Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forge & Atlético Ottawa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Championship. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Forge nor Atlético Ottawa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Forge form and stats
Last season their Championship adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Forge are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Premier League games here at Tim Hortons Field.
Forge are confident in defense, having played 228 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Forge in their previous game, a fixture away at York9 that ended with a 1-0 victory.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Pacific and winning 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Forge, as the Premier League home game vs Valour is only four days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Forge's 2 home games: {3 goals}, 3 conceded.
Atlético Ottawa form and stats
Atlético Ottawa's mission in Championship last season failed in the preliminary round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Atlético Ottawa's previous game was their home loss versus Pacific (1-4).
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus York9.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Atlético manager Juarez as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vancouver FC.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Atlético Ottawa has managed {1 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the last ten meetings featuring these two sides are: seven wins for Forge, two draws and one win for Atlético Ottawa. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Pacius 2 goals | O. Bassett 2 goals | N. Jensen 1 goals |
Forge missing players
Atlético Ottawa missing players
| Forge | Atlético Ottawa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 34 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 7 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 46% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 41% | ||
| 10.2 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forge | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Pacific | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Valour | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Vancouver FC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Cavalry | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | HFX Wanderers | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | York9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Atlético Ottawa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
