At Ottawa beat Vancouver 4-0 in the Canadian Premier League group stage on Wednesday evening. The hosts opened the scoring in the thirteenth minute through J. Assi, who would add a second before half-time. Three more goals followed in the second half, with N. Fleuriau Chateau and E. Garcia on the scoresheet. by then the result was beyond doubt.
Assi's opener came early and set the tone for what followed. Vancouver struggled to find their rhythm, managing just one shot on target all evening. The second goal from Assi in the fifty-ninth minute stretched the back line further. Fleuriau Chateau made it three in the sixty-third before Garcia sealed it with a fourth in the seventy-third.
The statistics tell their own story. At Ottawa held 59 per cent possession and recorded five shots on target from seven attempts inside the penalty area. Vancouver managed only one shot on target from ten attempts, with an accuracy rate of eleven per cent. The hosts created three big chances compared to a single effort from the visitors.
N. Mezquida picked up a yellow card in the thirty-ninth minute for At Ottawa, while E. Garcia received a booking in the fifty-first. A. Ouattara was cautioned late on for Vancouver in the ninety-third minute of stoppage time. Several substitutions were made by both sides as the game progressed.
At Ottawa sit third in the table with thirty-three points from twenty games, while Vancouver remain fourth on twenty-seven. The hosts had already played Vancouver earlier this month, losing 3-1 at that encounter. This time they felt the pressure less and ended a barren spell in the process.