Valour FC host Forge as they battle for top spot

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Valour FC are set to take on Forge FC on Thursday night as they bid to go level for first place.

The hosts sit second with six points, three behind first-place Cavalry FC. Valour (2-2-0) are coming off a 1-0 home win over HFX Wanderers after a Calum Ferguson winner.

Forge (1-2-1) have lost their only game away from home so far this season and are coming off a 2-1 home loss against Cavalry.

This is the first of five meetings between the two sides.

Valour come into the game with no known injuries, while Kyle Bekker will return to Forge’s lineup after missing two games from suspension.

Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET on Thursday evening at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg. The game will be shown online on onesoccer.com.

Projected lineups:

Valour FC: Janssens; Garcia, Thomas, Mitter, Murrell; Sacramento, Beland-Goyette; Musse, Bustos, Carreiro; Ferguson.

Forge FC: Roberts; Frano, Samuel, Krutzen, Awuah; Borges, Bekker, Cisse; Welshman, Novak, Thomas.

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