MONTREAL IMPACT vs. PHILADELPHIA UNION
STADE SAPUTO, Montreal, Quebec
MAY 14, 2016 (WEEK 11, MLS GAME #103)
5 pm ET (TSN4, RDS, The Comcast Network-Philadelphia, MLS LIVE)
It will be a top-of-the-table clash in the Eastern Conference when the Montreal Impact play host to the Philadelphia Union on Saturday afternoon at Stade Saputo. The teams are separated by a single point at the top of the East standings. The first-place Impact return home after a third consecutive draw, equaling an MLS record by coming back from three goals down to secure a 4-4 draw at Columbus Crew SC last Saturday evening. The Union have reached back-to-back draws of their own, hitting the road after a 2-2 draw with the LA Galaxy concluded a three-game homestand.
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- The Impact became the eighth team in MLS history to overcome a deficit of three goals and gain at least a draw, coming back for a 4-4 draw with Columbus Crew SC on Saturday evening. Ignacio Piatti scored pair of goals – his second two-goal game this season – and Didier Drogba scored a goal and added a pair of assists, while Dominic Oduro scored the equalizer in stoppage time for a second time in three games.
- Chris Pontius scored for a second consecutive week and Tranquillo Barnetta collected an assist for a second consecutive week in the Union’s 1-1 draw with San Jose on April 30. Barnetta had a goal and three assists over the last four games.
- Union won the final meeting between the teams last year, a 1-0 victory Aug. 22 at Stade Saputo – the first win ever by the visiting team in the all-time series between the teams. The Impact had won the first four meetings between the teams at Stade Saputo before last year’s Union won.
- Union have won two of the five matchups in Chester, with three draws, including a 2-2 result last June 27 in the only meeting there.
REFEREE: Drew Fischer | AR1 (bench): Corey Parker; AR2 (opposite): Gianni Facchini; 4th: Jose Carlos Rivero
Fischer's MLS Career: 52 games; FC/gm: 26.4; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 4; pens: 15
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
ALL-TIME (10 meetings) - Impact: 4 wins, 15 goals / Union: 3 wins, 12 goals / Ties: 3
AT MONTREAL (5 meetings) - Impact: 4 wins, 10 goals / Union: 1 win, 5 goals / Ties: 0
RETURN MATCHES:
7/23: Montreal Impact vs. Philadelphia Union 7:30 p.m. ET;
9/10: Philadelphia Union vs. Montreal Impact, 7 p.m. ET
LAST YEAR (MLS):
6/27: PHI 2, MTL 2 (PHI: Ayuk 8; Edu 75 / MTL: Piatti 28; McInerney 70)
8/22: MTL 0, PHI 1 (Le Toux 78)
- Union won the final meeting between the teams last year, a 1-0 victory Aug. 22 at Stade Saputo -- the first win ever by the visiting team in the all-time series between the teams.
- The Impact had won the first four meetings between the teams at Stade Saputo before last year's Union win.
- The Union have won two of the five matchups in Chester, with three draws, including a 2-2 result last June 27 in the only meeting there in 2015.
- Coaches record: Mauro Biello vs. PHI: 1st game / Jim Curtin vs. MTL: 2-0-1
