The Canadian Premier League action continues this Monday with another battle between Wanderers and York United over in the Halifax Regional Municipality at the Wanderers Grounds with both sides sitting near one another in the league table.
Heading into this one, the Wanderers are sitting only four points behind Cavalry at the top with everything still to play for in the final six weeks of the season.
⚓️ Taking care of business on both ends of the pitch 👊Congrats to our guy Dan Nimick on being named the @CPLsoccer Player of the Week 👏 pic.twitter.com/o4ZI4fycd4— Halifax Wanderers FC (@HFXWanderersFC) August 29, 2023
⚓️ Taking care of business on both ends of the pitch 👊Congrats to our guy Dan Nimick on being named the @CPLsoccer Player of the Week 👏 pic.twitter.com/o4ZI4fycd4
The club are also above York United by three points, but this does also mean they could find their season getting derailed slightly should they lose here and potentially move into fifth and seven points behind first place.
So far, Wanderers have managed to secure eight wins and the same amount of draws with five losses. They have also conceded 22 goals and scored 29 after a 3-0 win over Valour that saw Tomas Giraldo, Joao Morelli and Daniel Nimick all score a goal each.
Prior to this, they drew 1-1 with Forge with Nimick scoring another penalty, as Wanderers also managed to beat Vancouver 3-0 with Morelli bagging a brace alongside a finish from Massimo Ferrin.
It does now mean a three-game unbeaten run for them since losing 2-1 to Pacific at home where Nimick scored once more.
This run also means just one loss in the past five games with Wanderers also defeating Atletico and beating York United in the last meeting between these two over in Toronto.
Zachary Fernandez scored in the second half thay day after just a few seconds, as Morelli also bagged in the 61st minute. Matty Baldisimo was sent off in the second half for York that day too.
Other losses in the past two months for Wanderers have seen them lose to the league leaders Cavalry after beating Pacific in the 2-1 in another clash between those two.
As for York United, they are down in sixth before this game on Monday with them coming into the game off the back of only one win in August that saw them defeat Vancouver in their most recent game.
Molham Babouli scored a penalty in that match before Austin Ricci won it for his side.
Before those three points, York lost to Cavalry after a 2-1 win over them where Carson Buschman-Dormond was sent off in the dying embers of the game after a finish from Clement Bayiha.
Forebet predicts a draw here and for the game to see over 2.5 goals.