This campaign has been strenuous for Edmonton up to now, while Forge have enjoyed success. Will the visitors claim victory again at Clarke Field?
- Edmonton have the most conceded goals (49) in Premier League
- Forge have the most scored goals (44) in Premier League
Edmonton's stadium, Clarke Field, has a grass surface. Forge have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Forge when playing on grass; 12 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses from 30 matches. They have scored 36 goals in these games and conceded 36.
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 Edmonton and Forge.
Edmonton form and stats
Edmonton's struggle is real here at Clarke Field with only 13 points collected from 13 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-6. When Edmonton hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Atletico Ottawa), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Edmonton drew their last game, also a home match. Forge (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Before that game, the home loss against Cavalry with the scoreline 0-1.Sports bettors should know that 15 of the most recent 20 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.
The Edmonton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.
Forge form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (44) in Premier League, on their Premier League travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Forge has drawn their two previous away games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Edmonton (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Pacific.Forge are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 14 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Forge as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Forge have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing Edmonton.This isn't the first time these parties get together this season, as the history books show this recent game: Edmonton - Forge 1-1. The match official brandished his red card when these teams last met, and the criminal was Singh (Edmonton).
Top Goalscorers
  W. Pacius 10 goals | T. Borges 7 goals |  T. Warschewski 6 goals |
Edmonton missing players
Forge missing players
| Edmonton | Forge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 28 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 23 | 44 |
| 49 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 85% | 77% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 72% |
| 58% | 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 31% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 28% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| 69% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 48% |
| 15% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 36% | 32% |
| 23% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 24% |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 9.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.2 | 8.4 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 30% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 44% | 47% |
| 11.4 | 9.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 9.4 | 8.3 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
- Edmonton have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Edmonton have the fewest points (13) at home in Premier League
- Edmonton have the most conceded goals (49) in Premier League
- Edmonton have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Premier League
- Edmonton have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Premier League
- Forge have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Premier League
- Forge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Premier League
- Forge have the most points from losing position (11) in Premier League
- Forge have the most scored goals (23) away in Premier League
- Forge have the most scored goals (44) in Premier League
- Forge have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premier League
- Forge have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Premier League
- Forge have the the best goal difference (+20) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Ottawa | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 45 |
| 2 | Forge | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Cavalry | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
| 4 | Valour | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 37 |
| 5 | Pacific | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 37 |
| 6 | York9 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 33 |
| 7 | HFX Wanderers | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 29 |
| 8 | Edmonton | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 17 |
