National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Vancouver Whitecaps or York9 that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Vancouver Whitecaps was eliminated in the preliminary round last season in the Championship.The home supporters can't complain about results here at BC Place Stadium as Vancouver Whitecaps have scored 11 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Vancouver Whitecaps are returning here after visiting Dallas and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Cavallini and Caicedo scored the goal(s). Brown, defender, was given a rating of 7.64/10 in that game, top of the team. Brown won 3 of 4 duels.
A Major League Soccer defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Seattle Sounders.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus New England in only four days. This game is also played here at BC Place Stadium.
The Vancouver fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
York9 form and stats
York9 was sent out of Championship in the quarter-finals last season.0-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for York9 in their Premier League matches away.
The attacking players of York9 have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 551 minutes. York9 have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Nikolas Giantsopoulos. It's been 198 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
York9 played 0-0 against Pacific in their previous match.
Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Atletico Ottawa that ended 0-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Valour in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from York9's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 5 matches. York9 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Cavallini 5 goals |   O. De Rosario 3 goals |  R. Gauld 2 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
York9 missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | York9 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 31 | 21 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 21% | ||
| 13.5 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 3 | Austin | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Dallas | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 16 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cavalry | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Pacific | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 3 | Atletico Ottawa | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 18 |
| 4 | Forge | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 17 |
| 5 | HFX Wanderers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 14 |
| 6 | York9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Valour | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Edmonton | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 7 |
