On paper it looks like advantage Valour in this game versus York9, but the away team will battle to the finish. Here's our complete match preview!
- York9 have the fewest scored goals (14) in Premier League
There have been little to rest for the home team, as they performed in a Premier League fixture only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Cavalry, was also a home game here at IG Field. The away team is better rested.
Valour form and stats
The overall Premier League results playing at home this season for Valour are 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Valour last time playing, versus Cavalry. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Dyer (2) scoring for the victors. Sweet to taste a league victory after three fixtures without one.
Before that game, the home loss against Pacific with the scoreline 1-2.At IG Field, Valour has the goal stats of 8-8 (for/against) from 8 league fixtures.
York9 form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of York9 playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for York9, as they have won on their previous two travels.
York9 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting HFX Wanderers (placed 6th). As you can tell from the result, the match against HFX Wanderers was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Atlético Ottawa.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and York9 playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 4 home wins.
Observe: 11 of the last 14 league matches involving this side have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
The attacking power of York9 when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the teams met earlier this campaign; York9 - Valour 1-3. Data for the former ten meetings involving these two contenders are: five wins for Valour, one draw and four wins for York9. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dyer 9 goals | O. De Rosario 8 goals | S. Rea 3 goals |
Valour missing players
York9 missing players
| Valour | York9 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 26 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 24 |
| 94% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 83% |
| 71% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 22% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 65% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 29% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 33% |
| 12% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 12.4 | 13.8 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.8 | 9 |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 30% | 18% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 22% | 25% |
| 10.8 | 10.8 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
- York9 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
- York9 have the fewest scored goals (14) in Premier League
- York9 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
- York9 have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) 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 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Pacific | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 32 |
| 3 | Cavalry | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Atlético Ottawa | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
| 5 | Valour | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | HFX Wanderers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 18 |
| 7 | York9 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 17 |
| 8 | Edmonton | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 11 |
