Nashville SC vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Nashville SC

2 – 0

Full Time

Montreal Impact FC

Sun 12 Mar 2023 · 01:30 UTC Nissan Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Jacob Shaffelburg 37' 1–0

Taylor Washington 89' 2–0

Y 34' Victor Wanyama

Taylor Washington 67' Y

Overview

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Nashville SC vs Montreal Impact FC — MLS at Nissan Stadium.

Nashville SC 27 games · 60 pts (2026/26)
Montreal Impact FC 27 games · 24 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

Nashville SC 12 games · Avg 2.1 goals Montreal Impact FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-03-12 Nashville SC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC 2022-05-19 Nashville SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC 2021-09-12 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 Nashville SC 2021-06-27 Nashville SC 1–1 Montreal Impact FC 2021-04-24 Nashville SC 2–2 Montreal Impact FC

Recent Form

Nashville SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Mar	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–0	W
05 Mar	New York Red Bulls	A	0–0	D
25 Feb	New York City FC	H	2–0	W
15 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–1	L
09 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	1–0	W
03 Oct	Houston Dynamo	H	1–2	L

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Mar	Nashville SC	A	0–2	L
05 Mar	Austin FC	A	0–1	L
26 Feb	Internacional CF Miami	A	0–2	L
23 Oct	New York City FC	H	1–3	L
17 Oct	Orlando City SC	H	2–0	W
09 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	A	3–1	W

Season Stats

Nashville SC		Montreal Impact FC
#1	Position	#15
60	Points	24
27	Played	27
18 / 6 / 3	W / D / L	6 / 6 / 15
55	Scored	34
21	Conceded	54
+34	GD	-20
2.22	PPG	0.89
67%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

48% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

Nashville SC are 1st (60 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 15th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Nashville SC

0-15

3/1

16-30

7/3

31-45

5/2

46-60

6/2

61-75

5/6

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nashville SC

Sam Surridge	16 G	1 A
Hany Mukhtar	13 G	6 A
Warren Madrigal	5 G	2 A

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

15 G

5 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Nashville SC and Montreal Impact FC get this one started.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' Daniel Lovitz is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Nashville SC tonight.
15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
20' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Nashville SC and Montreal Impact FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
30' Nashville SC are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Montreal Impact FC's 3-4-3 shape.
34' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Victor Wanyama.
37' A goal from the Canada international Jacob Shaffelburg! He fires home on 37 to make it 1-0!
42' Romell Quioto has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
46' Matthias Saliba has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lassi Lappalainen on 46 minute.
51' It looks like no one’s ball. Nashville SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
56' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 56 minutes.
61' Nashville SC have won 320 goals from 220 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
66' The Nashville SC bench stirs into life. Jacob Shaffelburg is withdrawn and Taylor Washington gets his opportunity.
67' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Taylor Washington.
72' The supporters are chanting for Nnamdi Chinonso Offor. He replaces Ibrahim Sunusi on 72 minute.
75' Nashville SC ring the changes. Dax McCarty has done his job and it is now time for Brian Anunga to step up.
76' A tactical swap from Nashville SC — Brian Anunga on, Dax McCarty off on 76 minutes.
81' Montreal Impact FC make a change. Sean Rea trudges off to be replaced by Mason Toye on 81 minutes.
86' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
88' Another change for Montreal Impact FC made on 88 minute. Mathieu Choiniere leaves to be changed by Ilias Iliadis.
89' Brilliant from the ! Taylor Washington makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 89.
90' Nashville SC ring the changes. Hany Mukhtar has done his job and it is now time for Ethan Zubak to step up.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Montreal Impact FC.

Lineups

Nashville SC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

18
Shaq Moore
12
Teal Bunbury ↓ Charles Sapong 76'
54
Sean Davis
1
Joe Willis
7
Fafa Picault ↓ Alex Muyl 66'
25
Walker Zimmerman
6
Dax McCarty ↓ Brian Anunga 76'
2
Daniel Lovitz
10
Hany Mukhtar ↓ Ethan Zubak 90'
14
Jacob Shaffelburg ↓ Taylor Washington 66'
5
Jack Maher

Bench

11
Ethan Zubak ↑ 90'
19
Alex Muyl ↑ 66'
23
Taylor Washington ↑ 66'
27
Brian Anunga ↑ 76'
16
Laurence Wyke
30
Elliot Panicco
17
Charles Sapong ↑ 76'
22
Josh Bauer

Coach Gary Smith

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

2
Victor Wanyama
22
Aaron Herrera
30
Romell Quioto
4
Rudy Camacho
29
Mathieu Choiniere ↓ Ilias Iliadis 88'
3
Kamal Miller ↓ Zachary Brault-Guillard 72'
21
Lassi Lappalainen ↓ Matthias Saliba 46'
16
Joel Waterman
40
Jonathan Sirois
14
Ibrahim Sunusi ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 72'
27
Sean Rea ↓ Mason Toye 81'

Bench

Coach Hernan Losada

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sam Surridge	5
Walker Zimmerman	3
Hany Mukhtar	2
Alex Muyl	2
Jacob Shaffelburg	1
Taylor Washington	1
Randall Leal	1
Mason Toye	1

Head to Head

Nashville SC Form

2023-03-12 Nashville SC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-03-05 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Nashville SC D 2023-02-25 Nashville SC 2–0 New York City FC W 2022-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Nashville SC L 2022-10-09 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Nashville SC W 2022-10-03 Nashville SC 1–2 Houston Dynamo L

Montreal Impact FC Form

2023-03-12 Nashville SC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-03-05 Austin FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-02-26 Internacional CF Miami 2–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2022-10-23 Montreal Impact FC 1–3 New York City FC L 2022-10-17 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Orlando City SC W 2022-10-09 Internacional CF Miami 1–3 Montreal Impact FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.31 Nashville SC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.59 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Nashville SC to win 71% + Under — clean sheet likely 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Nashville SC71% Draw19% Montreal Impact FC10%

Actual: Nashville SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes41% 0% No59%

Avg goals/match: 2.9

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Nashville SC or Draw

90%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

29%

Nashville SC or Montreal Impact FC

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Nashville SC54% Draw39% Montreal Impact FC7%

Actual: Nashville SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

12.4%

3 – 0

10.8%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 1

8.1%

0 – 0

3 – 1

6.5%

4 – 0

6.2%

4 – 1

3.9%

5 – 0

2.9%

0 – 1

2.7%

2 – 2

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Nashville SC

Handicap	Nashville SC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	29%	—	71%
-2	29%	22%	48%
-1.5	52%	—	48%
-1	52%	23%	25%
-0.5	75%	—	25%
+0.5	93%	—	7%
+1	93%	5%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Nashville SC keeps clean sheet

56% ✓

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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