Major League Soccer: New York City tops Montreal Impact 3-1

MONTREAL. New York City beats Montreal Impact 3-1.

MONTREAL. New York City prevails over 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 vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

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 assistance of Cory Richardson and Oscar Mitchell Carvalho. The 4th official was Jon Freemon. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 20 degrees Celsius or 68 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 47%.​

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  CF Montréal

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  New York City

  3

  23 Oct 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Montreal Impact was in firm control of the ball 63% while New York City was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Montreal Impact was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. Anyhow, New York City succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Montreal Impact shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite 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).

After playing this match, Montreal Impact will stay with 65 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, New York City will have 55 points to stay in the 3rd place.

Match Events

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Montreal Impact: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Wilfried Nancy chose to play with the following team: James Pantemis (5.5), Joel Waterman (6.8), Rudy Camacho (7.1), Kamal Miller (6.2), Alistair Johnston (8.4), Samuel Piette (6.6), Victor Wanyama (6.9), Lassi Lappalainen (6.3), Djordje Mihailović (7.6), Ismael Koné (6.2) and Kei Kamara (5.2).

Substitutes

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′).

Top player: Alistair Johnston

The player who no doubt impressed Montreal Impact the most was Alistair Johnston.

His rating is (8.4) 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 and Lineups

New York City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Nick Cushing played with: Sean Johnson (7.2), Anton Tinnerholm (6.7), Maxime Chanot (6.2), Thiago Martins (7.1), Alexander Callens (7.1), Nicolás Acevedo (6.2), Maxi Moralez (7.4), Gabriel Pereira (6.7), Santiago Rodríguez (7.1), Kevin O’Toole (6.2) and Héber (7.1).

Substitutes

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′).

Top player: Maxi Moralez

The player who no doubt impressed New York City the most was Maxi Moralez.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 22 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4.