After a heartbreaking loss in the 2025 TELUS Canadian Championship final against the Vancouver Whitecaps, Vancouver FC travel out east for a meeting with the CPL’s top club, Forge FC.
Forge lead Atlético Ottawa by two points in the CPL title race, and will be keen to consolidate that position with three points on Saturday. They face a Vancouver team, however, who, despite sitting at the bottom of the table, are in their best form of the season — three unbeaten in the league.
Saturday match-up kicks off at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT on OneSoccer and TSN5.
Ahead of it, here are eight key numbers:
20 – Forge FC have scored a goal in a stunning 20 straight CPL matches.
5 – Vancouver FC striker Hugo Mbongue has five goal contributions in the club’s past four CPL matches (4 goals, 1 assist)
1 – Forge FC are one goal away from tying a club record for goals in a CPL regular season, with 46 so far. They scored 47 back in 2022.
5 – Vancouver FC have opened the scoring in their past five CPL matches.
5 – Forge FC have kept five straight league clean sheets at Hamilton Stadium. No CPL team has scored against them in Hamilton since Vancouver FC did on July 5 in a match Forge still won 2-1.
9 – Vancouver FC are winless in their past nine trips to Ontario in all competitions.
12/24 – Forge FC goalkeeper Jassem Koleilat has kept a clean sheet in half of his CPL matches this season, with a single-season league record 12 in 24 matches played this year.
1/2 – Vancouver FC are one of only two CPL clubs to defeat Forge FC at Hamilton Stadium over the past two seasons in regular-season action.
