The New York Red Bulls have been in immense form lately, as they are coming off 4 consecutive wins in all competitions, while they have lost just one of their last 8 matches overall. They will be now returning home, where they will be playing host to Montreal Impact on Saturday, July 29th. Montreal Impact have struggled with consistency all season, and they are coming into this match having won just two of their last 9 matches in all competitions.
The New York Red Bulls (10-8-2) are coming into this match after securing a comfortable 3-0 victory on the road against Minnesota United. They took an early lead at the 16th minute with Royer, but they completed their triumph with two more goals at the 67th (Wright-Phillips) and 90th minute (Muyl). Prior to that they had destroyed the San Jose Earthquakes by 1-5 at home, and they have now won each of their last 4 matches in all competitions. Moreover, they have moved to the US Open Cup semi-finals after overcoming Philadelphia. They are now sitting at the 5th spot of the Eastern Conference with 32 points after 20 matches, having scored 28 goals against 26 conceded. They have been quite strong at home so far (6-2-2), where they have scored 16 goals against just 9 conceded. They have been solid there lately, as they have lost just one of their last 7 matches in all competitions (3-2-2). They will be coming into this match with just a couple of injury concerns, as Gideon Baag and Mike Grella have been ruled out, while Aurelien Collin is still listed as questionable to participate and Lawrence is on international duty.
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On the other hand, Montreal Impact (6-7-6) are coming into this match after suffering a very frustrating 2-1 loss at home against FC Dallas. Montreal actually took the lead in that match, when Salazar scored at the 23rd minute. However, they saw their opponents pull even at the 52nd minute with Colman, before the same player overturned the lead for his team at the 62nd minute for the final 2-1. Montreal have not been in very good form lately, as they have won just two of their last 9 matches in all competitions (2-4-3). They are still sitting at the 9th spot of the Eastern Conference with just 24 points after 19 matches so far, having scored 30 goals against 32 conceded. They have been rather weak on the road so far (1-4-5), where they ahve scored 13 goals against 20 conceded. They haven’t had much luck there lately, as they have been unable to win any of their last 6 road matches (0-4-2). They will be making this trip with just a couple of injury concerns, as Ambroise Oyongo has been ruled out, while Victor Cabrera is still listed as questionable to participate.