Montreal Impact 1-0 DC United: defeats 1-0 with a late and unfortunate own goal from D. Pines
MONTREAL. Montreal Impact prevails over DC United 1-0 after D. Pines scored an own goal 41min.
MONTREAL. Montreal Impact defeats DC United 1-0 after D. Pines scored an own goal 41min. Montreal Impact was vastly superior ball possession (65%) was among the key factors of its victory.
D. Pines received a red card (79′). This red card was one of the reason why DC United lost the match.
J. Torres missed a penalty (80′) for Montreal Impact.
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 Ramy Touchan with the assistance of Michael Barwegen and Chantal Boudreau. The 4th official was Pierre Luce Lauziere. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.83 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 66%.
Match Statistics
Montreal Impact was in firm control of the ball 65% while DC United was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Montreal Impact was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Montreal Impact won the encounter.
Montreal Impact shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, DC United shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Montreal Impact. On the other side, DC United received 2 yellow cards (J. Hopkins and C. Benteke).
Also, DC United didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after D. Pines (DC United) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (79′).
After this match, Montreal Impact will have 59 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, DC United will stay with 27 points to stay in the 14th place.
Match Events
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41'41'
D. Pines (OG)
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46'46'
J. Kwizera
L. Lappalainen
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51'51'
J. Hopkins
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62'62'
K. Kamara
M. Toye
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65'65'
R. Morrison
J. Hopkins
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68'68'
C. Odoi-Atsem
V. Palsson
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69'69'
K. Smith
M. Rodriguez
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69'69'
S. Piette
M. Choiniere
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69'69'
A. Johnston
Z. Brault-Guillard
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79'79'
D. Pines
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80'80'
J. Torres
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81'81'
T. Alfaro
S. Djeffal
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81'81'
T. Ku-DiPietro
M. Berry
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83'83'
R. Zouhir
I. Kone
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90'90'
C. Benteke
Next match
In the upcoming Major League Soccer match, Montreal Impact will play away with Inter Miami on the 9th of October with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Montreal Impact (1 draw).
DC United will host Cincinnati on the 9th of October with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of DC United (4 draws).
Montreal Impact: Formation and Lineups
Montreal Impact started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Wilfried Nancy chose to play with the following team: James Pantemis , Gabriele Corbo , Rudy Camacho , Joel Waterman , Zachary Brault Guillard , Ismael Koné , Victor Wanyama , Mathieu Choinière , Lassi Lappalainen , Joaquín Torres and Mason Toye .
Substitutes
Montreal Impact made 5 changes: L. Lappalainen for J. Kwizera (46′), M. Toye for K. Kamara (62′), M. Choiniere for S. Piette (69′), Z. Brault-Guillard for A. Johnston (69′) and I. Kone for R. Zouhir (83′).
Top player: Gabriele Corbo
The player who no doubt impressed Montreal Impact the most was Gabriele Corbo even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 58 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
DC United: Formation and Lineups
DC United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Wayne Mark Rooney played with: David Ochoa , Victor Pálsson , Donovan Pines , Steve Birnbaum , Sami Guediri , Christopher Durkin , Sofiane Djeffal , Jackson Hopkins , Miguel Berry , Martín Rodríguez and Christian Benteke .
DC United could not rely on the presence of K. Smith (injured).
Substitutes
DC United made 5 changes: J. Hopkins for R. Morrison (65′), V. Palsson for C. Odoi-Atsem (68′), M. Rodriguez for K. Smith (69′), S. Djeffal for T. Alfaro (81′) and M. Berry for T. Ku-DiPietro (81′).
Best player: David Ochoa
The player that probably impressed the most for DC United was the goalkeeper: David Ochoa. His rating is 7.60. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 3 saves.
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