Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vancouver Whitecaps & Toronto face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Championship. All the pre-match information is available here!
Toronto play their home matches on grass, while this game occurs on artifical turf. Up to date stats for Toronto when featuring on artifical turf are 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from eight matches. They have scored 8 goals and conceded 10 times in these games.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vancouver and Toronto.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Vancouver Whitecaps participated in Championship the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.5 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Vancouver Whitecaps have to build on here at BC Place Stadium in the Major League Soccer.
Vancouver's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Chicago Fire. Cavallini, a natural forward, was the best player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.4 (out of 10). Cavallini scored one goal.
A 1-1 draw away in the Major League Soccer before that, with Portland Timbers the opponent.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Vancouver Whitecaps as they are travelling to their away game against Nashville SC in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
Vancouver has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. On the other hand, Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded 14 goals.
Toronto form and stats
Toronto's mission in Championship last season failed in the final.Toronto had fun at their own home (BC Place Stadium) last time out, beating Charlotte 4-0. Osorio, Bernardeschi and Bradley (2) scored. As mentioned above, Toronto was the only team on the pitch versus Charlotte in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Bradley got a match rating of 8.95 in that game, top player of the team. Bradley scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 59 successful passes (of 66 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Montreal Impact before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Toronto manager Bradley as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against New England.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Vancouver Whitecaps won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Toronto got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  J. Jiménez Núñez 8 goals |   L. Cavallini 7 goals |  J. Osorio 6 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
Toronto missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Toronto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 12 | 36 | ||
| 39 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 13 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 14.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 45 |
| 2 | Austin | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | Dallas | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 30 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -13 | 26 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 20 |
