MLS

CF Montréal vs Atlanta United FC, 2024 MLS, Eastern Conference Playoffs - Wild Card

· Atlanta United FC advance 5-4 on penalties
CF Montréal
  • 63': Josef Martínez
  • 89': Josef Martínez (P)
FT - Penalties
2 - 2
Atlanta United FC advance 5-4 on penalties
Atlanta United FC
  • 29': Brooks Lennon
  • 44': Stian Gregersen

About

CF Montréal are hosting Atlanta United FC at Stade Saputo, Montreal, Canada, starting on . The match is a part of the MLS.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Foul by Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal).
  • 3': Ronald Hernández (Atlanta United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 3': Corner, Atlanta United. Conceded by George Campbell.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Bryce Duke.
  • 11': Foul by Ronald Hernández (Atlanta United).
  • 11': Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Attempt saved. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raheem Edwards.
  • 16': Foul by Raheem Edwards (CF Montréal).
  • 16': Stian Gregersen (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Attempt saved. Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bryce Duke.
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Jamal Thiaré (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 22': Delay in match because of an injury Jamal Thiaré (Atlanta United).
  • 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Bryce Duke.
  • 29': Goal! CF Montréal 0, Atlanta United 1. Brooks Lennon (Atlanta United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro Amador with a cross.
  • 32': Attempt missed. Brooks Lennon (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Saba Lobjanidze with a cross.
  • 33': Caden Clark (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 33': Foul by Bartosz Slisz (Atlanta United).
  • 36': Attempt missed. Bryce Duke (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Samuel Piette.
  • 37': Aleksey Miranchuk (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal).
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Piette.
  • 41': Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Amador (Atlanta United).
  • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 43': Ajani Fortune (Atlanta United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 43': Foul by Samuel Piette (CF Montréal).
  • 44': Goal! CF Montréal 0, Atlanta United 2. Stian Gregersen (Atlanta United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Ajani Fortune.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Bryce Duke with a cross.
  • 45'+2': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Derrick Williams.
  • 45'+3': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Bartosz Slisz.
  • 45'+3': Attempt saved. Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryce Duke with a cross.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, CF Montréal 0, Atlanta United 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins CF Montréal 0, Atlanta United 2.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Brooks Lennon (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Saba Lobjanidze.
  • 49': Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Amador (Atlanta United).
  • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 49': Substitution, Atlanta United. Tyler Wolff replaces Pedro Amador because of an injury.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Jamal Thiaré (Atlanta United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bartosz Slisz.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Tyler Wolff (Atlanta United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.
  • 53': Attempt saved. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tyler Wolff.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Jamal Thiaré (Atlanta United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Samuel Piette (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. George Campbell (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Edwards.
  • 56': Bartosz Slisz (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Caden Clark (CF Montréal).
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Ajani Fortune (Atlanta United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tyler Wolff.
  • 59': Substitution, CF Montréal. Tom Pearce replaces Raheem Edwards.
  • 59': Substitution, CF Montréal. Kwadwo Opoku replaces Caden Clark.
  • 59': Substitution, CF Montréal. Jules-Anthony Vilsaint replaces Samuel Piette.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamal Thiaré.
  • 63': Goal! CF Montréal 1, Atlanta United 2. Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  • 65': Offside, Atlanta United. Jamal Thiaré is caught offside.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty.
  • 65': Hand ball by Josef Martínez (CF Montréal).
  • 71': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Saba Lobjanidze.
  • 73': Attempt saved. George Campbell (CF Montréal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty.
  • 73': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Brad Guzan.
  • 74': Substitution, Atlanta United. Dax McCarty replaces Ajani Fortune.
  • 74': Substitution, Atlanta United. Daniel Ríos replaces Jamal Thiaré.
  • 75': Foul by Derrick Williams (Atlanta United).
  • 75': Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Tom Pearce (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 76': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Brad Guzan.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Daniel Ríos (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
  • 80': Bryce Duke (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 80': Foul by Aleksey Miranchuk (Atlanta United).
  • 80': Attempt missed. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.
  • 81': Substitution, CF Montréal. Sunusi Ibrahim replaces Bryce Duke.
  • 82': Foul by Dax McCarty (Atlanta United).
  • 82': Jules-Anthony Vilsaint (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 82': Dax McCarty (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Penalty CF Montréal. Kwadwo Opoku draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 85': Penalty conceded by Brooks Lennon (Atlanta United) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 86': VAR Decision: Penalty CF Montréal.
  • 89': Goal! CF Montréal 2, Atlanta United 2. Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 89': Substitution, Atlanta United. Luis Abram replaces Tyler Wolff.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+4': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Ronald Hernández.
  • 90'+7': Daniel Ríos (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+7': Foul by George Campbell (CF Montréal).
  • 90'+7': George Campbell (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+8': Substitution, CF Montréal. Gabriele Corbo replaces George Campbell.
  • 90'+9': Second Half ends, CF Montréal 2, Atlanta United 2.
  • 90': Goal! CF Montréal 2(1), Atlanta United 2. Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 90': Penalty Shootout begins CF Montréal 2, Atlanta United 2.
  • 91': Goal! CF Montréal 2(1), Atlanta United 2(1). Dax McCarty (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 92': Penalty saved. Tom Pearce (CF Montréal) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 93': Goal! CF Montréal 2(1), Atlanta United 2(2). Daniel Ríos (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  • 94': Goal! CF Montréal 2(2), Atlanta United 2(2). Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 95': Goal! CF Montréal 2(2), Atlanta United 2(3). Aleksey Miranchuk (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 96': Goal! CF Montréal 2(3), Atlanta United 2(3). Gabriele Corbo (CF Montréal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 96': Goal! CF Montréal 2(3), Atlanta United 2(4). Derrick Williams (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 97': Goal! CF Montréal 2(4), Atlanta United 2(4). Jules-Anthony Vilsaint (CF Montréal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 98': Goal! CF Montréal 2(4), Atlanta United 2(5). Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 98': Penalty Shootout ends, CF Montréal 2(4), Atlanta United 2(5).
  • 0': Match ends, CF Montréal 2(4), Atlanta United 2(5).

