New England crushes Montreal Impact 4-0 with a superb performance. HIGHLIGHTS

FOXBOROUGH. New England demolishes Montreal Impact 4-0 with goals of

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John Ross
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New England crushes Montreal Impact 4-0 with a superb performance. HIGHLIGHTS

FOXBOROUGH. New England demolishes Montreal Impact 4-0 with goals of D. Borrero (21′), Carles Gil (45′ pen), Bobby Wood  (50′) and Giacomo Vrioni (86′). New England capitalized on its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Gillette Stadium stadium in Foxborough on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Tori Penso with the help of Adam Wienckowski and Brooke Mayo. The 4th official was Pierre Luce Lauziere. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.3 degrees Celsius or 39.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

New England

4 - 0

Team 1

CF Montréal

  • 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
  • 19 Total 9
  • 9 On Target 3
  • 7 Off Target 3
  • 3 Shots blocked 3
  • 132 Attack 89
  • 51 Dangerous attack 50
  • 103 Ball safe 104
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 7 Total 14
  • 0 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

New England had a strong ball possession 58% while Montreal Impact was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

New England had a more offensive attitude with 51 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why New England won the match​.

New England shot 19 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Montreal Impact shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

New England didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Montreal Impact received 4 yellow cards (Kamal Miller, Gabriele Corbo, Victor Wanyama and Joel Waterman).

Match Timeline

Dylan Borrero (goal)
21'
26'
Bobby Wood(var)
45'
45'
Gabriele Corbo- Yellow
Carles Gil(penalty)
45'
46'
S. Ibrahim- sub ->Romell Quioto
46'
Zachary Brault Guillard- sub ->Gabriele Corbo
Andrew Farrell- sub ->H. Kessler
46'
46'
Sean Rea- sub ->Nathan-Dylan Saliba
Bobby Wood(goal)
50'
54'
Victor Wanyama- Yellow
N. Buck- sub ->Latif Blessing
62'
Giacomo Vrioni- sub ->Bobby Wood 
62'
68'
Joel Waterman- Yellow
73'
74'
J. Panayotou- sub ->D. Borrero
81'
Giacomo Vrioni(goal)Đ. Petrović
86'

Standings

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Cincinnati
69
34
Orlando City
63
34
Columbus Crew
57
34
Philadelphia Union
55
34
New England
55
34
Atlanta United
51
34
Nashville SC
49
34
New York RB
43
34
Charlotte
43
34
CF Montréal
41
34
New York City
41
34
DC United
40
34
Chicago Fire
40
34
Inter Miami
34
34
Toronto
22
34

Western Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
St. Louis City
56
34
Seattle Sounders
53
34
Los Angeles FC
52
34
Houston Dynamo
51
34
Real Salt Lake
50
34
Vancouver Whitecaps
48
34
Dallas
46
34
Sporting KC
44
34
SJ Earthquakes
44
34
Portland Timbers
43
34
Minnesota United
41
34
Austin
39
34
LA Galaxy
36
34
Colorado Rapids
27
34

After playing this match, New England will have 16 points to drop in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Montreal Impact will stay with 3 points to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, New England will host Philadelphia Union on the 20th of October with a 20-9 head to head in favor of Philadelphia Union (8 draws).

Montreal Impact will play away agasint Columbus Crew on the 20th of October with a 12-10 head to head record in favor of Columbus Crew (5 draws).

New England and Montreal Impact will play the return match on the at the Stade Saputo

