Full preview: Forge favourite to overcome York9 at Tim Hortons Field

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Competition: Canada Premier League
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tim Hortons Field (23218 seats)

We would expect a noteworthy contrast in performance between these teams based on results so far, with Forge in front of York9 by 15 points.

Insights:
  • Forge have the most scored goals (39) in Premier League
  • York9 have the fewest scored goals (17) in Premier League

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.

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Forge form and stats

5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Forge so far this season.

The Forge followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Tim Hortons Field: A 0-1 defeat against York9 (placed 7th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Cavalry.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Forge home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

Forge are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tim Hortons Field in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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York9 form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for York9 so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

It's the second away game in a row for York9, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Forge (placed 1st) last time out.

Before that, York9 secured a home win against Edmonton with the score 3-2.

Take note: 13 of the last 17 league matches featuring this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The attacking power of York9 when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, York9 have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the participants faced each other earlier this campaign; York9 - Forge 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Forge six wins, zero draws and York9 four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ForgeW. Pacius
W. Pacius
10 goals
York9O. De Rosario
O. De Rosario
8 goals
ForgeT. Borges
T. Borges
6 goals

Forge missing players

York9 missing players

Forge York9
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 1 10 21
11 5 3 Won W 0 3 6
2 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
6 3 0 Lost L 0 4 10
39 18 9 Scored S 0 7 18
17 8 1 Conceded C 0 10 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 86%
74% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 52%
63% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 33%
32% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 24%
11% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
42% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 29%
37% 30% 67% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 33%
21% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 52%
 
6.2 6.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.2
2.6 2 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 4.3
1.6 1.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
9.5 9.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.9 8.6
3.9 3.5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 3.2
52% 51% 69% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 23%
 
7.1 5.9 6 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.5 9.8
2.7 2.1 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.9 4.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Forge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Forge have scored more than double the goals of York9.
  • Forge have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League
  • Forge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
  • Forge have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
  • Forge have the most scored goals (39) in Premier League
  • Forge have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premier League
  • Forge have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premier League
  • Forge have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Premier League
  • Forge have the the best goal difference (+23) 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.
  • York9 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • York9 have the fewest scored goals (17) in Premier League
  • York9 have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Premier League
  • York9 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Premier League
  • York9 have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) 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 Forge 18 11 2 5 39 16 9 5 2 2 18 7 9 6 0 3 21 9 23 35
2 Pacific 20 10 5 5 29 26 10 6 3 1 18 13 10 4 2 4 11 13 3 35
3 Atletico Ottawa 20 10 5 5 24 23 11 5 3 3 12 17 9 5 2 2 12 6 1 35
4 Cavalry 20 10 4 6 32 24 9 7 0 2 16 6 11 3 4 4 16 18 8 34
5 Valour 19 7 5 7 28 23 9 4 2 3 10 8 10 3 3 4 18 15 5 26
6 HFX Wanderers 21 7 3 11 20 30 10 4 2 4 11 17 11 3 1 7 9 13 -10 24
7 York9 20 5 5 10 17 28 11 3 2 6 11 18 9 2 3 4 6 10 -11 20
8 Edmonton 20 2 5 13 22 41 10 2 3 5 13 16 10 0 2 8 9 25 -19 11