Montreal Impact FC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Montreal Impact FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Sun 19 Sep 2021 · 17:00 UTC Saputo Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 39' Luka Stojanovic

Y 49' Carlos Teran

Overview

Match Preview

Montreal Impact FC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Saputo Stadium.

Montreal Impact FC 18 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 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

Montreal Impact FC 17 games · Avg 2.6 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-19 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2021-05-29 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC 2020-10-03 Montreal Impact FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC 2019-08-11 Chicago Fire FC 3–2 Montreal Impact FC 2019-04-28 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
18 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	0–0	D

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–2	L
15 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	0–3	L
12 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–2	L
28 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	1–0	W
22 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	0–1	L
18 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–3	L

Season Stats

Montreal Impact FC		Chicago Fire FC
#14	Position	#4
16	Points	29
18	Played	17
4 / 4 / 10	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 6
24	Scored	32
35	Conceded	23
-11	GD	+9
0.89	PPG	1.71
22%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

41% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

32% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Montreal Impact FC are 14th (16 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/1

16-30

7/4

31-45

1/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

6/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

9 G

5 A

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Saputo Stadium that hosts another battle between Montreal Impact FC and Chicago Fire FC.
5' Chicago Fire FC have won 398 goals from 278 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' It’s high time Wilfried Nancy made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Montreal Impact FC and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
20' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
25' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Djordje Mihailovic suffering a number of foals already.
30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Chicago Fire FC winning 100% of all matches.
39' A meaty challenge results in booking for Luka Stojanovic on 39.
44' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
46' Another change for Montreal Impact FC made on 46 minute. Samuel Piette leaves to be changed by Ahmed Hamdi.
49' A moment of madness from Carlos Teran on 49 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Chicago Fire FC will be frustrated.
54' With 0 assists to his name this season, James Pantemis is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Montreal Impact FC.
57' Chicago Fire FC make a change. Luka Stojanovic trudges off to be replaced by Alvaro Medran on 57 minutes.
60' Goal! Romell Quioto scores his 51 goal in 278 matches.
65' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 278 games and scored 398 goals.
68' Another substitution for Montreal Impact FC to replace Djordje Mihailovic by Emanuel Maciel on 68 minute.
73' The 27-year-old Miguel Navarro has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
78' Luka Stojanovic has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
80' Brilliant from the ! Ahmed Hamdi makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 80.
84' Ibrahim Sunusi is replacing Romell Quioto for the Montreal Impact FC side.
87' Johan Kappelhof gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Carlos Teran and will look to change the dynamic.
90' Rida Zouhir gets the nod from Montreal Impact FC. He replaces Zorhan Bassong and will look to change the dynamic.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

2
Victor Wanyama
30
Romell Quioto ↓ Ibrahim Sunusi 84'
8
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Emanuel Maciel 68'
18
Joaquin Torres ↓ Lassi Lappalainen 84'
4
Rudy Camacho
6
Samuel Piette ↓ Ahmed Hamdi 46'
41
James Pantemis
29
Mathieu Choiniere
19
Zorhan Bassong ↓ Rida Zouhir 90'
3
Kamal Miller
16
Joel Waterman

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Xherdan Shaqiri	3
Hugo Cuypers	3
Matias Coccaro	2
Romell Quioto	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Brian Gutierrez	2
Kei Ansu Kamara	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2

Head to Head

Montreal Impact FC Form

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 2021-08-18 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Montreal Impact FC D

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-09-19 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-09-15 D.C. United SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-09-12 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-08-28 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-08-22 Orlando City SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-08-18 Internacional CF Miami 3–2 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.53 Montreal Impact FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.44 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Montreal Impact FC45% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC30%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Montreal Impact FC or Draw

70%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

55%

Montreal Impact FC or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Montreal Impact FC29% Draw45% Chicago Fire FC26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.2%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

7.8%

1 – 0

0 – 0

6.9%

0 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

4.2%

1 – 3

3.8%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Montreal Impact FC

Handicap	Montreal Impact FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	19%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	18%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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