It's the Premier League season opener for these squads, whom at last are battling for points again. Will Pacific or Forge get that highly important first win?
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Forge have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-5-9 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pacific and Forge.
Pacific form and stats
In the previous season, Pacific's league statistics were 13 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, producing 3rd place in the Premier League. Over these 28 matches they scored 47 goals and gave away 34. Performing as the host team in the previous season Pacific delivered 9-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 18 conceded.
Forge form and stats
Last season was a triumph for Forge in the national league as they took home the Premier League trophy. The championship was secured after 16 wins, 2 draws and only 10 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 5.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Pacific won one game, one match ended in a draw and Forge managed eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threePacific missing players
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| Pacific | Forge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pacific | Last season | Forge | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 50 | 33 | Scored | S | 16 | 42 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 67% | ||
| 63% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 27% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 13% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 63% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 33% | ||
| 27% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 37% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 33% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | ||
| 7.6 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | HFX Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Edmonton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Valour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Forge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Pacific | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Cavalry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | York9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
