Major League Soccer information and data: Vancouver Whitecaps small front runner to overcome St. Louis City

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Thu 05.Oct
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: BC Place Stadium (22120 seats)

It's been four sleeps since Vancouver Whitecaps fought DC United and the scoreline was 2-2. What happens vs St. Louis City?

Insights:
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the most scored goals (62) in Major League Soccer

It's no vacation for neither Vancouver nor St. Louis City 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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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

7-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Vancouver Whitecaps so far this season.

The home club members saw a 2-2 draw versus DC United last time out and are looking for a win here. White has scored in three games in a row. Outstanding! The forward Gauld outdid all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.8 out of 10. Gauld scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 51 total).

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Colorado Rapids the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vancouver Whitecaps 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.

Observe: 10 of the latest 12 league matches from this club have had at least one goal from each team.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Vancouver Whitecaps as they are travelling to their away game against Seattle Sounders in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (31 in 15 games), Vancouver Whitecaps's attacking play is working. Vancouver have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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St. Louis City form and stats

As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, St. Louis City have produced an overall stat of 6-3-7 so far.

St. Louis City go into this game after a win, the home game against Sporting KC that ended 4-1. Goalkeeper Bürki was absolutely vital in the Louis victory against Sporting KC, making six saves. Klauss, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.6. Klauss scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Minnesota United with the score of 2-1.

St. Louis City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 11 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.

St. Louis City find the net regularly in their away games. 21 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Louis rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other previously this season, with the result St. Louis City - Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Vancouver WhitecapsB. White
B. White
14 goals
Vancouver WhitecapsR. Gauld
R. Gauld
11 goals
St. Louis CityJ. De Mello
J. De Mello
10 goals

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

St. Louis City missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps St. Louis City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 3 Played P 4 16 32
11 7 1 Won W 2 6 17
10 5 0 Drew D 1 3 5
10 3 2 Lost L 1 7 10
51 31 5 Scored S 5 21 62
47 18 5 Conceded C 5 25 40
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
84% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
61% 53% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 69% 72%
39% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 34%
26% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
74% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 59%
19% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 25%
13% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 19%
 
5.8 6.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.4 4.9
4.8 4 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.8 5.4
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
13.5 15.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.4 13.7
4.9 6.1 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.4 5.2
33% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 37%
 
12 9.1 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 13.3 12.8
4.4 3.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.5 5.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • St. Louis City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the most scored goals (21) away in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the most scored goals (62) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the the best goal difference (+22) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Major League Soccer

  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 32 17 5 10 62 40 16 11 2 3 41 15 16 6 3 7 21 25 22 56
2 Seattle Sounders 31 12 10 9 37 31 15 6 5 4 17 10 16 6 5 5 20 21 6 46
3 Real Salt Lake 31 13 7 11 43 45 16 6 4 6 23 24 15 7 3 5 20 21 -2 46
4 Los Angeles FC 31 12 9 10 44 35 16 9 3 4 31 16 15 3 6 6 13 19 9 45
5 Houston Dynamo 31 12 8 11 42 35 16 10 4 2 31 10 15 2 4 9 11 25 7 44
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 31 11 10 10 51 47 15 7 5 3 31 18 16 4 5 7 20 29 4 43
7 Portland Timbers 32 11 10 11 44 51 16 9 3 4 28 19 16 2 7 7 16 32 -7 43
8 SJ Earthquakes 32 10 12 10 37 41 16 8 6 2 24 15 16 2 6 8 13 26 -4 42
9 Dallas 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 21 14 16 3 6 7 14 20 1 41
10 Minnesota United 31 9 11 11 39 41 16 3 9 4 19 18 15 6 2 7 20 23 -2 38
11 Sporting KC 32 10 8 14 42 48 16 8 2 6 27 20 16 2 6 8 15 28 -6 38
12 Austin 31 9 8 14 43 50 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 3 4 9 20 32 -7 35
13 LA Galaxy 30 8 11 11 45 54 15 6 5 4 28 23 15 2 6 7 17 31 -9 35
14 Colorado Rapids 31 5 11 15 24 47 16 3 8 5 13 15 15 2 3 10 11 32 -23 26

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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.