Match Preview: Atlético Ottawa vs. Valour FC

July 20, 2022 – Canadian Premier League (CPL) – Atletico Ottawa News Release

Atlético Ottawa Canadian Premier League Match Preview TD Place Valour FC

2022 CPL Regular Season – Match #60

Atlético Ottawa vs. Valour FC

July 20, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m CT

TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario

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Atlético Ottawa and Valour FC battle it out in the final match of the Canadian Premier League’s midweek action, at TD Place in Ottawa on Wednesday evening. The match was supposed to take place this past Sunday, but was postponed due to League Covid Protocols, and rescheduled for Wednesday.

Both teams are in good form at the moment. Valour head to the nation’s capital riding a three-game win streak, which has included two wins on the road in Ontario – a 3-1 win over York United, and a 1-0 win over Forge. The third win, a 1-0 victory over HFX Wanderers, came last week at home at IG Field.

Valour’s leading goalscorer Moses Dyer was the hero, scoring his fifth goal of the season late in the match to earn all three points for his team. That wasn’t the story of the match, however, as William Akio’s error in the first half to clear his own teammate’s shot off the line has been viewed online over ten million times.

Akio has been in the headlines for a much better reason this week, however, as it was announced on Sunday that Valour has sold him to Scottish Premiership club Ross County. There he will play with his brother, and former Cavalry FC midfielder, Victor Loturi, who also recently made to the move to the club.

Atlético Ottawa, meanwhile are coming off a 1-1 draw with fellow CPL frontrunners Cavalry FC last weekend. After Jose Escalante’s first half free kick gave the visitors at TD Place the lead, Ballou Tabla scored a fantastic goal to tie things up at one goal apiece. That’s how the match would end, snapping Ottawa’s two-game winning streak, but extending their unbeaten streak to three matches.

Valour have had the upper hand in their six all-time meetings, winning four of them, with Ottawa winning the other two. The two sides have met twice in 2022 – a 6-1 win for Valour at TD Place in April, and a 1-0 win for Ottawa at IG Field in June.

With a win on Wednesday, Ottawa could jump over Cavalry to the top of the CPL standings, while if the visiting…