Home advantage could prove decisive in Valour - York9 battle

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Competition: Canada Premier League
Competition: Sun 15.May
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: IG Field (33422 seats)

Valour prepare to contest York9 in this Premier League fixture. Everything you should know about the match can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Valour have the the best goal difference (+4) in Premier League
  • York9 have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premier League

Valour have less rest than York9 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Vancouver Whitecaps.

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Valour form and stats

The first Premier League game here at IG Field resulted in a draw. Last season Valour's home game statistics were 7 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 14 games.

The club members are hoping that Valour will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Championship fixture against Vancouver Whitecaps.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus HFX Wanderers that ended 0-0.

Early season league goal statistics from Valour's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.

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York9 form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Premier League away game of the season. During their previous season 14 away games resulted in 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Atletico Ottawa in their previous outing. The Championship fixture ended 1-1.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Forge.

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.

1 goal so far away for York9, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding eight meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Valour, one draw and four wins for York9. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

ValourM. Dyer
M. Dyer
3 goals
York9O. De Rosario
O. De Rosario
3 goals
ValourA. Riggi
A. Riggi
2 goals

Valour missing players

York9 missing players

Valour York9
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 1 1 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
9 0 0 Scored S 1 1 6
5 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 4
75% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 60%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 40%
25% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
25% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
5 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 9 9 5.6
5.5 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 4.2
2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 5 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
15 18 18 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13 8.4
7 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 9 4.4
32% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 11% 27%
 
13.5 18 18 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8 7
6.2 7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Valour have the fewest points (1) at home in Premier League
  • Valour have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Premier League
  • Valour have the the best goal difference (+4) in Premier League
  • York9 have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Premier League
  • York9 have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premier League
  • York9 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
Valour Last season York9
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   15 29
10 7   Won W   4 8
5 3   Drew D   5 12
13 4   Lost L   6 9
38 20   Scored S   20 36
36 12   Conceded C   27 42
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
75% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 83%
50% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 55%
25% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 28%
14% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
43% 29%   BTTS BTTS   73% 69%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 21%
29% 29%   Failed to Score F T   13% 17%
 
4 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.1
5.4 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.2
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.5 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 11
4.5 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.5
30% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 27%
 
12.3 12.6   Shots against (avg) S A   13.2 11.9
5.5 5.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.5

  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 7 5 1 1 10 7 4 4 0 0 9 5 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 16
2 Cavalry 6 2 2 2 9 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 1 2 2 7 7 2 8
3 York9 5 2 2 1 6 4 4 2 1 1 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 8
4 HFX Wanderers 6 2 2 2 7 6 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 8
5 Atletico Ottawa 6 2 2 2 6 10 4 2 0 2 3 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 -4 8
6 Valour 4 1 2 1 9 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 9 5 4 5
7 Forge 5 1 2 2 7 6 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 5
8 Edmonton 7 0 3 4 4 13 4 0 3 1 2 5 3 0 0 3 2 8 -9 3