MONTREAL. Montreal Impact and Chicago Fire didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

The match was played at the Stade Saputo stadium in Montreal on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Mark Allatin with the help of Michael Barwegen and Stefan Tanaka-Freundt. The 4th official was Pierre Luce Lauziere.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Montreal Impact was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Chicago Fire that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Montreal Impact was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Montreal Impact to win the match​.

Montreal Impact shot 19 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Chicago Fire shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Montreal Impact received 3 yellow cards (Mathieu Choinière, Gabriele Corbo and Romell Quioto). Talking about the opposition, Chicago Fire received 3 yellow cards (Mauricio Pineda, Ousmane Doumbia and Fabian Herbers).

Standings

After this match, Montreal Impact will have 36 points to remain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Chicago Fire will have 33 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Montreal Impact will play away against Columbus Crew on the 21st of October with a 13-10 head to head stats in favor of Columbus Crew (5 draws).

Chicago Fire will play away agasint New York City on the 21st of October with a 10-3 head to head record in favor of New York City (6 draws).

Montreal Impact – Formation

Montreal Impact started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Hernán Pablo Losada decided to play with the following team: Jonathan Sirois (7.3), George Campbell (7.0), Joel Waterman (7.3), Gabriele Corbo (7.8), Zachary Brault Guillard (6.7), Nathan Saliba (7.5), Samuel Piette (7.0), Mathieu Choinière (7.5), Lassi Lappalainen (6.4), Kwadwo Opoku (6.3) and Jules-Anthony Vilsaint (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Victor Wanyama, Fernando Antonio Álvarez Amador, Ahmed Hamdi, Nnamdi Chinonso Offor (7.1), Bryce Duke (6.4), Ariel Lassiter (6.8), Ibrahim Sunusi, Romell Quioto (7.0) and James Pantemis.

Montreal Impact could not rely on the presence of Nnamdi Chinonso Offor (injured).

Substitutions

Montreal Impact made 4 changes: Lassi Lappalainen for Ariel Lassiter (58′), Jules-Anthony Vilsaint for Nnamdi Chinonso Offor (58′), Zachary Brault Guillard for Bryce Duke (77′) and Kwadwo Opoku for Romell Quioto (77′).

Best player: Gabriele Corbo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Montreal Impact was Gabriele Corbo.

His rating is (7.8) with 68 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 1 cross.

Chicago Fire – Formation

Chicago Fire started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Frank Klopas played with: Chris Brady (7.8), Arnaud Souquet (6.3), Mauricio Pineda (6.7), Rafael Czichos (7.0), Daniel Alonso Aceves Patiño (7.1), Ousmane Doumbia (7.5), Gastón Giménez (7.7), Fabian Herbers (6.8), Brian Gutierrez (7.3), Maren Haile-Selassie (6.7) and Kei Kamara (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Miguel Navarro, Xherdan Shaqiri (7.0), Wyatt Omsberg, Spencer Richey, Georgios Koutsias, Jairo Torres (6.4), Jonathan Dean and Kendall Burks.

Substitutions

Chicago Fire made 3 changes: Maren Haile-Selassie for Xherdan Shaqiri (57′), Fabian Herbers for Jairo Torres (85′) and Brian Gutierrez for Georgios Koutsias (90′).

Best player: Chris Brady​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Chicago Fire was the goalkeeper: Chris Brady. His rating is 7.75. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Toronto – Vancouver Whitecaps – 1-2
• Philadelphia Union – Cincinnati – 2-2
• Orlando City – Columbus Crew – 4-3
• Montreal Impact – Chicago Fire – 0-0
• Charlotte – DC United – 0-0
• Atlanta United – Inter Miami – 5-2
• New York City – New York RB – 0-0