National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cavalry or Edmonton that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cavalry and Edmonton.
Cavalry form and stats
Cavalry was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Championship.All-inclusive Premier League results playing at home this season for Cavalry are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Nothing to worry about in defence for Cavalry, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 197 minutes in the Premier League.
A good away victory last time out for Cavalry, who won 3-0 against Edmonton.
Before that, Cavalry had a Premier League home game versus Pacific which ended with a victory 2-0.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Cavalry have performed as huge favourites like they are today: five games found in the database showing five Cavalry wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
Cavalry has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Edmonton form and stats
Edmonton was sent out of Championship in the preliminary round last season.It's not happening yet for Edmonton on their Premier League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Cavalry with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against HFX Wanderers wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Edmonton are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 13 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were three wins, one draw and nine defeats. Of the defeats, five games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Edmonton have another match away in just four days, a Premier League fixture versus Pacific. A demanding timetable for the visiting team!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Edmonton has managed 1 goal and let in 6 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Cavalry wins - draws - Edmonton wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Mason 3 goals | A. Musse 3 goals |  M. Kacher 1 goals |
Cavalry missing players
Edmonton missing players
| Cavalry | Edmonton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 44 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | ||
| 8.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pacific | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | York9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Cavalry | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | HFX Wanderers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Atlético Ottawa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 7 |
| 6 | Valour | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Forge | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Edmonton | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 3 |
