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 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
Montreal Impact FC 14 games · 14 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

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
#8	Position	#12
19	Points	14
15	Played	14
5 / 4 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 8
25	Scored	22
21	Conceded	31
+4	GD	-9
1.27	PPG	1.00
33%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

29% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

36% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

New York City FC are 8th (19 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 12th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. New York City FC is hosting Montreal Impact FC for another epic battle.
5' Montreal Impact FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' It is a cagey affair so far. New York City FC in their trying to find a way past Montreal Impact FC's compact .
15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
20' 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.
25' Zorhan Bassong is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Montreal Impact FC tonight.
29' The deadlock is broken! Ismael Tajouri-Shradi gets on the scoresheet on 29 minutes.
34' New York City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
39' Nigeria international Ibrahim Sunusi has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
42' Joel Waterman picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
47' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
52' 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.
57' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
60' Time for substitution for Montreal Impact FC. Joaquin Torres is replaced by Djordje Mihailovic.
62' Maxime Chanot is having his name booked by the referee on 62.
67' Montreal Impact FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
71' Montreal Impact FC ring the changes. Ibrahim Sunusi has done his job and it is now time for Mason Toye to step up.
72' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Nicolas Acevedo is replaced by Keaton Parks on 72 minute.
76' That is a Yellow card for Montreal Impact FC. Ahmed Hamdi will be fuming at that decision.
80' Montreal Impact FC ring the changes. Zorhan Bassong has done his job and it is now time for Mathieu Choiniere to step up.
82' Thiago gets the nod from New York City FC. He replaces Valentin Castellanos and will look to change the dynamic.
87' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York City FC and Montreal Impact FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
90' Another change for New York City FC made on 90 minute. Ismael Tajouri-Shradi leaves to be changed by Sebastien Ibeagha.
Full Time. New York City FC beats Montreal Impact FC

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
Jesus Medina	2
Romell Quioto	2
Prince-Osei Owusu	2
Alonso Martinez	2
Talles Magno	2
Mike Azira	1
Thiago	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

1 / 4

1.95 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.94 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

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.89

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

New York City FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

43%

New York City FC or Montreal Impact FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC42% Draw43% Montreal Impact FC15%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

2 – 0

10.4%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.6%

0 – 0

7.3%

3 – 0

6.6%

3 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

4.6%

2 – 2

4.5%

0 – 1

4.4%

4 – 0

3.2%

4 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	18%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	23%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	11%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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