Pre-match info: 6 points separate the participants before this game, Forge on top. Will HFX Wanderers take the guests by surprise?
- HFX Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forge have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
It should be mentioned that Forge play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Forge on grass are 12 victories, 7 draws and 15 defeats from 34 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 36-41. You can compare this with overall results below.
HFX Wanderers and Forge should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
HFX Wanderers form and stats
2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for HFX Wanderers so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Wanderers bring valid hopes of a third.
HFX Wanderers drew their last game, 2-2 away at York9 (placed 3rd).
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Cavalry.Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Wanderers Grounds with 6 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, HFX Wanderers have conceded 5 goals.
Forge form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Forge playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Forge have lost on their last two travels.
The supporters enjoyed Forge's previous match versus Atletico Ottawa (placed 7th), a 4-3 win played at home. That win felt nice as this team had gone five league games without victory. A crazy, crazy game with lots of goals last time out for Forge, as mentioned above. 7 goals in total, will this game be as gleeful?
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Vancouver FC's place.Lacking goals? 9 of this side's latest 12 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Forge as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Forge have put together a streak of 8 consecutive games without losing (6-2-0) when playing HFX Wanderers.The two teams involved encountered each other earlier on this season: Forge - Wanderers 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Campbell 4 goals | T. Collomb 3 goals |
HFX Wanderers missing players
Forge missing players
| HFX Wanderers | Forge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 64% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 46% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 3 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.7 | 7.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 11.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 13.8 | 13.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 16% | 25% |
| 11 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
- All of HFX Wanderers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Forge have created more than twice as many corners as HFX Wanderers.
- Forge have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Forge have the most clean sheets (3) away in Premier League
- Forge have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- Forge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- HFX Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- HFX Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Forge | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 19 |
| 3 | York9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 4 | Cavalry | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Valour | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | HFX Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Atletico Ottawa | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Vancouver FC | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 10 |
