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

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New York City FC

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Montreal Impact FC

Wed 21 Jul 2021 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 42' Joel Waterman

Maxime Chanot 62' Y

Y 76' Ahmed Hamdi

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Montreal Impact FC — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York City FC 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Montreal Impact FC 18 games · 16 pts (2026/26)

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

New York City FC 17 games · Avg 2.0 goals Montreal Impact FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-21 New York City FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC 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

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–0	W
17 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
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

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Jul	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
17 Jul	FC Cincinnati	H	5–4	W
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

Season Stats

New York City FC		Montreal Impact FC
#5	Position	#14
26	Points	16
18	Played	18
7 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 4 / 10
31	Scored	24
24	Conceded	35
+7	GD	-11
1.44	PPG	0.89
39%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

29% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

32% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

New York City FC are 5th (26 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 14th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

4/–

16-30

3/4

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	11 G	3 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A
Agustin Ojeda	4 G	3 A

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

9 G

5 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Montreal Impact FC gets underway.
5' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. James Pantemis has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' Montreal Impact FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
25' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
29' Ismael Tajouri-Shradi adds to his 0 season tally! New York City FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
34' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Montreal Impact FC's shape.
39' Maxi Moralez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Montreal Impact FC tonight.
42' Joel Waterman catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 42.
47' New York City FC have won 459 goals from 289 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
52' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
57' It’s high time Ronny Deila made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
60' A change in the Montreal Impact FC ranks — Joaquin Torres exits the field as Djordje Mihailovic enters on 60.
62' That is a Yellow card for New York City FC. Maxime Chanot will be fuming at that decision.
67' It looks like no one’s ball. Montreal Impact FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
71' The crowd applauds Ibrahim Sunusi as he leaves the pitch. Mason Toye steps in for Montreal Impact FC.
72' Keaton Parks is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nicolas Acevedo at the 72 minute mark.
76' Montreal Impact FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
80' Montreal Impact FC make a change. Zorhan Bassong trudges off to be replaced by Mathieu Choiniere on 80 minutes.
82' Thiago has so much to prove this time. He replaces Valentin Castellanos on 82 minute.
87' New York City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
90' Sebastien Ibeagha is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ismael Tajouri-Shradi at the 90 minute mark.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for New York City FC players.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
Alfredo Morales
3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos ↓ Thiago 82'
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina
13
Luis Barraza
26
Nicolas Acevedo ↓ Keaton Parks 72'
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↓ Malte Amundsen 82'
17
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi ↓ Sebastien Ibeagha 90'

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

9
Bjorn Maars Johnsen
2
Victor Wanyama
18
Joaquin Torres ↓ Djordje Mihailovic 60'
4
Rudy Camacho
41
James Pantemis
19
Zorhan Bassong ↓ Mathieu Choiniere 80'
15
Zachary Brault-Guillard
16
Joel Waterman
12
Mustafa Kizza ↓ Lassi Lappalainen 71'
7
Ahmed Hamdi
22
Ibrahim Sunusi ↓ Mason Toye 71'

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

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
Jesus Medina	1
Keaton Parks	1

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2021-07-21 New York City FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2021-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC L 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

Montreal Impact FC Form

2021-07-21 New York City FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2021-07-17 Montreal Impact FC 5–4 FC Cincinnati W 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.87 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.83 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: New York City FC to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC57% Draw24% Montreal Impact FC19%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.7

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

82%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

43%

New York City FC or Montreal Impact FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC42% Draw45% Montreal Impact FC13%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

11.5%

1 – 1

11.2%

2 – 1

9.4%

0 – 0

8.6%

3 – 0

3 – 1

5.9%

0 – 1

4.7%

1 – 2

4.2%

2 – 2

3.9%

4 – 0

3.3%

4 – 1

2.8%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	19%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	24%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

44% ✗

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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