Delightful dogfight as daring Vancouver Whitecaps duel with determined SJ Earthquakes

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Mon 21.Aug
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: BC Place Stadium (22120 seats)

Who will run out as winners when SJ Earthquakes travel to Vancouver Whitecaps? In this game guide you'll learn all the relevant info and statistics required to get smart.

Insights:
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SJ Earthquakes have scored away.

It should be mentioned that SJ Earthquakes play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for SJ Earthquakes on artifical turf are 1 victory, 3 draws and 6 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 10-24. You can compare this with overall results below.

SJ Earthquakes have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Vancouver Whitecaps so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Vancouver after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Vancouver Whitecaps manager Sartini and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Tigres UANL in the Leagues Cup.

Before that, a strong away victory at LA Galaxy. A Leagues Cup game. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Vancouver Whitecaps matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 6 games).

Betting people might want to know that 11 of the most recent 13 league games from these players have had goals from both teams.

The Vancouver manager Sartini has got the team scoring with 29 from 13 home games in the league. Vancouver Whitecaps's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

There's been little loot from SJ Earthquakes's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the Major League Soccer. SJ Earthquakes only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.

Two away games in a row for SJ Earthquakes, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Tigres UANL in the Leagues Cup.

A defeat, in the Leagues Cup away at Portland Timbers, earlier. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Earthquakes playing away, we found 15 games. Results were 3 away wins, 4 draws and 8 home wins.

The attacking power of SJ Earthquakes when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as SJ Earthquakes have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

SJ Earthquakes have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Vancouver.

The most recent logged scoreline involving both these teams is the SJ Earthquakes - Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

SJ EarthquakesC. Espinoza
C. Espinoza
11 goals
Vancouver WhitecapsB. White
B. White
8 goals
Vancouver WhitecapsR. Gauld
R. Gauld
7 goals

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps SJ Earthquakes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 13 3 Played P 2 11 23
8 7 2 Won W 0 1 8
7 4 1 Drew D 1 4 8
7 2 0 Lost L 1 6 7
38 29 9 Scored S 3 10 28
32 15 4 Conceded C 6 20 29
91% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 87%
86% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 78%
59% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 61%
36% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 27% 17%
27% 38% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 9% 4%
73% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 65%
23% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 30%
14% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 17%
 
6.5 7.2 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5.1 5.3
5.1 4.2 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 7.1 5.3
2.1 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.4 15.9 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.3 11.6
5.1 5.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 3.2
34% 38% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 34% 38%
 
12.1 9.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 16.5 13.7
4.3 3.3 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.7 4.7
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SJ Earthquakes have scored 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 St. Louis City 23 13 2 8 43 27 12 8 1 3 29 10 11 5 1 5 14 17 16 41
2 Los Angeles FC 23 10 7 6 34 25 12 7 3 2 22 10 11 3 4 4 12 15 9 37
3 Real Salt Lake 24 10 7 7 35 34 12 4 4 4 18 17 12 6 3 3 17 17 1 37
4 Seattle Sounders 24 10 6 8 29 23 13 6 4 3 15 6 11 4 2 5 14 17 6 36
5 Austin 23 9 5 9 32 32 12 6 3 3 18 11 11 3 2 6 14 21 0 32
6 SJ Earthquakes 23 8 8 7 28 29 12 7 4 1 18 9 11 1 4 6 10 20 -1 32
7 Vancouver Whitecaps 22 8 7 7 38 32 13 7 4 2 29 15 9 1 3 5 9 17 6 31
8 Dallas 23 8 6 9 25 26 11 6 2 3 16 10 12 2 4 6 9 16 -1 30
9 Houston Dynamo 23 8 5 10 26 31 11 7 2 2 19 8 12 1 3 8 7 23 -5 29
10 Minnesota United 22 7 7 8 26 30 10 2 6 2 12 12 12 5 1 6 14 18 -4 28
11 Sporting KC 25 6 8 11 31 36 12 5 2 5 20 15 13 1 6 6 11 21 -5 26
12 Portland Timbers 23 6 8 9 26 33 11 5 3 3 17 12 12 1 5 6 9 21 -7 26
13 LA Galaxy 22 5 7 10 25 37 10 4 2 4 16 15 12 1 5 6 9 22 -12 22
14 Colorado Rapids 23 3 10 10 16 30 12 1 7 4 7 10 11 2 3 6 9 20 -14 19

Read more about Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.