FC Cincinnati vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

FC Cincinnati

4 – 1

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Montreal Impact FC

Sat 31 Aug 2024 · 23:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Miles Robinson 22' Y

Ian Murphy 40' Y

Y 47' Joel Waterman

Y 86' Gabriele Corbo

Y 90' Fernando Alvarez

Gerardo Valenzuela 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

2024-08-31 FC Cincinnati 4–1 Montreal Impact FC 2024-04-13 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 FC Cincinnati 2023-09-20 Montreal Impact FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2023-05-17 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Montreal Impact FC 2022-05-28 Montreal Impact FC 4–3 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	H	4–1	W
24 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	A	0–2	L
20 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	1–3	L
17 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–1	L
13 Jul	Charlotte FC	H	1–3	L
06 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	H	6–1	W

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	1–4	L
24 Aug	New England Revolution	H	0–5	L
20 Jul	Toronto FC	H	0–1	L
17 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	2–2	D
13 Jul	Atlanta United FC	H	1–0	W
06 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D

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' We are underway at TQL Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Cincinnati and Montreal Impact FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with FC Cincinnati winning 100% of all matches.
15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
20' FC Cincinnati looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
22' Miles Robinson catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 22.
27' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Cincinnati and Montreal Impact FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
32' Ian Murphy needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
36' GOAL! Kevin Kelsy fires home to make it 1-0!
40' FC Cincinnati player sees a card in front of him.
45' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Laurent Courtois will be considering his options from the bench.
46' Another substitution for Montreal Impact FC to replace Jules-Anthony Vilsaint by Kwadwo Opoku on 46 minute.
47' A meaty challenge results in booking for Joel Waterman on 47.
52' Montreal Impact FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
53' Luca Orellano is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
57' Luca Orellano does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Cincinnati surge ahead!
59' The crowd applauds Tom Pearce as he leaves the pitch. Lassi Lappalainen steps in for Montreal Impact FC.
64' Lassi Lappalainen has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
66' Sergio Santos gets the nod from FC Cincinnati. He replaces Nicholas Gioacchini and will look to change the dynamic.
71' Sergio Santos does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Cincinnati surge ahead!
74' Fresh legs for FC Cincinnati! Bret Halsey comes on to replace Alvas Powell.
78' Fresh legs for Montreal Impact FC! Gabriele Corbo comes on to replace Joel Waterman.
81' What a moment for Kwadwo Opoku! That strike on 81 puts his side firmly in control.
85' London Aghedo is replacing Kevin Kelsy for the FC Cincinnati side.
86' That is a card for Montreal Impact FC. Gabriele Corbo will be fuming at that decision.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Fernando Alvarez.
4-1 the final result. Montreal Impact FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

7
Yuya Kubo ↓ Gerardo Valenzuela 74'
6
Chidozie Awaziem
2
Alvas Powell ↓ Bret Halsey 74'
12
Miles Robinson
20
Pavel Bucha
5
Obinna Nwobodo
23
Luca Orellano ↓ Malik Pinto 85'
9
Nicholas Gioacchini ↓ Sergio Santos 66'
32
Ian Murphy
18
Roman Celentano
19
Kevin Kelsy ↓ London Aghedo 85'

Bench

11
Corey Baird
36
Evan Louro
17
Sergio Santos ↑ 66'
15
Bret Halsey ↑ 74'
14
Kipp Keller
26
Malik Pinto ↑ 85'
37
Stiven Jimenez
22
Gerardo Valenzuela ↑ 74'
34
London Aghedo ↑ 85'

Coach Pat Noonan

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

46
Tom Pearce ↓ Lassi Lappalainen 59'
6
Samuel Piette ↓ Bryce Duke 59'
24
George Campbell
16
Joel Waterman ↓ Gabriele Corbo 78'
40
Jonathan Sirois
23
Caden Clark
19
Nathan-Dylan Saliba
9
Matias Coccaro
28
Jules-Anthony Vilsaint ↓ Kwadwo Opoku 46'
4
Fernando Alvarez
27
Dawid Bugaj ↓ Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 78'

Bench

Coach Laurent Courtois

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

FC Cincinnati Form

2024-08-31 FC Cincinnati 4–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2024-08-24 Internacional CF Miami 2–0 FC Cincinnati L 2024-07-20 New York Red Bulls 3–1 FC Cincinnati L 2024-07-17 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-07-13 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Charlotte FC L 2024-07-06 FC Cincinnati 6–1 Internacional CF Miami W

Montreal Impact FC Form

2024-08-31 FC Cincinnati 4–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2024-08-24 Montreal Impact FC 0–5 New England Revolution L 2024-07-20 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 Toronto FC L 2024-07-17 New York Red Bulls 2–2 Montreal Impact FC D 2024-07-13 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC W 2024-07-06 Montreal Impact FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

3.18 FC Cincinnati xG

Expected Goals

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

1.74 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 85% + Both teams to score 78%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati61% Draw19% Montreal Impact FC20%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes78% 0% No22%

Avg goals/match: 4.92

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	99%	1%
± 1.5	95%	5%
± 2.5	85%	15%
± 3.5	70%	30%
± 4.5	53%	47%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw

80%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

39%

FC Cincinnati or Montreal Impact FC

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati50% Draw31% Montreal Impact FC19%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 1

6.7%

2 – 1

6.5%

3 – 2

5.7%

2 – 2

5.5%

4 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

4.7%

4 – 2

4.5%

3 – 0

2 – 0

1 – 2

3.6%

5 – 1

3.4%

3 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap	FC Cincinnati covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	29%	—	71%
-2	29%	17%	54%
-1.5	46%	—	54%
-1	46%	18%	35%
-0.5	65%	—	35%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	10%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	5%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

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