New England – Formation

New England
G
Djordje Petrovic 99.Serbia
7.1
D
Dave Romney 2.United States
7.4
D
Henry Kessler 4.United States
6.5
46'
D
Brandon Bye 15.United States
6.9
D
DeJuan Jones 24.United States
7.0
M
Matt Polster 8.United States
7.4
M
Dylan Borrero  11.Colombia
8.4
81' Goals21'
M
Gustavo Bou 7.Argentina
7.4
M
Latif Blessing 19.Ghana
7.4
62'
F
Carles Gil 10.Spain
8.3
73' Goals45'
F
Bobby Wood 17.United States
7.6
62' Goals50'
Substitutes
G
Earl Edwards Jr. 36.United States
D
Andrew Farrell 88.United States
7.0
46'
D
Christian Makoun 6.Venezuela
D
Mikolaj Luczak 3.United States
M
J. Panayotou 22.United States
81'
M
Emmanuel Boateng 18.Ghana
M
N. Buck 29.England
7.0
62'
F
Giacomo Vrioni 9.Albania
7.4
62' Goals86'
F
Jozy Altidore 14.USA
6.3
73'

New England started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Bruce Arena decided to play with the following team: Đorđe Petrović (7.1), Brandon Bye (6.9), Henry Kessler (6.5), Dave Romney (7.4), DeJuan Jones (7.0), Dylan Borrero (8.4), Matt Polster (7.4), Latif Blessing (7.4), Gustavo Bou (7.4), Bobby Wood (7.6) and Carles Gil (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Jack Panayotou, Giacomo Vrioni (7.4), Andrew Farrell (7.0), Christian Frederick Bayoi Makoun Reyes, Earl Edwards Jr., Omar González, Jozy Altidore (6.5), Emmanuel Boateng and Noel Buck (7.0).

Substitutions

New England made 5 changes: H. Kessler for Andrew Farrell (46′), Latif Blessing for Noel Buck (62′), Bobby Wood  for Giacomo Vrioni (62′), Carles Gil for Jozy Altidore (73′) and D. Borrero for Jack Panayotou (81′).

Best player: Dylan Borrero​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for New England was Dylan Borrero.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 35 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 6 crosses.

Montreal Impact – Formation

CF Montréal
G
Jonathan Sirois 40.Canada
7.0
D
Joel Waterman 16.Canada
6.4
68'
D
Kamal Miller 3.Canada
6.4
26'
D
Gabriele Corbo 25.Italy
6.3
46' 45'
M
Aarón Herrera 22.Guatemala
6.8
M
Victor Wanyama 2.Kenya
6.1
54'
M
Nathan-Dylan Saliba 19.Canada
6.7
46'
M
Ilias Iliadis 5.Greece
6.3
F
M. Choinière 29.Canada
6.8
F
Romell Quioto 30.Honduras
6.8
46'
F
Chinonso Offor 9.Nigeria
6.9
74'
Substitutes
Ousman Jabang 23.United States
G
Logan Ketterer 1.United States
D
Róbert Orri Thorkelsson  26.Iceland
D
Zachary Brault Guillard 15.Canada
6.3
46'
M
Ahmed Hamdi 7.Egypt
6.2
74'
M
R. Zouhir-Takedam 18.Canada
M
Sean Rea 27.Canada
6.6
46'
F
S. Ibrahim 14.Nigeria
6.4
46'

Montreal Impact started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Hernán Pablo Losada played with: Jonathan Sirois (7.0), Gabriele Corbo (6.3), Joel Waterman (6.4), Kamal Miller (6.4), Aaron Herrera (6.8), Nathan Saliba (6.7), Victor Wanyama (6.1), Ilias Iliadis (6.3), Mathieu Choinière (6.8), Nnamdi Chinonso Offor (6.9) and Romell Quioto (6.8).

They had on the bench: Róbert Orri Þorkelsson, Ousman Jabang, Ibrahim Sunusi (6.4), Zachary Brault Guillard (6.3), Ahmed Hamdi (6.2), R. Zouhir, Logan Ketterer and Sean Rea (6.6).

Substitutions

Montreal Impact made 4 changes: Gabriele Corbo for Zachary Brault Guillard (46′), Romell Quioto for Ibrahim Sunusi (46′), Nathan-Dylan Saliba for Sean Rea (46′) and Chinonso Offor for Ahmed Hamdi (74′).

Best player: Jonathan Sirois​

The player that probably impressed the most for Montreal Impact was the goalkeeper: Jonathan Sirois. His rating is 7.04. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​