MATCH #28

FC EDMONTON (5-9-12) vs VALOUR  FC (10-4-13)

When: Saturday, November 6, 2:30 p.m. CDT

Where: Clarke Field, Edmonton, Ab.

How to watch: OneSoccer is broadcasting all CPL games live https://onesoccer.ca/

MATCH PREVIEW:

Valour FC plays its last regular-season match in the Alberta capital and needs a win and some help to keep its playoff hopes alive.

Last Saturday’s critical 4-2 win over Cavalry pushed Valour temporarily into sole possession of fourth place – and the final Canadian Premier League playoff spot – with 34 points on 10 wins and four draws against 13 losses. But York United’s come-from-behind 2-1 win over Pacific FC later in the day was critical, too, albeit for all the wrong reasons for Valour.

As it stands heading into Saturday’s action Valour is two points behind York United for the final playoff spot, with their Ontario rivals also having a match in hand. So, Valour needs to beat Edmonton and then hope York drops both of its final matches – a pair of home contests with Forge FC. At the same time, Valour FC needs a win to hold off HFX Wanderers. Both clubs have 34 points, but Valour owns the first tiebreaker with 10 wins to eight for the Wanderers.

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3 VALOUR FC PLAYERS TO WATCH

#19 William Akio, FW: He’s absolutely scorching right now, with five goals in his last five matches, including a brace in the 4-2 win over Cavalry. He now has eight goals on the season to lead Valour and only five players in the entire league have scored more than him.

#7 Moses Dyer, FW: Second to Akio in goals for Valour with seven, including one in the win in Calgary last weekend. A confident finisher who has had the magic touch both from the penalty spot and in open-field play.

#82 Andy Baquero, D: The versatile Cuban can play both fullback and further up the park and is an excellent distributor and decision maker.

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INJURED

-Valour has been without dominant centre back Andrew Jean-Baptiste for most of the season after he suffered a torn ACL in the Kickoff bubble at the start of the season. Jean-Baptiste did sign a contract extension this week to remain with the club next season https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/i-wanted-to-commit-to-them-we-want-to-achieve-big-things-here-andrew-jean-baptiste-returns-for-2022-season

-Forward and leading scorer Austin Ricci is also unavailable due to a knee injury suffered in the Canadian Championship quarterfinal loss to Forge FC.

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Suspended

-Midfielder Jose Galan will not be available due to yellow card accumulation.

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All-Time: Valour FC vs FC Edmonton

Overall: (win-draw-loss): 4-3-3

May 4, 2019, IG Field: Valour FC 1 FC Edmonton 2

June 2, 2019, Clarke Field: FC Edmonton 0 Valour FC 1

July 17, 2019, Clarke Field: FC Edmonton 0 Valour FC 0

August 19, 2019, IG Field: Valour FC 3 FC Edmonton 1

October 5, 2019, IG Field: Valour FC 3 FC Edmonton 1

August 29, 2020, Island Games, PEI: Valour FC 2 FC Edmonton 0

July 31, 2021, Clarke Field: FC Edmonton 3 Valour FC 1

August 12, 2021, Clarke Field: FC Edmonton 0 Valour FC 0

September 7, 2021, IG Field: Valour FC 0 FC Edmonton 3

October 2, 2021, IG Field: Valour FC 1 FC Edmonton 1

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TO DATE

Match 1: Sunday, June 27 — Forge FC 0 Valour FC 2

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/we-know-we-have-a-strong-supporting-cast-it-didnt-really-matter-about-the-outside-noise-we-had-a-gameplan-and-it-worked-well-valour-fc-2-forge-fc-0

Match 2: Wednesday, June 30 – Valour FC 2 HFX Wanderers FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/10553

Match 3: Saturday, July 3 – Valour FC 2 Atlético Ottawa 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/it-was-very-emotional-its-special-valour-fc-2-atletico-ottawa-0

Match 4: Wednesday, July 7 — York United FC 2 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/like-ive-said-many-times-before-its-a-reward-for-the-manitoba-people-valour-fc-1-york-united-fc-2

Match 5: Sunday, July 11 – Valour FC 1 Forge FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/we-know-player-for-player-ill-take-us-against-anyone-in-the-league-and-i-think-were-showing-that-after-five-games-so-far-valour-fc-1-forge-fc-0

