National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's HFX Wanderers or Toronto that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
HFX Wanderers form and stats
Last season, HFX Wanderers's Championship journey ended in the quarter-finals.The complete Premier League results playing at home this season for HFX Wanderers are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
HFX Wanderers's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Forge. HFX Wanderers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that, Wanderers drew at home versus Cavalry.The HFX Wanderers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Wanderers have conceded 7 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Toronto form and stats
Last season their Championship adventure ended in the final.Toronto have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 0-3-4 (7 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to DC United in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. The draw against DC United came from a losing position. The Toronto manager Bradley brought on Osorio as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Attacker Akinola got a player rating of 7.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Akinola scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Orlando City.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chicago Fire in just four days.
Toronto have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Toronto have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Jiménez Núñez 7 goals |  J. Osorio 3 goals |   C. Bent 2 goals |
HFX Wanderers missing players
Toronto missing players
| HFX Wanderers | Toronto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 30% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 11.5 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 14.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Cavalry | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Atletico Ottawa | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 4 | York9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Forge | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Valour | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | HFX Wanderers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Edmonton | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | New York City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 4 | New York RB | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | New England | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 11 | DC United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Columbus Crew | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Toronto | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
