There is MLS action happening on Saturday when D.C. United will take on Montreal Impact.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for D.C. United v Montreal Impact, scroll down (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
D.C. United
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D.C. United go into this fixture following on from a 2-2 MLS drawn match against St. Louis City.
In that match, D.C. United had 43% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For D.C. United, goals were scored by Ted Ku-DiPietro (20') and Christian Benteke (38'). At the other end, St. Louis City got 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Josh Yaro (19') and Joรฃo Klauss (70') scored for St. Louis City.
Over their last 6 games, Troy Lesesne's D.C. United have celebrated scoring a total of 10 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.67.
Montreal Impact
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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Chicago Fire in MLS competition, Montreal Impact will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Montreal Impact managed 38% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Montreal Impact, goals were scored by Matรญas Cรณccaro (8', 12') and Dominic Yankov (70'). Chicago Fire got 21 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. Maren Haile-Selassie (45'), Brian Gutiรฉrrez (84'), Hugo Cuypers (95') and Kellyn Acosta (99') scored for Chicago Fire.
The numbers tell their own story, and Montreal Impact have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 10 goals in all. At the back, Montreal Impact have seen their frailties exposed.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 24/06/2021, both clubs have shared the honours with D.C. United winning 2 of those games, Montreal Impact 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.
In all, 12 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for Black-and-Red and 6 being from Impact. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.
The previous league meeting between these clubs was MLS match day 22 on 31/05/2023 which finished with the scoreline of D.C. United 2-2 Montreal Impact.
On that occasion, D.C. United managed 57% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorers were Donovan Pines (44') and Ted Ku-DiPietro (59').
For their opponents, Montreal Impact had 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Sunusi Ibrahim (80') and Ariel Lassiter (82') scored.
The referee was Alex Chilowicz.
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Team News: D.C. United
Regarding absentees, thereโs just the sole fitness concern for the D.C. United manager Troy Lesesne to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group. Tyler Miller (Rib fracture) is sidelined.
In our view, Black-and-Red look set to employ a 4-2-3-1 system this time featuring Alex Bono, Aaron Herrera, Conner Antley, Lucas Bartlett, Pedro Santos, Matti Peltola, Mateusz Klich, Theodore Ku-DiPietro, Gabriel Pirani, Cristian Dรกjome and Christian Benteke.
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Team News: Montreal Impact
With a completely injury-free squad to choose from, the Montreal Impact manager Laurent Courtois has zero fitness worries to report before this game.
From our viewpoint, Impact seem likely to play in a 3-5-2 formation with a starting lineup of Jonathan Sirois, Gabriele Corbo, Joel Waterman, Fernando Alvarez, Ruan, Samuel Piette, Sunusi Ibrahim, Mathieu Choiniere, Ariel Lassiter, Bryce Duke and Matias Coccaro.
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Prediction
In this match, Montreal Impact have the ability to find the net against this D.C. United side, however that may not be enough to prevent defeat.
Weโre expecting a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for D.C. United at the end of the match. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
20:05 28/03/2024
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D.C. United
Formed: 1994
Stadium: Audi Field (20,000)
Captain: Steve Birnbaum
Chairman: Jason Levien & Stephen Kaplan
Manager: Troy Lesesne
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Eastern Conference)