Premier League: Pacific receive Forge in what should be an action-packed football match. Here's a thorough preview!
- Pacific have the most scored goals (25) in Premier League
- Forge have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier League
This ground has the surface grass, unlike Forge's home arena. The latest 32 games by the visitors on grass have seen 11 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Pacific form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Pacific at their home stadium (Tallaght Stadium) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The home team returns to Tallaght Stadium after drawing with York9 (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting HFX Wanderers (1-2).The Pacific fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Pacific have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Forge form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
There were no winners in Forge's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Valour (placed 7th).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus York9 at their stadium, the result 4-0.Forge are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Forge as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other previously this season: Forge - Pacific 0-1. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Pacific, one draw and five wins for Forge. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Campbell 8 goals |  A. Didic 4 goals | E. Ongaro 4 goals |
Pacific missing players
Forge missing players
| Pacific | Forge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 60% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 69% |
| 40% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 27% | 22% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 20% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 60% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 13% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.1 | 7.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 12 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 14.8 | 14.7 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 40% | 33% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 28% |
| 10.2 | 9.6 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.9 | 10.8 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
- Forge have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier League
- Forge have the most clean sheets (4) 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.
- Pacific have the most scored goals (25) in Premier League
- Pacific have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Premier League
- Pacific have the the best goal difference (+10) in Premier League
- Pacific 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 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 2 | Cavalry | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | Forge | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | Atlético Ottawa | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | York9 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -5 | 21 |
| 6 | HFX Wanderers | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Valour | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Vancouver FC | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -12 | 13 |
