Forge vs Edmonton: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Canada Premier League
Competition: Tue 19.July
Match begins: 22:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tim Hortons Field (23218 seats)

Forge have 20 points running out as the home team. Edmonton have brought back 10 points as the visiting team. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Forge have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier League
  • Edmonton have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League

0 - 2 - 4 with 6-12. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Edmonton when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Edmonton play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Forge form and stats

Forge have collected 8 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-2-2. Forge are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Tim Hortons Field, having lost their two previous games here.

Forge enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at York9's place. The match ended 2-0 with Pacius and Borges scoring.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Atletico Ottawa (0-1).

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Forge, as the Premier League home game vs Valour is only four days away.

A decent goal production from Forge in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Forge have conceded only 5 goals.

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Edmonton form and stats

Playing away, Edmonton, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League, have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Edmonton failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Pacific (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 2-3. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Bitar and that is solid stuff!

Before that, Edmonton secured a home win against York9 with the score 3-0.

Observe that 9 of this side's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Edmonton manager Koch as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against HFX Wanderers.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Edmonton as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. For Edmonton, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought previously this season: Edmonton - Forge 3-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Forge wins - draws - Edmonton wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ForgeT. Borges
T. Borges
6 goals
ForgeW. Pacius
W. Pacius
4 goals
EdmontonM. Camara
M. Camara
4 goals

Forge missing players

Edmonton missing players

Forge Edmonton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 0 Played P 1 5 15
6 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 2 0 Drew D 1 1 4
4 2 0 Lost L 0 4 9
23 9 0 Scored S 1 4 17
11 5 0 Conceded C 1 12 28
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
75% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
58% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 67%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 27%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
33% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 67%
42% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
25% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
6.8 7.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.2 3.9
1.8 1.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 5.7
2 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.5 9.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.4 7.2
4.3 3.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 3.4
44% 41% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 33%
 
6.2 5.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14.8 10.7
2.8 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.8 5.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Edmonton's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Edmonton have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Edmonton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Edmonton have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Edmonton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Edmonton have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League
  • Edmonton have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premier League
  • Edmonton have the fewest points (1) away in Premier League
  • Edmonton have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League
  • Edmonton have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
  • Edmonton have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
  • Edmonton have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Premier League
  • Edmonton have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Premier League
  • Edmonton have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Edmonton have yet to win a game away.
  • Edmonton haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Forge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Forge have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Edmonton have scored away.
  • Forge have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier League
  • Forge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
  • Forge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Forge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cavalry 14 8 4 2 27 15 5 5 0 0 11 2 9 3 4 2 16 13 12 28
2 Pacific 16 7 5 4 23 24 8 4 3 1 14 13 8 3 2 3 9 11 -1 26
3 Atletico Ottawa 14 7 4 3 15 14 7 3 2 2 6 9 7 4 2 1 9 5 1 25
4 Forge 12 6 2 4 23 11 6 2 2 2 9 5 6 4 0 2 14 6 12 20
5 Valour 13 5 4 4 21 16 6 2 2 2 5 6 7 3 2 2 16 10 5 19
6 HFX Wanderers 15 5 2 8 13 21 6 2 1 3 6 12 9 3 1 5 7 9 -8 17
7 York9 15 2 5 8 9 19 9 2 2 5 8 13 6 0 3 3 1 6 -10 11
8 Edmonton 15 2 4 9 17 28 10 2 3 5 13 16 5 0 1 4 4 12 -11 10