First place Montreal Impact hosts second place Philadelphia Union in a fight for supremacy. Drogba and company will look to extend their 1 point lead with a win at home, while the Union, with a game in hand, will hope to take something the leaders. Montreal boasts a 4-3-3 record while the Union sit at 4-3-2. The game will begin at 5 pm EST on Saturday May 14.
Montreal is coming off a thrilling 4-4 draw at Columbus which saw Le Impact come back from a 3 goal deficit. In that game Ignacio Piatti scored his 2nd multi-goal game of the season with Drogba and Dominic Oduro grabbing goals.
Philadelphia is fresh off a 2-2 draw at home against the LA Galaxy. In an end-to-end match up which saw Keegan Rosenberry notch his first career goal, the Union would be disappointed to not get all 3 points after recording 22 shots to the Galaxy’s 4.
The last time these two teams met the Union took a 1-0 victory at Montreal in August 2015. Both teams have improved significantly since that time and this will likely be a thrilling match up.
Montreal will look to continue their goal-scoring record, scoring 17 in 10, 4 coming from their last match. The Union will need to improve on the road if they want to take anything from this game. Philadelphia’s is 1-3 on the road and have 2 red cards in the last 2 away games.
Philadelphia Union
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