Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Forge (1st, 58 pts) and Valour (6th, 26 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Valour 1.25 scored and 2.21 conceded per game, Forge 1.82 and 0.79, with the league averaging 1.5.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 1 for Valour, 8 for Forge and 1 drawn, at 3.1 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 70% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
Investors Group Field staged the fixture, a ground that holds 33,422. On the scoreboard, Forge led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Valour: Kianz Froese (57'), Kianz Froese (64') · Forge: Tristan Borges (22')
Key stats
Possession: Valour 40% · Forge 60% · Total shots: 10-9 · On target: 6-4 · Corners: 5-7