MLS

FT Sunday, November 1, 2015
Columbus Crew LLWWL 1
–
CF Montréal WWWWW 2
1st2ndT
CLB101
MTL112
1st Leg · Stade Saputo · 17,655 att.

Match Report

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Montreal Impact beat Columbus Crew with Bernier, Venegas goals

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
2
57.9
Possession
42.1
6
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
365
Accurate Passes
236
443
Passes
316
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
8
17
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.4
55
Long Balls
68
32
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
17
Effective Tackles
19
22
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
8
18
Clearances
8

Head to Head

MTL leads series 3-2

Lineups

MTL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Evan BushG
  2. 23Laurent CimanCD-L
  3. 36Víctor CabreraCD-R
  4. 25Danny ToiaLB
  5. 2Ambroise OyongoRB
  6. 33Marco DonadelCM
  7. 14Nigel Reo-CokerLM
  8. 8Patrice BernierRM
  9. 11Didier DrogbaF
  10. 10Ignacio PiattiLF
  11. 7Dominic OduroRF

CLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Steve ClarkG
  2. 22Gaston SauroCD-L
  3. 4M ParkhurstCD-R
  4. 14Waylon FrancisLB
  5. 25Harrison AffulRB
  6. 10Federico HiguaínAM
  7. 6Tony TchaniLM
  8. 20Wil TrappRM
  9. 23Kei KamaraF
  10. 9Justin MeramAM-L
  11. 13Ethan FinlayAM-R

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal! Montreal Impact 0, Columbus Crew SC 1. Federico Higuaín (Columbus Crew SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  2. 37' Goal! Montreal Impact 1, Columbus Crew SC 1. Patrice Bernier (Montreal Impact) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Marco Donadel with a cross following a corner.
  3. 45'+2' Víctor Cabrera (Montreal Impact) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' Ambroise Oyongo (Montreal Impact) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Gastón Sauro (Columbus Crew SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Substitution, Montreal Impact. Dilly Duka replaces Dominic Oduro.
  7. 67' Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Cedrick replaces Ethan Finlay.
  8. 67' Substitution, Montreal Impact. Calum Mallace replaces Nigel Reo-Coker.
  9. 73' Substitution, Montreal Impact. Johan Venegas replaces Patrice Bernier.
  10. 77' Goal! Montreal Impact 2, Columbus Crew SC 1. Johan Venegas (Montreal Impact) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  11. 82' Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Kevan George replaces Tony Tchani.
  12. 87' Didier Drogba (Montreal Impact) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+3' Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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