.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

22
Derrick Etienne ↓ Alexandru Matan 83'
18
Liam Fraser ↓ Lucas Zelarayan 59'
17
Marlon Hairston ↓ Saad Abdul-Salam 83'
24
Evan Bush
19
Milton Valenzuela ↓ Luis Diaz 69'
4
Jonathan Mensah
25
Harrison Afful
11
Gyasi Zardes ↓ Miguel Berry 70'
7
Pedro Santos
6
Darlington Nagbe
3
Josh Williams

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

2
Victor Wanyama
30
Romell Quioto
8
Djordje Mihailovic
18
Joaquin Torres ↓ Zorhan Bassong 68'
4
Rudy Camacho
6
Samuel Piette ↓ Matko Miljevic 69'
41
James Pantemis
29
Mathieu Choiniere ↓ Ibrahim Sunusi 69'
15
Zachary Brault-Guillard
3
Kamal Miller
16
Joel Waterman ↓ Lassi Lappalainen 80'

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-09-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2021-09-18 New England Revolution 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-09-14 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York Red Bulls W 2021-09-12 Internacional CF Miami 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-09-04 Orlando City SC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-08-27 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 FC Cincinnati W

Montreal Impact FC Form

2021-09-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2021-09-19 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-09-15 Orlando City SC 2–4 Montreal Impact FC W 2021-09-12 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 Nashville SC L 2021-08-27 Montreal Impact FC 3–1 Toronto FC W 2021-08-22 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Montreal Impact FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.87 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.31 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC50% Draw25% Montreal Impact FC25%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.18

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

75%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

50%

Columbus Crew SC or Montreal Impact FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC36% Draw42% Montreal Impact FC22%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

7.2%

1 – 0

7.1%

1 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

0 – 0

5.7%

3 – 1

5.7%

0 – 1

4.7%

3 – 0

4.4%

3 – 2

3.8%

0 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	15%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	21%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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