New York City FC vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

New York City FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Montreal Impact FC

Wed 30 Aug 2023 · 23:30 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Andres Jasson 30' 1–0

Monsef Bakrar 37' 2–0

Y 45' Joel Waterman

Andres Perea 58' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Montreal Impact FC — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 27 games · 33 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

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

Last 5 meetings

2023-08-30 New York City FC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC 2023-07-01 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 New York City FC 2022-10-23 Montreal Impact FC 1–3 New York City FC 2022-07-30 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 New York City FC 2022-03-12 New York City FC 4–1 Montreal Impact FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–0	W
26 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	0–3	L
20 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	0–2	L
15 Jul	Philadelphia Union	A	1–2	L
08 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–1	D
05 Jul	Charlotte FC	H	1–1	D

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	New York City FC	A	0–2	L
26 Aug	New England Revolution	H	1–0	W
20 Aug	Toronto FC	A	3–2	W
15 Jul	Charlotte FC	H	2–0	W
13 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–3	L
08 Jul	Atlanta United FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

New York City FC		Montreal Impact FC
#8	Position	#15
33	Points	24
27	Played	27
8 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	6 / 6 / 15
41	Scored	34
36	Conceded	54
+5	GD	-20
1.22	PPG	0.89
30%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

29% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

New York City FC are 8th (33 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 15th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ 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)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

15 G

5 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for New York City FC to score. At the same time, Montreal Impact FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' Keaton Parks is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Montreal Impact FC tonight.
15' George Campbell has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 291 appearances.
20' The travelling Montreal Impact FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
30' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Andres Jasson makes it 1-0.
35' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
37' Monsef Bakrar does the damage! The net is bulging and New York City FC surge ahead!
42' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nnamdi Chinonso Offor made 282 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
45' Joel Waterman picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
50' With 0 assists to his name this season, Matt Freese is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Montreal Impact FC.
55' 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.
57' Santiago Rodriguez is replacing Richie Ledezma for the New York City FC side.
58' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Andres Perea on 58 minutes.
63' New York City FC have won 463 goals from 294 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
68' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 68 minutes.
70' The crowd applauds Maxi Moralez as he leaves the pitch. Alfredo Morales steps in for New York City FC.
73' The supporters are chanting for Ibrahim Sunusi. He replaces Zachary Brault-Guillard on 73 minute.
78' Montreal Impact FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
82' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Andres Jasson is replaced by Matias Pellegrini.
84' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Monsef Bakrar is replaced by Julian Fernandez on 84 minute.
85' Time for substitution for Montreal Impact FC. Jules-Anthony Vilsaint is replaced by Nnamdi Chinonso Offor.
86' Ahmed Hamdi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kwadwo Opoku on 86 minute.
Full Time. New York City FC beats Montreal Impact FC

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

13
Thiago Martins
27
Maxi Moralez ↓ Alfredo Morales 70'
55
Keaton Parks
49
Matt Freese
15
Andres Perea
24
Tayvon Gray
5
Birk Risa
21
Andres Jasson ↓ Matias Pellegrini 82'
3
Braian Cufre
20
Richie Ledezma ↓ Santiago Rodriguez 57'
9
Monsef Bakrar ↓ Julian Fernandez 84'

Bench

Coach Nick Cushing

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

25
Gabriele Corbo
6
Samuel Piette
29
Mathieu Choiniere
15
Zachary Brault-Guillard ↓ Ibrahim Sunusi 73'
21
Lassi Lappalainen
24
George Campbell
16
Joel Waterman
40
Jonathan Sirois
90
Kwadwo Opoku ↓ Ahmed Hamdi 86'
19
Nathan-Dylan Saliba
28
Jules-Anthony Vilsaint ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 85'

Bench

Coach Hernan Losada

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Maxi Moralez	3
Talles Magno	2
Jesus Medina	2
Romell Quioto	2
Prince-Osei Owusu	2
Alonso Martinez	2
Zachary Brault-Guillard	1
Victor Loturi	1

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2023-08-30 New York City FC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-08-26 FC Cincinnati 3–0 New York City FC L 2023-08-20 New York City FC 0–2 Minnesota United FC L 2023-07-15 Philadelphia Union 2–1 New York City FC L 2023-07-08 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2023-07-05 New York City FC 1–1 Charlotte FC D

Montreal Impact FC Form

2023-08-30 New York City FC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-08-26 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 New England Revolution W 2023-08-20 Toronto FC 2–3 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-07-15 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Charlotte FC W 2023-07-13 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-07-08 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 Atlanta United FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.02 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.88 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: New York City FC to win 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC61% Draw23% Montreal Impact FC16%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

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

New York City FC or Draw

84%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

39%

New York City FC or Montreal Impact FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC45% Draw42% Montreal Impact FC13%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

10.5%

1 – 0

10.5%

2 – 1

9.5%

3 – 0

7.3%

0 – 0

7.2%

3 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

4.2%

1 – 2

4.1%

0 – 1

4.1%

4 – 0

3.7%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	19%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	23%	37%
-0.5	63%	—	37%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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