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#GameDayEve 2016 FC Montreal Edition

by Marissa Blackman

The 2016 Wilmington Hammerheads FC campaign continues tomorrow with a match at home against FC Montreal. The two clubs are separated by four points, and FC Montreal has completed one less match than the Hammerheads. Although FC Montreal's season is certainly getting off to a slow start, the season is still too fresh to label the club as easy competition. Wilmington Hammerheads FC has had strong moments throughout each game this season, but, with one of each possible result, it is also too early in the season to predict undoubted victory for Wilmington. Here are some stats about both clubs:

FC Montreal sits in thirteenth place with two losses in two games. Although the Canadian club has played different rosters in its two games, three players, Janouk Charbonneau, Kyle Fisher, and Michael Salazar, have all played for the full length of both matches. Two different goalies, Maxime Crepeau and David Paulmin, have played for ninety minutes in each match. FCM has only tallied one goal this season, and it was scored in the first half by Ballou Jean Yves Tabla . As the tables currently stand, FC Montreal could jump up to eleventh place with a victory tomorrow.

Wilmington Hammerheads FC sits in seventh place with four points from three games. The Carolinian club has registered one win, one draw, and one loss. In three games, the Hammerheads have established a trend of scoring the most in the first half and conceding the most in the second half. Ashani Fairclough, Logan Miller, and Bruno Perone have each scored once for Wilmington.

So far, neither of the two teams have been defeated by more than one goal. Will one of these eastern conference club make a statement victory tomorrow afternoon?
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