ATLANTA. Atlanta United crushes Montreal Impact 4-1 with goals of Xande Silva (30′), Thiago Almada (33′), Giorgos Giakoumakis (46′) and Edwin Mosquera (89′). Talking about the opposition, Montreal Impact scored with Ahmed Hamdi (40′). Atlanta United was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
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The match was played at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium stadium in Atlanta on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Rubiel Vazquez who had the assistance of Jeremy Hanson and Andrew Bigelow. The 4th official was Marcos de Oliveira.
Match Statistics
Atlanta United
4 - 1
Montreal Impact
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 17 Total 11
- 8 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 5
- 5 Shots blocked 3
- 80 Attack 97
- 52 Dangerous attack 41
- 77 Ball safe 61
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 6 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Atlanta United was in firm control of the ball 63% while Montreal Impact was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Atlanta United was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atlanta United won the match.
Atlanta United shot 17 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Montreal Impact shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Atlanta United received 2 yellow cards (Edwin Mosquera and Miles Robinson). Talking about the opposition, Montreal Impact received 2 yellow cards (Mathieu Choinière and Joel Waterman).
Also, Montreal Impact didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Joel Waterman (Montreal Impact) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (87′).
Match Timeline
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