Statistics

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6 Fouls 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
1 Corner Kicks 7
5 Saves 3
33.3 Possession 66.7
13 SHOTS 15
5 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
287 Accurate Passes 629
362 Passes 709
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 4
9 Crosses 37
0.4 Cross % 0.1
52 Long Balls 48
18 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 4
9 Effective Tackles 12
11 Tackles 20
0.8 Tackle % 0.6
18 Interceptions 7
34 Effective Clearances 3
34 Clearances 3

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Stade Saputo
Location: Montreal, Canada
Attendance: 16,566

Line-Ups

MTL CF Montréal (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
40 Jonathan Sirois (GK)
16 Joel Waterman
4 Fernando Álvarez
24 George Campbell Yellow Card
19 Nathan Saliba
6 Samuel Piette
44 Raheem Edwards
11 Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty
17 Josef Martínez
23 Caden Clark
10 Bryce Duke
CF Montréal Substitutes:
Kwadwo Opoku, Dominik Iankov, Joaquín Sosa, Jules-Anthony Vilsaint, Dawid Bugaj, Tom Pearce, Sébastian Breza, Sunusi Ibrahim, Gabriele Corbo.

ATL Atlanta United FC (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Brad Guzan (GK)
3 Derrick Williams
5 Stian Gregersen
18 Pedro Amador
2 Ronald Hernández
59 Alexey Miranchuk
35 Jay Fortune
6 Bartosz Slisz
29 Jamal Thiaré
9 Saba Lobjanidze
11 Brooks Lennon
Atlanta United FC Substitutes:
Xande Silva, Matt Edwards, Noah Cobb, Dax McCarty, Tyler Wolff, Daniel Ríos, Luis Abram, Josh Cohen, Tristan Muyumba.

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