Forge duel Cavalry for acclaim and victory.
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.
Forge form and stats
The total Premier League stats playing at home this season for Forge are 0-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Forge, who played 2-2 against Cavalry. That match was also played at this venue (Tim Hortons Field). The hometeam coach Smyrniotis made a successful contribution in the game against Cavalry, bringing on Choinière who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Pacific (1-2).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Forge have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost three.
Early season league goal statistics from Forge's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Cavalry form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Cavalry with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Cavalry are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Forge (placed 6th).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Atletico Ottawa wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.2 goals so far away for Cavalry, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved encountered each other before this season: Forge - Cavalry 2-2. Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Forge won five, Cavalry were winners in three and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Achinioti-Jönsson 1 goals | A. Hojabrpour 1 goals | D. Choinière 1 goals |
Forge missing players
Cavalry missing players
| Forge | Cavalry | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 5.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Forge | Last season | Cavalry | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 16 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 26 | Scored | S | 19 | 35 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 83% | ||
| 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 66% | ||
| 40% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 10% | ||
| 33% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 55% | ||
| 37% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 34% | ||
| 33% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.9 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| 7.4 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Pacific | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | HFX Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Edmonton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Valour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Forge | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Cavalry | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | York9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
