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

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MLS · 2023

Montreal Impact FC

2 – 4

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Columbus Crew SC

Sat 2 Sep 2023 · 23:30 UTC Saputo Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 14' Gabriele Corbo og

0–2 22' Cucho Hernandez

0–3 43' Cucho Hernandez

Kwadwo Opoku 52' 1–3

1–4 65' Cucho Hernandez pen

Jules-Anthony Vilsaint 68' 2–4

Ousman Jabang 18' Y

Y 30' Yaw Yeboah

Y 46' Malte Amundsen

Y 86' Patrick Schulte

Matko Miljevic 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Montreal Impact FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Saputo Stadium.

Montreal Impact FC 18 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 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 15 games · Avg 2.9 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

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 2021-05-01 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–4	L
30 Aug	New York City FC	A	0–2	L
26 Aug	New England Revolution	H	1–0	W
20 Aug	Toronto FC	A	3–2	W
15 Jul	Charlotte FC	H	2–0	W
13 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–3	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	4–2	W
31 Aug	Houston Dynamo	A	0–2	L
26 Aug	Toronto FC	H	2–0	W
20 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	3–0	W
16 Jul	Portland Timbers	A	2–3	L
08 Jul	New York City FC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Montreal Impact FC		Columbus Crew SC
#14	Position	#10
16	Points	20
18	Played	18
4 / 4 / 10	W / D / L	5 / 5 / 8
24	Scored	26
35	Conceded	28
-11	GD	-2
0.89	PPG	1.11
22%	Win %	28%

Key Stats

73% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

32% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Montreal Impact FC are 14th (16 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 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

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/2

31-45

6/2

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/4

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

9 G

5 A

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Montreal Impact FC to score. At the same time, Columbus Crew SC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Montreal Impact FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
10' Jonathan Sirois has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 283 appearances.
14' Gabriele Corbo is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
18' Poor challenge from Ousman Jabang. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
22' Cucho Hernandez does the damage! The net is bulging and Columbus Crew SC surge ahead!
27' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
30' Yaw Yeboah has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 30.
35' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Montreal Impact FC and Columbus Crew SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
43' Cucho Hernandez does the damage! The net is bulging and Columbus Crew SC surge ahead!
46' Malte Amundsen catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 46.
46' The supporters are chanting for Jules-Anthony Vilsaint. He replaces Lassi Lappalainen on 46 minute.
51' 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.
52' GOAL! Kwadwo Opoku fires home to make it 2-2!
57' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Darlington Nagbe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
62' Ariel Lassiter has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
65' A goal from the Colombia international Cucho Hernandez! He fires home on 65 to make it 2-3!
66' The Montreal Impact FC bench stirs into life. Bryce Duke is withdrawn and Matko Miljevic gets his opportunity.
67' It is a substitution in Montreal Impact FC team. Zachary Brault-Guillard is replaced by Ariel Lassiter on 67 minute.
68' GOAL! Jules-Anthony Vilsaint scores on 68. Assisted by Matko Miljevic
73' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
76' Montreal Impact FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nnamdi Chinonso Offor is hanging Kwadwo Opoku on the field on 76 minute.
78' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Steven Moreira is replaced by Sean Zawadzki.
83' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yaw Yeboah made 287 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
85' Another change for Columbus Crew SC made on 85 minute. Julian Gressel leaves to be changed by Mohamed Farsi.
86' That is a card for Columbus Crew SC. Patrick Schulte will be fuming at that decision.
86' Columbus Crew SC make a change. Diego Rossi trudges off to be replaced by Kevin Molino on 86 minutes.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Matko Miljevic is booked for Montreal Impact FC — card on 90.
It finishes all square. Montreal Impact FC and Columbus Crew SC share the spoils 2-4.

Lineups

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

25
Gabriele Corbo
6
Samuel Piette
29
Mathieu Choiniere
15
Zachary Brault-Guillard ↓ Ariel Lassiter 67'
21
Lassi Lappalainen ↓ Jules-Anthony Vilsaint 46'
24
George Campbell
10
Bryce Duke ↓ Matko Miljevic 66'
40
Jonathan Sirois
90
Kwadwo Opoku ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 76'
19
Nathan-Dylan Saliba
23
Ousman Jabang ↓ Fernando Alvarez 46'

Bench

Coach Hernan Losada

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

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

Montreal Impact FC Form

2023-09-02 Montreal Impact FC 2–4 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-08-30 New York City FC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-08-26 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 New England Revolution W 2023-08-20 Toronto FC 2–3 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-07-15 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Charlotte FC W 2023-07-13 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2023-09-02 Montreal Impact FC 2–4 Columbus Crew SC W 2023-08-31 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-08-26 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Toronto FC W 2023-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W 2023-07-16 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-07-08 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.65 Montreal Impact FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.82 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Montreal Impact FC or Columbus Crew SC 74% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Montreal Impact FC35% Draw26% Columbus Crew SC39%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.47

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Montreal Impact FC or Draw

61%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

65%

Montreal Impact FC or Columbus Crew SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Montreal Impact FC27% Draw41% Columbus Crew SC32%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–4 not predicted

2 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

10.2%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 1

7.5%

2 – 2

6.7%

0 – 2

5.2%

0 – 1

5.1%

1 – 3

4.9%

0 – 0

4.6%

1 – 0

4.5%

2 – 0

4.3%

2 – 3

4.1%

3 – 1

4.1%

Asian Handicap — Montreal Impact FC

Handicap	Montreal Impact FC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	17%	66%
-0.5	34%	—	66%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	19%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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