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 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Montreal Impact FC 17 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
#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' The ball is rolling at Exploria Stadium. Montreal Impact FC are looking to make home advantage count against New York City FC.
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ronny Deila might look to freshen things up shortly.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Montreal Impact FC in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
20' Zorhan Bassong has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 358 appearances.
25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
29' What a strike from Keaton Parks! The score is 0-1.
34' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
39' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
43' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Mason Toye makes no mistake. 1-1!
46' Zachary Brault-Guillard gets the nod from Montreal Impact FC. He replaces Lassi Lappalainen and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Brazil international Talles Magno has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
56' Sebastien Ibeagha is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
57' Montreal Impact FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 57.
60' That is a Yellow card for New York City FC. Maxi Moralez will be fuming at that decision.
65' It looks surprising Montreal Impact FC does not make any changes. Malte Amundsen has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
69' Joaquin Torres gets the nod from Montreal Impact FC. He replaces Mason Toye and will look to change the dynamic.
70' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Sebastien Ibeagha.
72' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Sebastien Ibeagha is replaced by Thiago.
73' Magnificent from Romell Quioto! That is 51 goals in 275 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
77' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Alfredo Morales.
78' A change in the Montreal Impact FC ranks — Romell Quioto exits the field as Bjorn Maars Johnsen enters on 78.
81' New York City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gudmundur Thorarinsson is hanging Malte Amundsen on the field on 81 minute.
82' New York City FC ring the changes. Keaton Parks has done his job and it is now time for Talles Magno to step up.
87' Jesus Medina has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
90' Controversy at the stadium! Valentin Castellanos argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
90' Montreal Impact FC ring the changes. Mathieu Choiniere has done his job and it is now time for Joel Waterman to step up.
With this win, Montreal Impact FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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
Talles Magno	2
Jesus Medina	2
Romell Quioto	2
Prince-Osei Owusu	2
Alonso Martinez	2
Jon Lewis	1
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	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

3 / 4

1.37 Montreal Impact FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.67 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Montreal Impact FC or New York City FC 74% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Montreal Impact FC36% Draw26% New York City FC38%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.04

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

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 FC24% Draw44% New York City FC32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.8%

1 – 2

8.8%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

7.2%

0 – 2

6.6%

0 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

1 – 0

5.7%

1 – 3

4.9%

2 – 0

4.4%

0 – 3

3.6%

2 – 3

3.4%

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%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+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

20% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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