Which team will go home victorious when Forge visit HFX Wanderers? In this preview you'll find all the relevant news and statistics required to predict the outcome.
- HFX Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (26) in Premier League
- Forge have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Premier League
Forge could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Concacaf League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Santos de Guápiles. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
13-7-10 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Forge when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 30 matches are 35-35 (scored/conceded).
HFX Wanderers form and stats
HFX Wanderers have played 12 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Wanderers goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 245 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
An away draw last time out for Wanderers, facing Cavalry in a game that ended 0-0.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Pacific in a game that was won 1-0.There will be little rest for Wanderers after this match as they are travelling to Valour for a Premier League game in only three days.
The HFX Wanderers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. Wanderers have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Forge form and stats
The visitors are W6-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Forge play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Santos de Guápiles.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Atletico Ottawa.A quick return to home after this game, as Forge are hosting Montreal Impact in the Championship only four days away.
Forge have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Forge are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other before in this season, with the final score Wanderers - Forge 0-1 written in the official records. Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Wanderers won two, Forge were winners in three and we saw five draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Morelli Neto 14 goals | M. Babouli 7 goals | W. Pacius 5 goals |
HFX Wanderers missing players
Forge missing players
| HFX Wanderers | Forge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 30 |
| 26 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 58% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 73% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 36% |
| 17% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 8% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 33% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 45% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 27% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 10 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 8.4 | 10.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 26% | 34% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 31% |
- Forge have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Premier League
- Forge have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Premier League
- Forge have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
- Forge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
- Forge have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Forge have the most clean sheets (10) in Premier League
- Forge have the most clean sheets (5) away in Premier League
- Forge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Forge is in the best form (4-0-2)
- HFX Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- HFX Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (26) in Premier League
- HFX Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 | Pacific | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Cavalry | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 41 |
| 3 | Forge | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | HFX Wanderers | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 5 | York9 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 32 |
| 6 | Valour | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | Edmonton | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Atletico Ottawa | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -17 | 24 |