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Montreal Impact FC vs New York City FC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sat 22 Sep 2018 · 23:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Montreal Impact FC vs New York City FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Fotis Bazakos
  • Referee M. de Oliveira
  • Referee Nima Saghafi
  • Referee Oscar Mitchell Carvalho
  • Referee Chris Wattam
7 games this season 🟨 2.4/game 11.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Head-to-Head

5
3
9
Montreal Impact FC 17 games · Avg 2.0 goals New York City FC

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Sep New York City FC H 1–1 D
15 Sep Philadelphia Union A 4–1 W
01 Sep New York Red Bulls H 3–0 W
26 Aug Toronto FC A 1–3 L
18 Aug Chicago Fire FC H 2–1 W
12 Aug Real Salt Lake A 1–1 D
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Sep Montreal Impact FC A 1–1 D
08 Sep D.C. United SC H 1–1 D
05 Sep New England Revolution H 0–1 L
02 Sep Columbus Crew SC A 1–2 L
22 Aug New York Red Bulls H 1–1 D
18 Aug Philadelphia Union A 0–2 L

Season Stats

Montreal Impact FC New York City FC
#12 Position #8
14 Points 19
14 Played 15
4 / 2 / 8 W / D / L 5 / 4 / 6
22 Scored 25
31 Conceded 21
-9 GD +4
1.00 PPG 1.27
29% Win % 33%

Key Stats

29% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
36% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season
20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Montreal Impact FC are 12th (14 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Montreal Impact FC
0-15
3/3
16-30
2/
31-45
1/
46-60
1/1
61-75
/2
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
New York City FC
0-15
2/
16-30
2/3
31-45
1/3
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/2
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Montreal Impact FC host New York City FC — let the battle begin!
  • 5' Mike Azira is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
  • 10' Montreal Impact FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Montreal Impact FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 20' Montreal Impact FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York City FC's shape.
  • 25' A quiet spell here at . New York City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 30' Montreal Impact FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Prince-Osei Owusu scoring 1 goals.
  • 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Montreal Impact FC winning 100% of all matches.
  • 40' Montreal Impact FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 45' Montreal Impact FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
  • 50' Montreal Impact FC have won 377 goals from 279 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 55' Montreal Impact FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 60' The 44-year-old David Villa has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 65' Samuel Piette has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 70' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 75' New York City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 80' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 85' The home supporters are growing impatient. Montreal Impact FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 90' Anton Tinnerholm, a Sweden , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • The final score is 1-1.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.41 Montreal Impact FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.71 New York City FC xG
I would bet for: Montreal Impact FC or New York City FC 75% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Montreal Impact FC37% Draw25% New York City FC38%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 3.12
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 59%
41%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Montreal Impact FC or Draw
62%
Draw or New York City FC
63%
Montreal Impact FC or New York City FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Montreal Impact FC24% Draw43% New York City FC33%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
8.7%
2 – 1
7.3%
0 – 1
6.8%
0 – 2
6.4%
2 – 2
6.2%
0 – 0
6.1%
1 – 0
5.5%
1 – 3
5%
2 – 0
4.4%
2 – 3
3.6%
0 – 3
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Montreal Impact FC

Handicap Montreal Impact FC covers Push New York City FC covers
-2.5 5% 95%
-2 5% 9% 86%
-1.5 14% 86%
-1 14% 16% 69%
-0.5 31% 69%
+0.5 57% 43%
+1 57% 20% 23%
+1.5 77% 23%
+2 77% 13% 10%
+2.5 90% 10%

Clean Sheet

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet
19%
New York City FC keeps clean sheet
25%

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