Columbus Crew SC vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Columbus Crew SC

2 – 1

Full Time

Montreal Impact FC

Sat 21 Oct 2023 · 22:00 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 7' Ibrahim Sunusi

Cucho Hernandez 17' 1–1

Darlington Nagbe 50' 2–1

Y 33' Samuel Piette

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

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

2023-10-21 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC 2023-09-02 Montreal Impact FC 2–4 Columbus Crew SC 2022-09-09 Montreal Impact FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 2022-08-03 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC 2021-09-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–1	W
07 Oct	Atlanta United FC	A	1–1	D
04 Oct	New England Revolution	A	2–1	W
30 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	1–1	D
24 Sep	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
20 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	3–0	W

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
07 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W
04 Oct	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
30 Sep	Orlando City SC	A	0–3	L
23 Sep	Atlanta United FC	A	1–4	L
20 Sep	FC Cincinnati	H	1–1	D

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' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. George Campbell made 303 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
7' A stunning finish from Ibrahim Sunusi — that came from absolutely nowhere!
12' Christian Ramirez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 37 appearances with only 7 goals this season.
17' The Colombia Cucho Hernandez breaks the deadlock on 17 minutes. 1-1!
22' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 303 games and scored 461 goals.
27' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
32' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Columbus Crew SC and Montreal Impact FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
33' It’s gonna be a card for Samuel Piette.
38' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
43' Zachary Brault-Guillard is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Columbus Crew SC tonight.
48' Bryce Duke needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
50' Assisted by Malte Amundsen with the perfectly-timed delivery and Darlington Nagbe makes no mistake. 2-1!
55' It looks like no one’s ball. Montreal Impact FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
60' Columbus Crew SC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
65' Montreal Impact FC is showing some good football. However, Montreal Impact FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
67' Another change for Montreal Impact FC made on 67 minute. Ibrahim Sunusi leaves to be changed by Jules-Anthony Vilsaint.
71' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Julian Gressel has done his job and it is now time for Mohamed Farsi to step up.
76' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
80' Montreal Impact FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bryce Duke is hanging Samuel Piette on the field on 80 minute.
83' Another substitution for Columbus Crew SC to replace Alexandru Matan by Yaw Yeboah on 83 minute.
86' It is a substitution in Montreal Impact FC team. Ariel Lassiter is replaced by Mason Toye on 86 minute.
90' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Rudy Camacho is replaced by Yevgen Cheberko on 90 minute.
Full Time. Columbus Crew SC beats Montreal Impact FC

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

9
Cucho Hernandez
31
Steven Moreira
18
Malte Amundsen
20
Alexandru Matan ↓ Yaw Yeboah 83'
17
Christian Ramirez ↓ Jacen Russell-Rowe 71'
4
Rudy Camacho ↓ Yevgen Cheberko 90'
7
Julian Gressel ↓ Mohamed Farsi 71'
6
Darlington Nagbe
8
Aidan Morris
28
Patrick Schulte
25
Sean Zawadzki

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

25
Gabriele Corbo
30
Romell Quioto
6
Samuel Piette ↓ Bryce Duke 80'
15
Zachary Brault-Guillard
11
Ariel Lassiter ↓ Mason Toye 86'
24
George Campbell ↓ Aaron Herrera 80'
16
Joel Waterman
40
Jonathan Sirois
90
Kwadwo Opoku
14
Ibrahim Sunusi ↓ Jules-Anthony Vilsaint 67'
19
Nathan-Dylan Saliba

Bench

Coach Hernan Losada

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2023-10-21 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-10-07 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2023-10-04 New England Revolution 1–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2023-09-30 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2023-09-24 FC Dallas 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2023-09-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC W

Montreal Impact FC Form

2023-10-21 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-10-07 Montreal Impact FC 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2023-10-04 Montreal Impact FC 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2023-09-30 Orlando City SC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-09-23 Atlanta United FC 4–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-09-20 Montreal Impact FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.44 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.05 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Columbus Crew SC to win 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC65% Draw20% Montreal Impact FC15%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.49

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

85%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

35%

Columbus Crew SC or Montreal Impact FC

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC49% Draw38% Montreal Impact FC13%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

9.1%

1 – 1

8.6%

3 – 1

7.4%

3 – 0

7.2%

1 – 0

7.1%

2 – 2

4.8%

4 – 1

4.6%

4 – 0

4.4%

0 – 0

4.4%

1 – 2

3 – 2

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	26%	—	74%
-2	26%	20%	55%
-1.5	45%	—	55%
-1	45%	21%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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