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Montreal Impact FC vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

MLS · 2018
Montreal Impact FC
2 – 0
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
Sat 30 Jun 2018 · 23:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Montreal Impact FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Jason White
  • Referee Ted Unkel
  • Referee Danny Thornberry
  • Referee Kevin Terry Jr.
  • Referee David Barrie

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

2
2
Montreal Impact FC 4 games · Avg 3.8 goals Sporting Kansas City
Last 5 meetings
2018-06-30 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Montreal Impact FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 Jun Sporting Kansas City H 2–0 W
23 Jun Orlando City SC A 2–0 W
13 Jun Orlando City SC H 3–0 W
10 Jun FC Dallas A 0–2 L
02 Jun Houston Dynamo H 1–0 W
27 May Minnesota United FC A 0–2 L
Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 Jun Montreal Impact FC A 0–2 L
24 Jun Houston Dynamo H 3–2 W
10 Jun Portland Timbers A 0–0 D
04 Jun Minnesota United FC H 4–1 W
27 May Columbus Crew SC H 0–0 D
20 May Minnesota United FC A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Montreal Impact FC Sporting Kansas City
#14 Position #30
16 Points 14
18 Played 18
4 / 4 / 10 W / D / L 4 / 2 / 12
24 Scored 18
35 Conceded 46
-11 GD -28
0.89 PPG 0.78
22% Win % 22%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
32% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Montreal Impact FC are 14th (16 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 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
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/7
16-30
3/4
31-45
3/6
46-60
2/4
61-75
2/8
76+
3/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Montreal Impact FC
Prince-Osei Owusu 9 G 5 A
Sporting Kansas City
Dejan Joveljic 8 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Montreal Impact FC welcome Sporting Kansas City for this crunch clash at .
  • 5' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 15' 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.
  • 20' A quiet spell here at . Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 25' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 30' Matteo Mancosu needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 35' Montreal Impact FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
  • 40' The 40-year-old Evan Bush has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 45' Diego Rubio is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
  • 50' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 55' The home supporters are growing impatient. Montreal Impact FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 60' It’s high time Remi Garde made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 65' Alejandro Silva has been relatively quiet despite scoring 11 goals in his last 283 appearances.
  • 70' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 285 games and scored 439 goals.
  • 75' Wan Kuzain has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 80' Johnny Russell has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 85' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 90' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Ignacio Piatti has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Montreal Impact FC 2-0 Sporting Kansas City.

Lineups

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Remi Garde

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Krisztian Nemeth 3
Johnny Russell 2
Alejandro Silva 1
Bryce Duke 1
Ignacio Piatti 1
Saphir Taider 1
Felipe Gutierrez 1
Gianluca Busio 1

Head to Head

2018-06-30 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City

Montreal Impact FC Form

2018-06-30 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-06-23 Orlando City SC 0–2 Montreal Impact FC W 2018-06-13 Montreal Impact FC 3–0 Orlando City SC W 2018-06-10 FC Dallas 2–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2018-06-02 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2018-05-27 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-06-30 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-06-04 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC W 2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.13 Montreal Impact FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.61 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Montreal Impact FC to win 67% + Under — clean sheet likely 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Montreal Impact FC67% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City12%
Actual: Montreal Impact FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes41% 0% No59%
Avg goals/match: 2.74
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 30%
70%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

Montreal Impact FC or Draw
87%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
33%
Montreal Impact FC or Sporting Kansas City
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Montreal Impact FC50% Draw42% Sporting Kansas City8%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
13.3%
3 – 0
9.9%
1 – 1
9%
2 – 1
8.6%
0 – 0
8.1%
3 – 1
6.2%
4 – 0
5.3%
4 – 1
3.4%
0 – 1
3.2%
2 – 2
2.7%
1 – 2
2.4%

Asian Handicap — Montreal Impact FC

Handicap Montreal Impact FC covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 25% — 75%
-2 25% 22% 53%
-1.5 47% — 53%
-1 47% 24% 29%
-0.5 71% — 29%
+0.5 92% — 8%
+1 92% 6% 2%
+1.5 98% — 2%
+2 98% 2% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet
54% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

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