FC Cincinnati vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

FC Cincinnati

3 – 0

Full Time

Montreal Impact FC

Wed 17 May 2023 · 23:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

1–0 2' Joel Waterman og

Luciano Acosta 26' 2–0

Brandon Vazquez 65' 3–0

Obinna Nwobodo 34' Y

Overview

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FC Cincinnati vs Montreal Impact FC — MLS at TQL Stadium.

FC Cincinnati 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Montreal Impact FC 18 games · 16 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

FC Cincinnati 14 games · Avg 4.1 goals Montreal Impact FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-05-17 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Montreal Impact FC 2022-05-28 Montreal Impact FC 4–3 FC Cincinnati 2022-04-02 FC Cincinnati 3–4 Montreal Impact FC 2021-08-18 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Montreal Impact FC 2021-07-17 Montreal Impact FC 5–4 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Montreal Impact FC	H	3–0	W
06 May	D.C. United SC	H	2–1	W
29 Apr	New England Revolution	A	1–1	D
22 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	2–1	W
16 Apr	St. Louis City	A	1–5	L
08 Apr	Philadelphia Union	H	1–0	W

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	FC Cincinnati	A	0–3	L
13 May	Toronto FC	H	2–0	W
06 May	Orlando City SC	H	2–0	W
30 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–0	W
22 Apr	New York Red Bulls	H	2–0	W
15 Apr	D.C. United SC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

FC Cincinnati		Montreal Impact FC
#6	Position	#14
26	Points	16
18	Played	18
7 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 4 / 10
45	Scored	24
44	Conceded	35
+1	GD	-11
1.44	PPG	0.89
39%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

79% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

32% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

FC Cincinnati are 6th (26 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 14th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

0-15

3/2

16-30

4/7

31-45

9/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

2/1

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Montreal Impact FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

1/1

46-60

4/1

61-75

–/4

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

Evander	10 G	4 A
Kevin Denkey	10 G	1 A
Tom Barlow	5 G

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

9 G

5 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! FC Cincinnati welcome Montreal Impact FC for this crunch clash at TQL Stadium.
2' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Joel Waterman makes no mistake. 1-0!
7' It looks surprising Montreal Impact FC does not make any changes. Robert THorkelsson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
12' FC Cincinnati are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Montreal Impact FC backline.
17' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
22' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Cincinnati in their 3-4-1-2 trying to find a way past Montreal Impact FC's compact 3-4-1-2.
26' Luciano Acosta is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
31' FC Cincinnati looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
34' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Obinna Nwobodo.
39' Aaron Herrera needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
44' Lassi Lappalainen is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Cincinnati tonight.
46' Montreal Impact FC ring the changes. George Campbell has done his job and it is now time for Victor Wanyama to step up.
51' Ibrahim Sunusi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
56' FC Cincinnati 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.
61' Over 61 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
65' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Brandon Vazquez makes no mistake. 3-0!
66' Yuya Kubo gets the nod from FC Cincinnati. He replaces Dominique Badji and will look to change the dynamic.
67' Time for substitution for FC Cincinnati. Alvas Powell is replaced by Santiago Arias.
70' Robert THorkelsson gets the nod from Montreal Impact FC. He replaces Rudy Camacho and will look to change the dynamic.
74' A tactical swap from FC Cincinnati — Malik Pinto on, Obinna Nwobodo off on 74 minutes.
75' Time for substitution for FC Cincinnati. Alvaro Barreal is replaced by Raymon Gaddis.
77' The Montreal Impact FC bench stirs into life. Ariel Lassiter is withdrawn and Jojea Kwizera gets his opportunity.
81' The supporters are chanting for Marco Angulo. He replaces Brandon Vazquez on 81 minute.
86' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
3-0 the final result. Montreal Impact FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

Bench

7
Yuya Kubo ↑ 66'
13
Santiago Arias ↑ 67'
1
Alec Kann
15
Yerson Mosquera
28
Raymon Gaddis ↑ 75'
8
Marco Angulo ↑ 81'
26
Malik Pinto ↑ 74'
3
Joey Akpunonu

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

25
Gabriele Corbo
22
Aaron Herrera
4
Rudy Camacho ↓ Robert THorkelsson 70'
29
Mathieu Choiniere
11
Ariel Lassiter ↓ Jojea Kwizera 77'
24
George Campbell ↓ Victor Wanyama 46'
16
Joel Waterman
10
Bryce Duke ↓ Lassi Lappalainen 46'
40
Jonathan Sirois
9
Nnamdi Chinonso Offor ↓ Ibrahim Sunusi 46'
27
Sean Rea

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brandon Vazquez	3
Luca Orellano	3
Djordje Mihailovic	3
Evander	3
Luciano Acosta	3
Kwadwo Opoku	2
Romell Quioto	2
Gustavo Vallecilla	2

Head to Head

FC Cincinnati Form

2023-05-17 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-05-06 FC Cincinnati 2–1 D.C. United SC W 2023-04-29 New England Revolution 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2023-04-22 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Portland Timbers W 2023-04-16 St. Louis City 5–1 FC Cincinnati L 2023-04-08 FC Cincinnati 1–0 Philadelphia Union W

Montreal Impact FC Form

2023-05-17 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-05-13 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Toronto FC W 2023-05-06 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Orlando City SC W 2023-04-30 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-04-22 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 New York Red Bulls W 2023-04-15 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 D.C. United SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.9 FC Cincinnati xG

Expected Goals

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

1.7 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Both teams to score 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati57% Draw20% Montreal Impact FC23%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.6

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	82%	18%
± 3.5	66%	34%
± 4.5	47%	53%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw

77%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

43%

FC Cincinnati or Montreal Impact FC

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati47% Draw33% Montreal Impact FC20%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.2%

3 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

5.9%

1 – 1

5.7%

3 – 2

5.6%

4 – 1

4.9%

2 – 0

4.4%

1 – 2

4.3%

3 – 0

Actual

4 – 2

4.1%

2 – 3

3.3%

3 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap	FC Cincinnati covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	25%	—	75%
-2	25%	17%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	19%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	11%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

19% ✗

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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