Major League Soccer game guide and statistics: New York City against Vancouver Whitecaps

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yankee Stadium (47309 seats)

New York City - Vancouver Whitecaps in Major League Soccer: Data, team sheets, results, trends and headlines. Read our complete preview!

Insights:
  • New York City have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It should be mentioned that Vancouver Whitecaps play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Vancouver Whitecaps on grass are 6 victories, 8 draws and 14 defeats from 28 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 33-49. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's quite the trip for Vancouver Whitecaps when visiting York as the cities are 4800 kilometers apart.

It's no vacation for neither New York City nor Vancouver Whitecaps as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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New York City form and stats

New York City have played 12 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The New York City supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Montreal Impact and win 2-0. Finally, a league win after five fixtures without one. Risa, defender, was given a rating of 8.13/10 in that game, top of the team. Risa served one assist, hit one key pass and won 10 of 12 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Cincinnati.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does New York City handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 12 league games, 9 have had two goals or less.

York has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. On the other hand, New York City have conceded 15 goals.

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Vancouver Whitecaps are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Vancouver Whitecaps play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Chicago Fire (placed 9th). Attacker Gauld got a player rating of 8.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Gauld hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).

Prior to that result Vancouver won their away game at Portland Timbers. The scoreline was 3-2.

We have checked recent matches where Vancouver Whitecaps have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 12 of this club's latest 16 league fixtures.

Vancouver Whitecaps have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the former six meetings): York won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Vancouver Whitecaps have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / one.

Top Goalscorers

Vancouver WhitecapsB. White
B. White
10 goals
Vancouver WhitecapsR. Gauld
R. Gauld
9 goals
New York CityS. Rodríguez Molina
S. Rodríguez Molina
4 goals

New York City missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

Total First Half Second Half
New York City Vancouver Whitecaps
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 12 4 Played P 0 11 25
6 5 3 Won W 0 3 10
11 4 1 Drew D 0 3 7
10 3 0 Lost L 0 5 8
27 16 8 Scored S 0 13 42
35 15 4 Conceded C 0 19 35
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 91% 92%
74% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 82% 80%
33% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 64% 56%
22% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 36%
7% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 28%
59% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 73% 68%
19% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 24%
30% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 16%
 
4.3 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.2 6.2
4.7 4.4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.1 4.9
2.4 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 15.3 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.6 14.2
4.4 5.6 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.8 5.1
22% 24% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 33%
 
11 10.7 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15.8 12
4 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.4 4.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • New York City have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cincinnati 26 17 6 3 44 29 13 12 1 0 27 8 13 5 5 3 17 21 15 57
2 New England 25 13 7 5 43 29 13 10 3 0 30 10 12 3 4 5 13 19 14 46
3 Orlando City 26 12 8 6 40 31 13 6 4 3 20 13 13 6 4 3 20 18 9 44
4 Philadelphia Union 25 13 4 8 43 30 11 8 2 1 23 7 14 5 2 7 20 23 13 43
5 Columbus Crew 26 12 6 8 50 35 14 10 3 1 35 12 12 2 3 7 15 23 15 42
6 Atlanta United 27 11 8 8 49 41 14 8 3 3 32 17 13 3 5 5 17 24 8 41
7 Nashville SC 26 11 6 9 31 26 12 8 2 2 21 8 14 3 4 7 10 18 5 39
8 Montreal Impact 26 11 2 13 26 36 12 9 0 3 18 5 14 2 2 10 8 31 -10 35
9 Chicago Fire 26 8 8 10 32 38 14 5 6 3 20 17 12 3 2 7 12 21 -6 32
10 DC United 26 8 6 12 33 38 12 4 4 4 21 17 14 4 2 8 12 21 -5 30
11 Charlotte 25 7 9 9 33 42 13 4 6 3 18 19 12 3 3 6 15 23 -9 30
12 New York RB 26 7 8 11 23 29 14 6 4 4 17 15 12 1 4 7 6 14 -6 29
13 New York City 27 6 11 10 27 35 12 5 4 3 16 15 15 1 7 7 11 20 -8 29
14 Inter Miami 24 6 4 14 24 36 12 4 3 5 15 15 12 2 1 9 9 21 -12 22
15 Toronto 27 4 10 13 23 39 14 4 6 4 16 15 13 0 4 9 7 24 -16 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cincinnati 26 17 6 3 44 29 13 12 1 0 27 8 13 5 5 3 17 21 15 57
2 New England 25 13 7 5 43 29 13 10 3 0 30 10 12 3 4 5 13 19 14 46
3 Orlando City 26 12 8 6 40 31 13 6 4 3 20 13 13 6 4 3 20 18 9 44
4 Philadelphia Union 25 13 4 8 43 30 11 8 2 1 23 7 14 5 2 7 20 23 13 43
5 Columbus Crew 26 12 6 8 50 35 14 10 3 1 35 12 12 2 3 7 15 23 15 42
6 Atlanta United 27 11 8 8 49 41 14 8 3 3 32 17 13 3 5 5 17 24 8 41
7 Nashville SC 26 11 6 9 31 26 12 8 2 2 21 8 14 3 4 7 10 18 5 39
8 Montreal Impact 26 11 2 13 26 36 12 9 0 3 18 5 14 2 2 10 8 31 -10 35
9 Chicago Fire 26 8 8 10 32 38 14 5 6 3 20 17 12 3 2 7 12 21 -6 32
10 DC United 26 8 6 12 33 38 12 4 4 4 21 17 14 4 2 8 12 21 -5 30
11 Charlotte 25 7 9 9 33 42 13 4 6 3 18 19 12 3 3 6 15 23 -9 30
12 New York RB 26 7 8 11 23 29 14 6 4 4 17 15 12 1 4 7 6 14 -6 29
13 New York City 27 6 11 10 27 35 12 5 4 3 16 15 15 1 7 7 11 20 -8 29
14 Inter Miami 24 6 4 14 24 36 12 4 3 5 15 15 12 2 1 9 9 21 -12 22
15 Toronto 27 4 10 13 23 39 14 4 6 4 16 15 13 0 4 9 7 24 -16 22

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