This is where the action is, this is Major League Soccer and this is Vancouver Whitecaps - DC United. Prepare with our broad match preview!
- Vancouver Whitecaps have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals at home as DC United have scored away.
DC United play their home matches on grass, while this match will take place on artifical turf. Up to date statistics for DC United when playing on artifical turf are 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats from seven matches. They have created {8 goals} and conceded 13 times in these fixtures.
There have been limited time to rest for the hosts, as they featured in a Major League Soccer game only three days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Colorado Rapids.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps at their home stadium (BC Place Stadium) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The Vancouver coach Sartini and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Colorado Rapids (placed 14th). The Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Takaoka was crucial in the match against Colorado Rapids last time out, making six saves.
Prior to that, an away loss at Real Salt Lake.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vancouver handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Betting people might want to know that 14 of the most recent 17 league matches from this football club have had goals from both sides.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Saint Louis City are coming to town in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Vancouver Whitecaps are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Vancouver have conceded 16 goals.
DC United form and stats
DC United have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 4-3-8 (15 played).
DC United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. New York RB proved too strong as DC United slumped to a 3-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Audi Field. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points. A bonkers game with plenty of goals last time out for DC United, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that game, will this fixture be as full of joy? Mixed emotions for DC United's Benteke who got on the scoresheet three times against New York RB, but still walked off the pitch defeated. Benteke, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.95. Benteke scored three goals and hit one key pass.
A draw for DC United before that, at their own venue hosting Atlanta United (1-1).DC United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the DC United manager Rooney as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Austin.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by DC United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Vancouver Whitecaps won three games, two matches ended with a draw and DC United have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  B. White 13 goals |   C. Benteke Liolo 13 goals |  R. Gauld 10 goals |
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| Vancouver Whitecaps | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 49 | 29 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 41 |
| 45 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 21 | 44 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 87% |
| 83% | 79% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 77% |
| 60% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 47% | 58% |
| 37% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 27% | 36% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 73% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 52% |
| 20% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 32% |
| 13% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 47% | 29% |
| 5.8 | 7.1 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 16.1 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.4 | 13.4 |
| 4.9 | 6.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 34% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 21% | 29% |
| 12 | 9.1 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.5 | 11.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
- Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals at home as DC United have scored away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 53 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 45 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -3 | 43 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -7 | 42 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -4 | 41 |
| 9 | Dallas | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 38 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -2 | 37 |
| 12 | Austin | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | -9 | 34 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -24 | 23 |
