Montreal Impact FC vs New York City FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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New York City FC

Wed 7 Jul 2021 · 23:30 UTC Exploria Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Zachary Brault-Guillard 57' Y

Y 60' Maxi Moralez

Y 70' Sebastien Ibeagha

Y 77' Alfredo Morales

Y 90' Valentin Castellanos

Overview

Match Preview

Montreal Impact FC vs New York City FC — MLS at Exploria Stadium.

Montreal Impact FC 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Montreal Impact FC 18 games · Avg 2.0 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-07 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 New York City FC 2020-10-24 New York City FC 3–1 Montreal Impact FC 2019-05-04 Montreal Impact FC 0–2 New York City FC 2019-04-06 New York City FC 0–0 Montreal Impact FC 2018-09-22 Montreal Impact FC 1–1 New York City FC

Recent Form

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Jul	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
03 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–0	W
27 Jun	Nashville SC	A	1–1	D
24 Jun	D.C. United SC	H	0–0	D
29 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–0	W
22 May	FC Cincinnati	H	1–2	L

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–2	L
27 Jun	D.C. United SC	H	2–1	W
23 Jun	Atlanta United FC	H	1–0	W
19 Jun	New England Revolution	H	2–3	L
29 May	Los Angeles FC	A	2–1	W
22 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

Montreal Impact FC		New York City FC
#15	Position	#10
26	Points	42
34	Played	34
6 / 8 / 20	W / D / L	10 / 12 / 12
37	Scored	49
69	Conceded	45
-32	GD	+4
0.76	PPG	1.24
18%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

28% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Montreal Impact FC are 15th (26 pts). New York City FC are 10th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Montreal Impact FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

4/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

5/8

61-75

2/9

76+

5/13

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

15 G

6 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Exploria Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Montreal Impact FC and New York City FC.
5' It looks surprising Montreal Impact FC does not make any changes. Gudmundur Thorarinsson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Montreal Impact FC that had 299 games and scored 391 goals.
15' Montreal Impact FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York City FC's shape.
20' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Montreal Impact FC and New York City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
25' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Wilfried Nancy will be considering his options from the bench.
29' Keaton Parks has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 29 minutes.
34' New York City 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.
39' New York City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
43' Mason Toye adds to his 0 season tally! Montreal Impact FC lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
46' The Montreal Impact FC bench stirs into life. Lassi Lappalainen is withdrawn and Zachary Brault-Guillard gets his opportunity.
51' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Montreal Impact FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
56' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ismael Tajouri-Shradi made 305 appearances and scored 10 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
57' A moment of madness from Zachary Brault-Guillard on 57 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Montreal Impact FC will be frustrated.
60' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Maxi Moralez.
65' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Montreal Impact FC winning 50% of all matches.
69' Fresh legs for Montreal Impact FC! Joaquin Torres comes on to replace Mason Toye.
70' Sebastien Ibeagha catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 70.
72' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Sebastien Ibeagha is replaced by Thiago.
73' What a strike from Romell Quioto! The score is 2-1.
77' New York City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 77.
78' Time for substitution for Montreal Impact FC. Romell Quioto is replaced by Bjorn Maars Johnsen.
81' New York City FC make a change. Malte Amundsen trudges off to be replaced by Gudmundur Thorarinsson on 81 minutes.
82' Talles Magno is replacing Keaton Parks for the New York City FC side.
87' It is a cagey affair so far. Montreal Impact FC in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
90' The referee calls foul for Valentin Castellanos. He receives a Yellow card.
90' Another change for Montreal Impact FC made on 90 minute. Mathieu Choiniere leaves to be changed by Joel Waterman.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for New York City FC.

Lineups

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

2
Victor Wanyama
24
Aljaz Struna
30
Romell Quioto ↓ Bjorn Maars Johnsen 78'
8
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Ahmed Hamdi 78'
4
Rudy Camacho
41
James Pantemis
29
Mathieu Choiniere ↓ Joel Waterman 90'
13
Mason Toye ↓ Joaquin Torres 69'
19
Zorhan Bassong
21
Lassi Lappalainen ↓ Zachary Brault-Guillard 46'
25
Emanuel Maciel

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
Alfredo Morales
12
Malte Amundsen ↓ Gudmundur Thorarinsson 81'
3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
5
Sebastien Ibeagha ↓ Thiago 72'
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Talles Magno 82'
13
Luis Barraza
26
Nicolas Acevedo
17
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi ↓ Jesus Medina 81'

Bench

19
Jesus Medina ↑ 81'
15
Tony Rocha
43
Talles Magno ↑ 82'
24
Tayvon Gray
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↑ 81'
32
Vuk Latinovich
21
Andres Jasson
25
Cody Mizell
8
Thiago ↑ 72'

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Maxi Moralez	3
Alonso Martinez	2
Talles Magno	2
Jesus Medina	2
Romell Quioto	2
Prince-Osei Owusu	2
Keaton Parks	1
Andres Perea	1

Head to Head

Montreal Impact FC Form

2021-07-07 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 New York City FC W 2021-07-03 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 Internacional CF Miami W 2021-06-27 Nashville SC 1–1 Montreal Impact FC D 2021-06-24 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2021-05-29 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2021-05-22 Montreal Impact FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati L

New York City FC Form

2021-07-07 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 New York City FC L 2021-06-27 New York City FC 2–1 D.C. United SC W 2021-06-23 New York City FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC W 2021-06-19 New York City FC 2–3 New England Revolution L 2021-05-29 Los Angeles FC 1–2 New York City FC W 2021-05-22 New York City FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.11 Montreal Impact FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.47 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Montreal Impact FC or New York City FC 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Montreal Impact FC34% Draw27% New York City FC39%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.58

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Montreal Impact FC or Draw

62%

Draw or New York City FC

66%

Montreal Impact FC or New York City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Montreal Impact FC21% Draw48% New York City FC31%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.3%

0 – 1

10.1%

0 – 0

9.6%

1 – 2

8.7%

0 – 2

7.9%

1 – 0

7.4%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

4.9%

2 – 0

4.6%

1 – 3

4.3%

0 – 3

3.8%

2 – 3

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Montreal Impact FC

Handicap	Montreal Impact FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	16%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	22%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	13%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

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