Columbus Crew SC vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Wed 3 Aug 2022 · 23:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 30' Joel Waterman

Luis Diaz 47' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs Montreal Impact FC — MLS at Lower.com Field.

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	New York Red Bulls	27	34
8	Orlando City SC	27	34
9	New York City FC	27	33
10	FC Cincinnati	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	27	45
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

2022-08-03 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC 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

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–2	L
23 Jul	New England Revolution	H	0–0	D
17 Jul	FC Cincinnati	H	2–0	W
14 Jul	D.C. United SC	A	2–2	D
10 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	3–2	W
03 Jul	Philadelphia Union	H	0–0	D

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–1	W
30 Jul	New York City FC	H	0–0	D
24 Jul	D.C. United SC	A	2–1	W
16 Jul	Toronto FC	H	1–0	W
09 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–2	L
05 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–4	L

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' That's the starting whistle at Lower.com Field. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Columbus Crew SC and Montreal Impact FC.
5' It looks surprising Montreal Impact FC does not make any changes. Aidan Morris has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
14' What composure from Lucas Zelarayan! The Armenia international strokes it home. 1-0.
19' Montreal Impact FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
24' With 0 assists to his name this season, Luis Diaz is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Columbus Crew SC.
29' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' Montreal Impact FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 30.
35' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
40' Lassi Lappalainen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
45' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Montreal Impact FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
46' The crowd applauds Josh Williams as he leaves the pitch. Milos Degenek steps in for Columbus Crew SC.
47' Controversy at the stadium! Luis Diaz argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
52' Supporters expect more eagerness from Josh Williams, as he is very good at scoring at Lower.com Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
57' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
62' Joaquin Torres is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Montreal Impact FC so far.
64' It is a substitution in Montreal Impact FC team. Victor Wanyama is replaced by Samuel Piette on 64 minute.
69' The travelling Montreal Impact FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
70' Yaw Yeboah is replacing Derrick Etienne for the Columbus Crew SC side.
71' Mason Toye has so much to prove this time. He replaces Djordje Mihailovic on 71 minute.
73' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Artur on, Lucas Zelarayan off on 73 minutes.
78' Both keepers have barely been tested. Columbus Crew SC and Montreal Impact FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
83' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
88' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Kei Ansu Kamara makes it 1-1.
89' Columbus Crew SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kevin Molino is hanging Aidan Morris on the field on 89 minute.
The points are shared — Columbus Crew SC 1-2 Montreal Impact FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Yaw Yeboah ↑ 70'
26
James Igbekeme ↑ 70'
5
Milos Degenek ↑ 46'
17
Marlon Hairston
24
Evan Bush
8
Artur ↑ 73'
13
Kevin Molino ↑ 89'
19
Erik Hurtado
30
Will Sands

Coach Caleb Porter

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

2
Victor Wanyama ↓ Samuel Piette 64'
5
Gabriele Corbo
8
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Mason Toye 71'
10
Joaquin Torres ↓ Romell Quioto 64'
4
Rudy Camacho
29
Mathieu Choiniere ↓ Alistair Johnston 64'
15
Zachary Brault-Guillard ↓ Lassi Lappalainen 46'
16
Joel Waterman
1
Sebastian Breza
28
Ismael Kone
23
Kei Ansu Kamara

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

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

2022-08-03 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC L 2022-07-23 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 New England Revolution D 2022-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 FC Cincinnati W 2022-07-14 D.C. United SC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-07-10 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2022-07-03 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Philadelphia Union D

Montreal Impact FC Form

2022-08-03 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC W 2022-07-30 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 New York City FC D 2022-07-24 D.C. United SC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC W 2022-07-16 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 Toronto FC W 2022-07-09 Montreal Impact FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–0 Montreal Impact FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.67 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.19 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Montreal Impact FC 72% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC44% Draw28% Montreal Impact FC28%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.86

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

72%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

56%

Columbus Crew SC or Montreal Impact FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC34% Draw45% Montreal Impact FC21%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.3%

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 0

8.7%

2 – 0

7.8%

0 – 0

7.6%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

5.9%

2 – 2

5.5%

3 – 1

5.1%

3 – 0

4.3%

0 – 2

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	22%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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