Montreal Impact vs LA Galaxy Preview

The fans of these two sides would be unimpressed by the way their teams have started the season as they both languish in 9th position in their respective conferences.

While their attackers have been doing well, led by foreigners Piatti and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, their defence have been terrible with Montreal conceding seventeen times in their last six games while LA Galaxy have been breached thirteen times in the same number of games.

The last time these sides met it was an interesting game even more than the 2-0 scoreline suggests.

LA Galaxy were victors that day, albeit with some help from the referee who sent off Donadel rather harshly after Jones made a scene of a small swing of the former Napoli man’s hand to his face.

Replay later showed there was minimal contact, and Jones would go on to score the second goal that killed the game in the 70th minute.

Neither of these sides can claim to be on-form ahead of this match as they have both lost five and won one of their last six games.

Two of their last four head to head games have also produced over 2.5 goals and the same thing could be on the cards here given their poor defencive records.

With two wins, three draws and one loss from their last six matches together, the LA Galaxy have the better head to head record in this fixture.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Montreal Impact

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Montreal Impact		0-2		Philadelphia Union	12 May, 2018	Major League Soccer
L	Chicago Fire		1-0		Montreal Impact	10 May, 2018	Major League Soccer
W	Montreal Impact		4-2		New England Revolution	5 May, 2018	Major League Soccer
L	Atlanta United FC		4-1		Montreal Impact	28 Apr, 2018	Major League Soccer
L	Montreal Impact		3-5		LAFC	21 Apr, 2018	Major League Soccer

LA Galaxy

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	FC Dallas		3-2		LA Galaxy	12 May, 2018	Major League Soccer
L	Houston Dynamo		3-2		LA Galaxy	6 May, 2018	Major League Soccer
L	LA Galaxy		2-3		New York Red Bulls	29 Apr, 2018	Major League Soccer
L	LA Galaxy		0-2		Atlanta United FC	22 Apr, 2018	Major League Soccer
W	Chicago Fire		0-1		LA Galaxy	14 Apr, 2018	Major League Soccer

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
LA Galaxy		2-0		Montreal Impact	8 Apr, 2017	Major League Soccer
Montreal Impact		3-2		LA Galaxy	29 May, 2016	Major League Soccer
LA Galaxy		0-0		Montreal Impact	13 Sep, 2015	Major League Soccer
Montreal Impact		2-2		LA Galaxy	11 Sep, 2014	Major League Soccer
LA Galaxy		1-0		Montreal Impact	17 Oct, 2013	Major League Soccer

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