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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
8 games this season 🟨 2.5/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
#14 Position #5
16 Points 26
18 Played 18
4 / 4 / 10 W / D / L 7 / 5 / 6
24 Scored 31
35 Conceded 24
-11 GD +7
0.89 PPG 1.44
22% Win % 39%

Key Stats

29% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
32% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season
17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Montreal Impact FC are 14th (16 pts). New York City FC are 5th (26 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
New York City FC
0-15
4/
16-30
3/4
31-45
2/4
46-60
3/2
61-75
2/2
76+
2/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Montreal Impact FC
Prince-Osei Owusu 9 G 5 A
New York City FC
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 11 G 3 A
Hannes Wolf 5 G 1 A
Agustin Ojeda 4 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Temperatures are rising at as Montreal Impact FC face off against New York City FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 5' Montreal Impact FC 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.
  • 10' Montreal Impact FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Montreal Impact FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 20' Bacary Sagna has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 30' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 35' It is a cagey affair so far. Montreal Impact FC in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
  • 40' Montreal Impact FC is showing some good football. However, Montreal Impact FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 45' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Montreal Impact FC and New York City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 50' Montreal Impact FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
  • 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 60' New York City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 65' Montreal Impact FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 70' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Montreal Impact FC and New York City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 75' Libya international Ismael Tajouri has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 80' Montreal Impact FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 80.
  • 85' Evan Bush has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 283 appearances.
  • 90' 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.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.28 Montreal Impact FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.63 New York City FC xG
I would bet for: Montreal Impact FC or New York City FC 74% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Montreal Impact FC36% Draw26% New York City FC38%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 2.91
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 55%
45%
± 3.5 33%
67%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

Montreal Impact FC or Draw
62%
Draw or New York City FC
64%
Montreal Impact FC or New York City FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Montreal Impact FC23% Draw45% New York City FC32%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
8.9%
0 – 1
8%
0 – 0
7.2%
0 – 2
7.1%
2 – 1
7%
1 – 0
6.1%
2 – 2
5.7%
1 – 3
4.8%
2 – 0
4.4%
0 – 3
3.8%
2 – 3
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Montreal Impact FC

Handicap Montreal Impact FC covers Push New York City FC covers
-2.5 4% 96%
-2 4% 8% 87%
-1.5 13% 87%
-1 13% 16% 71%
-0.5 29% 71%
+0.5 56% 44%
+1 56% 21% 23%
+1.5 77% 23%
+2 77% 14% 10%
+2.5 90% 10%

Clean Sheet

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet
20%
New York City FC keeps clean sheet
28%

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