Montreal Impact FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Montreal Impact FC

4 – 1

Full Time

Portland Timbers

Sat 7 Oct 2023 · 23:30 UTC Saputo Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Ibrahim Sunusi 28' 1–0

Kwadwo Opoku 35' 2–0

Mathieu Choiniere 64' 3–0

4–1 86' Franck Boli

Y 53' Bryan Acosta

Overview

Match Preview

Montreal Impact FC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Saputo Stadium.

Montreal Impact FC 27 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Montreal Impact FC 4 games · Avg 3.3 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-07 Montreal Impact FC 4–1 Portland Timbers 2019-06-26 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 Portland Timbers 2018-07-22 Portland Timbers 2–2 Montreal Impact FC

Recent Form

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W
04 Oct	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
30 Sep	Orlando City SC	A	0–3	L
23 Sep	Atlanta United FC	A	1–4	L
20 Sep	FC Cincinnati	H	1–1	D
16 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–0	D

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–4	L
01 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–3	D
24 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–2	W
21 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
18 Sep	Austin FC	A	2–1	W
10 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Montreal Impact FC		Portland Timbers
#15	Position	#26
24	Points	32
27	Played	27
6 / 6 / 15	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 13
34	Scored	48
54	Conceded	51
-20	GD	-3
0.89	PPG	1.19
22%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Montreal Impact FC are 15th (24 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Montreal Impact FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

4/3

31-45

3/4

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/7

76+

4/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

4/9

16-30

7/9

31-45

5/8

46-60

5/4

61-75

7/–

76+

10/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

15 G

5 A

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	5 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Montreal Impact FC and Portland Timbers has kicked off!
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Charles Burdick will be considering his options from the bench.
10' Both keepers have barely been tested. Montreal Impact FC and Portland Timbers are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
15' Portland Timbers is showing some good football. However, Portland Timbers are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Montreal Impact FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
25' named a 3-4-3 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
28' Ibrahim Sunusi doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
33' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Montreal Impact FC and Portland Timbers are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
35' The Ghana Kwadwo Opoku breaks the deadlock on 35 minutes. 2-0!
40' The energy levels are beginning to show. Hernan Losada might look to freshen things up shortly.
45' Portland Timbers come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
46' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Antony by Franck Boli on 46 minute.
50' Diego Chara gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Evander and will look to change the dynamic.
53' Controversy at the stadium! Bryan Acosta argues furiously but the card stands.
58' 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.
61' A tactical swap from Portland Timbers — Sebastian Blanco on, Bryan Acosta off on 61 minutes.
64' Mathieu Choiniere adds to his 0 season tally! Montreal Impact FC lead 3-0 — and this changes everything.
68' It is a substitution in Montreal Impact FC team. Ibrahim Sunusi is replaced by Mason Toye on 68 minute.
73' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Montreal Impact FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
75' Yimmi Chara gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Dairon Asprilla and will look to change the dynamic.
80' A tactical swap from Montreal Impact FC — Victor Wanyama on, Nathan-Dylan Saliba off on 80 minutes.
85' 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.
86' Assisted by Yimmi Chara with the perfectly-timed delivery and Franck Boli makes no mistake. 3-1!
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Montreal Impact FC players.

Lineups

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

25
Gabriele Corbo
30
Romell Quioto ↓ Zachary Brault-Guillard 68'
6
Samuel Piette
29
Mathieu Choiniere
11
Ariel Lassiter ↓ Bryce Duke 80'
24
George Campbell
16
Joel Waterman
40
Jonathan Sirois
90
Kwadwo Opoku ↓ Lassi Lappalainen 68'
14
Ibrahim Sunusi ↓ Mason Toye 68'
19
Nathan-Dylan Saliba ↓ Victor Wanyama 80'

Bench

Coach Hernan Losada

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

23
Yimmi Chara ↑ 75'
21
Diego Chara ↑ 50'
10
Sebastian Blanco ↑ 61'
44
Marvin Loria
2
Miguel Araujo
15
Eric Miller ↑ 61'
7
Franck Boli ↑ 46'
26
Hunter Sulte
92
Noel Caliskan

Coach Charles Burdick

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Orji Okwonkwo	2
Samuel Armenteros	1
Diego Valeri	1
Saphir Taider	1
Matteo Mancosu	1
Tomas Conechny	1
Daniel Rios	1
Saphir Taider	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.16 Montreal Impact FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.77 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Montreal Impact FC47% Draw23% Portland Timbers30%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 3.93

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Montreal Impact FC or Draw

70%

Draw or Portland Timbers

53%

Montreal Impact FC or Portland Timbers

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Montreal Impact FC36% Draw38% Portland Timbers26%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–1 not predicted

4 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

8.3%

2 – 1

7.9%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

5.6%

3 – 2

4.9%

2 – 0

4.7%

2 – 3

4.1%

1 – 0

3.8%

1 – 3

3.8%

3 – 0

3.3%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Montreal Impact FC

Handicap	Montreal Impact FC covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	14%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	19%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	15%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	9%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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

Montreal Impact FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Montreal Impact FC Form

Portland Timbers Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Montreal Impact FC

Clean Sheet