MONTREAL. New York City tops Montreal Impact 3-1. New York City was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with M. Moralez (6′), Heber (45′) and Talles Magno (61′). Montreal Impact reduced the distance with a goal (85′) by D. Mihailovic, but there was not much to do for them. Montreal Impact was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Stade Saputo stadium in Montreal on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Drew Fischer with the collaboration of Cory Richardson and Oscar Mitchell Carvalho. The 4th official was Jon Freemon. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20 degrees Celsius or 68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 17 Total 5
- 8 On Target 4
- 9 Off Target 1
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 130 Attack 78
- 79 Dangerous attack 19
- 69 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 0
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 7 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Montreal Impact had a superior ball possession 64% while New York City was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Montreal Impact had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, New York City managed to find the solution to win this match.
Montreal Impact shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, New York City shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Montreal Impact received 3 yellow cards (R. Camacho, J. Waterman and D. Mihailovic). On the other side, New York City received 3 yellow cards (K. O’Toole, S. Rodriguez and A. Callens).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this encounter, Montreal Impact will stay with 65 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, New York City will have 55 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Montreal Impact – Formation
CF Montréal
79'
53'
85'
Montreal Impact started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Wilfried Nancy decided to play with the following team: James Pantemis , Joel Waterman , Rudy Camacho , Kamal Miller , Alistair Johnston , Samuel Piette , Victor Wanyama , Lassi Lappalainen , Djordje Mihailović , Ismael Koné and Kei Kamara .
The home team had on the bench: Joaquín Torres, Gabriele Corbo, Jojea Kwizera , Mathieu Choinière, Zachary Brault Guillard, Romell Quioto , Sebastian Breza, Mason Toye and Matko Miljevic.
Substitutions
Montreal Impact made 5 changes: S. Piette for R. Quioto (54′), J. Waterman for M. Toye (71′), L. Lappalainen for J. Kwizera (71′), I. Kone for Z. Brault-Guillard (79′) and R. Camacho for J. Torres (79′).
Best player: Alistair Johnston
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Montreal Impact was Alistair Johnston.
His rating is with 36 passes (80% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses.
New York City – Formation
New York City
New York City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nick Cushing played with: Sean Johnson , Anton Tinnerholm , Maxime Chanot , Thiago Martins , Alexander Callens , Nicolás Acevedo , Maxi Moralez , Gabriel Pereira , Santiago Rodríguez , Kevin O’Toole and Héber .
They had on the bench: Justin Haak , Talles Magno , Samuel Kwaku Owusu, Luis Barraza, Thiago Andrade, Andres Jasson, Matías Pellegrini, Malte Amundsen and Keaton Parks .
Substitutions
New York City made 4 changes: M. Chanot for K. Parks (16′), M. Moralez for J. Haak (46′), Heber for Talles Magno (58′) and S. Rodriguez for M. Pellegrini (81′).
Best player: Maxi Moralez
The most impressive player for New York City was Maxi Moralez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 22 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