Match 6: Thursday, July 15 — Atlético Ottawa 0 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/10764

Match 7: Sunday, July 18  — Valour FC 3 York United FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/weve-got-a-room-full-of-leaders-it-doesnt-matter-who-takes-the-arm-band-valour-fc-3-york-united-0

Match 8: Saturday, July 24 — HFX Wanderers 1 Valour FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/hes-a-top-class-goalie-hes-been-the-best-goalkeeper-in-the-league-valour-fc-0-hfx-wanderers-fc-1

Match 9: Saturday, July 31 – FC Edmonton 3 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/10901

Match 10: Wednesday, August 4 – Pacific FC 2 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/10938

Match 11: Sunday, August 8 – Cavalry FC 1 Valour FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/10956

Match 12: Thursday, August 12 – FC Edmonton 0 Valour FC 0

Recap:  https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/it-takes-the-right-type-of-people-in-the-locker-room-to-go-out-and-get-road-performances-valour-fc-0-fc-edmonton-0

Match 13: Monday, August 16 – Valour FC 0 Pacific FC 2

https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/weve-got-to-find-ourselves-out-of-it-the-boys-are-working-very-hard-in-the-very-limited-training-sessions-that-we-have-valour-fc-0-pacific-fc-2

Canadian Championship: Saturday, August 21 – Atlético Ottawa 2 Valour FC 3

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-analysis-atletico-ottawa-2-3-valour-fc-canadian-championship

Match 14: Tuesday, August 24 – Valour FC 3 FC Edmonton 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/we-felt-confident-going-into-ottawa-and-we-continued-where-we-left-off-on-the-front-foot-valour-3-fc-edmonton-0

Match 15: Sunday, August 29 – Pacific FC 3 Valour FC 2

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-analysis-pacific-fc-3-2-valour-fc

Match 16: Saturday, September 4 – Valour FC 0 Cavalry FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-analysis-valour-fc-0-1-cavalry-fc

Match 17: Tuesday, September 7 – Valour FC 0 FC Edmonton 3

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-recap-valour-fc-0-fc-edmonton-3

Canadian Championship Quarterfinal: Wednesday, September 15 – Forge FC 2 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/we-live-and-we-learn-and-we-move-on-to-the-league-play-and-hopefully-bring-that-second-half-confidence-into-our-next-league-game

Match 18: Saturday, September 18 – Valour FC 1 Cavalry FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-analysis-valour-fc-1-1-cavalry-fc

Match 19: Sunday, September 26 – York United FC 2 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/i-told-them-to-go-out-there-and-just-play-their-game-my-first-assessment-from-the-bench-is-theres-quality-valour-fc-1-york-united-fc-2

Match 20: Wednesday, September 29 – Valour FC 1 Pacific FC 3

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/theres-a-lot-to-work-with-i-think-the-guys-played-a-good-game-a-solid-game-yes-at-times-we-lacked-a-bit-of-solutions-when-we-were-on-the-ball-post-match-report

Match 21: Saturday, October 2 – Valour FC 1 FC Edmonton 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/overall-im-quite-happy-with-the-performance-the-team-put-out-today-post-match-report-valour-fc-1-fc-edmonton-1

Match 22: Tuesday, October 5 – Valour FC 0 Cavalry FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/i-see-a-team-that-is-ambitious-i-see-a-team-that-is-committed-to-what-they-are-asked-i-see-a-team-that-wants-to-win-its-not-by-lack-of-desire-valour-fc-0-cavalry-fc-0

Match 23: Monday, October 11 – Valour FC 3 Forge FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/11743

Match 24: Saturday, October 16 – Pacific FC 3 Valour FC 2

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/11814

Match 25: Wednesday, October 20 – Atlético Ottawa 2 Valour FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/post-match-report-vs-atletico-ottawa-october-20-2021

Match 26: Tuesday, October 26 – Valour FC 3 HFX Wanderers 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/very-important-for-us-very-important-for-the-club-valour-fc-3-hfx-wanderers-fc-0

Match 27: Saturday, October 30, 2021 — Cavalry 2 Valour FC 4

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/we-need-to-keep-pushing-and-we-need-to-keep-doing-our-job-and-if-we-do-that-then-maybe-maybe-good-things-are-going-to-happen-valour-fc-4-cavalry-fc-2