Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2 – 0

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Montreal Impact FC

Sat 8 May 2021 · 19:00 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 24' Djordje Mihailovic

Deiber Caicedo 32' Y

Ranko Veselinovic 38' Y

Lucas Cavallini 45' Y

Leonard Owusu 82' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Montreal Impact FC — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 games · 32 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 games · Avg 3.2 goals Montreal Impact FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC 2020-09-17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Montreal Impact FC 2020-09-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–4 Montreal Impact FC 2020-08-26 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-08-29 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 May	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–0	W
03 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–1	L
24 Apr	Toronto FC	A	2–2	D
19 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	1–0	W
08 Nov	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–0	W
02 Nov	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–2	L
01 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D
24 Apr	Nashville SC	A	2–2	D
17 Apr	Toronto FC	H	4–2	W
20 Nov	New England Revolution	A	1–2	L
08 Nov	D.C. United SC	A	3–2	W

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Montreal Impact FC
#16	Position	#12
32	Points	14
14	Played	14
10 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 8
34	Scored	22
12	Conceded	31
+22	GD	-9
2.29	PPG	1.00
71%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

36% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 12th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

6/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

–/3

61-75

3/–

76+

6/2

■ 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 game is set. Vancouver Whitecaps FC kicks off things out of here…
5' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is showing some good football. However, Vancouver Whitecaps FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
15' The 26-year-old Deiber Caicedo has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
20' Amar Sejdic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 279 appearances.
24' Djordje Mihailovic catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 24.
29' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
32' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Deiber Caicedo.
37' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
38' The referee calls foul for Ranko Veselinovic. He receives a Yellow card.
43' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
45' The referee calls foul for Lucas Cavallini. He receives a Yellow card.
50' Lucas Cavallini has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 22 cards already picked up this season.
55' Cristian Dajome is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Montreal Impact FC so far.
57' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Cristian Dajome on 57.
58' Another change for Montreal Impact FC made on 58 minute. Bjorn Maars Johnsen leaves to be changed by Lassi Lappalainen.
63' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Wilfried Nancy will be considering his options from the bench.
67' Fresh legs for Montreal Impact FC! Ahmed Hamdi comes on to replace Aljaz Struna.
71' Cristian Dajome with the second goal in the match!
73' Joaquin Torres is replacing Djordje Mihailovic for the Montreal Impact FC side.
74' Ryan Raposo is ready to make an impact after coming on for Deiber Caicedo at the 74 minute mark.
79' It’s high time Wilfried Nancy made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
80' Vancouver Whitecaps FC make a change. Caio Alexandre trudges off to be replaced by Leonard Owusu on 80 minutes.
81' Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Leonard Owusu is hanging Caio Alexandre on the field on 81 minute.
82' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Leonard Owusu.
87' Montreal Impact FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
90' Derek Cornelius is replacing Cristian Dajome for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-0 Montreal Impact FC.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

15
Andy Rose
31
Russell Teibert
19
Janio Bikel
16
Maxime Crepeau
8
Caio Alexandre ↓ Leonard Owusu 80'
3
Cristian Gutierrez
11
Cristian Dajome ↓ Derek Cornelius 90'
9
Lucas Cavallini
4
Ranko Veselinovic
7
Deiber Caicedo ↓ Ryan Raposo 74'
28
Jakob Nerwinski

Bench

Coach Marc Dos Santos

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

9
Bjorn Maars Johnsen ↓ Lassi Lappalainen 58'
2
Victor Wanyama
24
Aljaz Struna ↓ Ahmed Hamdi 67'
30
Romell Quioto ↓ Erik Hurtado 58'
8
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Joaquin Torres 73'
4
Rudy Camacho
23
Clement Diop
27
Clement Bayiha ↓ Mathieu Choiniere 58'
3
Kamal Miller
14
Amar Sejdic
12
Mustafa Kizza

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Romell Quioto	4
Brian White	3
Cristian Dajome	3
Djordje Mihailovic	2
Simon Becher	2
Tosaint Ricketts	2
Fredy Montero	2
Maximiliano Urruti	1

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2021-05-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2021-05-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-04-24 Toronto FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-04-19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Portland Timbers W 2020-11-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-11-02 Portland Timbers 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Montreal Impact FC Form

2021-05-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2021-05-01 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-04-24 Nashville SC 2–2 Montreal Impact FC D 2021-04-17 Montreal Impact FC 4–2 Toronto FC W 2020-11-20 New England Revolution 2–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2020-11-08 D.C. United SC 2–3 Montreal Impact FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.74 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC66% Draw19% Montreal Impact FC15%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.74

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

85%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

34%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Montreal Impact FC

81%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC54% Draw35% Montreal Impact FC11%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.7%

3 – 0

3 – 1

7.8%

1 – 1

7.3%

1 – 0

6.4%

4 – 0

5.4%

4 – 1

5.4%

2 – 2

4.3%

3 – 2

3.9%

0 – 0

3.5%

1 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	32%	—	68%
-2	32%	20%	48%
-1.5	52%	—	48%
-1	52%	20%	28%
-0.5	72%	—	28%
+0.5	89%	—	11%
+1	89%	7%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

37% ✗

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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