Minnesota United manager Heath looking for three points in Vancouver Whitecaps showdown

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Field (19400 seats)

This is the real thing, this is Major League Soccer and this is Minnesota United - Vancouver Whitecaps. Check out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Minnesota United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals (15) away in Major League Soccer

This ground has grass, unlike Vancouver Whitecaps's home ground. The latest 23 games by the guests on grass have given 2 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses.

It's quite the trip for Vancouver Whitecaps when visiting Minnesota as the cities are 2900 kilometers apart.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Minnesota United form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Minnesota United have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games.

In their previous game, the manager Heath led his Minnesota United to a defeat away at SJ Earthquakes. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Allianz Field. Taylor, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Taylor hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Sporting KC.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Minnesota United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Goal fest? We don't know the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this team has had at least three goals.

The Minnesota fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Minnesota United have conceded 20 goals.

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

Vancouver Whitecaps have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-4-10 (16 played). Vancouver seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Vancouver Whitecaps won their last game, 2-0 versus Austin played at home. The attacker Gauld got a match rating of 9.21 in that game. Gauld scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Vancouver Whitecaps secured a home win against Seattle Sounders with the score 2-1.

Vancouver are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. The Vancouver Whitecaps manager Sartini has some worries about the defense as 35 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought previously this season: Vancouver Whitecaps - Minnesota 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Minnesota United four wins, three draws and Vancouver Whitecaps three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Minnesota UnitedE. Reynoso
E. Reynoso
10 goals
Minnesota UnitedL. Amarilla Lencina
L. Amarilla Lencina
9 goals
Vancouver WhitecapsL. Cavallini
L. Cavallini
9 goals

Minnesota United missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Minnesota United Vancouver Whitecaps
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 3 16 33
13 7 1 Won W 0 2 12
6 5 2 Drew D 2 4 7
14 4 0 Lost L 1 10 14
46 25 8 Scored S 4 15 40
51 20 7 Conceded C 7 35 55
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 82%
58% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 64%
24% 19% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 30%
15% 12% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 6% 9%
64% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 58%
12% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 27%
24% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 21%
 
5.2 6.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.8 4.5
5.8 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.6 5
2.3 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.6 14.2 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 10.8 11.3
4.4 5.1 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.7
32% 30% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 29% 33%
 
14.2 12 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 14.5 13.4
4.7 4 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 4.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Minnesota United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals (15) away in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Los Angeles FC 33 21 4 8 66 37 16 13 2 1 39 14 17 8 2 7 27 23 29 67
2 Austin 33 16 7 10 64 48 16 8 5 3 41 22 17 8 2 7 23 26 16 55
3 Dallas 33 13 11 9 46 36 16 9 4 3 26 14 17 4 7 6 20 22 10 50
4 Nashville SC 33 12 11 10 51 41 17 6 6 5 30 21 16 6 5 5 21 20 10 47
5 LA Galaxy 33 13 8 12 55 50 17 8 4 5 35 25 16 5 4 7 20 25 5 47
6 Portland Timbers 33 11 13 9 52 50 17 8 6 3 28 19 16 3 7 6 24 31 2 46
7 Minnesota United 33 13 6 14 46 51 16 7 5 4 25 20 17 6 1 10 21 31 -5 45
8 Real Salt Lake 33 11 11 11 40 44 16 8 5 3 24 14 17 3 6 8 16 30 -4 44
9 Vancouver Whitecaps 33 12 7 14 40 55 17 10 3 4 25 20 16 2 4 10 15 35 -15 43
10 Colorado Rapids 33 11 9 13 45 56 17 10 5 2 29 15 16 1 4 11 16 41 -11 42
11 Seattle Sounders 33 12 4 17 45 44 16 9 2 5 27 17 17 3 2 12 18 27 1 40
12 Sporting KC 33 11 7 15 41 52 17 9 2 6 25 17 16 2 5 9 16 35 -11 40
13 Houston Dynamo 33 10 6 17 42 53 16 6 5 5 23 19 17 4 1 12 19 34 -11 36
14 SJ Earthquakes 33 8 10 15 50 67 17 7 6 4 31 27 16 1 4 11 19 40 -17 34

Table
  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 33 21 4 8 66 37 16 13 2 1 39 14 17 8 2 7 27 23 29 67
2 Austin 33 16 7 10 64 48 16 8 5 3 41 22 17 8 2 7 23 26 16 55
3 Dallas 33 13 11 9 46 36 16 9 4 3 26 14 17 4 7 6 20 22 10 50
4 Nashville SC 33 12 11 10 51 41 17 6 6 5 30 21 16 6 5 5 21 20 10 47
5 LA Galaxy 33 13 8 12 55 50 17 8 4 5 35 25 16 5 4 7 20 25 5 47
6 Portland Timbers 33 11 13 9 52 50 17 8 6 3 28 19 16 3 7 6 24 31 2 46
7 Minnesota United 33 13 6 14 46 51 16 7 5 4 25 20 17 6 1 10 21 31 -5 45
8 Real Salt Lake 33 11 11 11 40 44 16 8 5 3 24 14 17 3 6 8 16 30 -4 44
9 Vancouver Whitecaps 33 12 7 14 40 55 17 10 3 4 25 20 16 2 4 10 15 35 -15 43
10 Colorado Rapids 33 11 9 13 45 56 17 10 5 2 29 15 16 1 4 11 16 41 -11 42
11 Seattle Sounders 33 12 4 17 45 44 16 9 2 5 27 17 17 3 2 12 18 27 1 40
12 Sporting KC 33 11 7 15 41 52 17 9 2 6 25 17 16 2 5 9 16 35 -11 40
13 Houston Dynamo 33 10 6 17 42 53 16 6 5 5 23 19 17 4 1 12 19 34 -11 36
14 SJ Earthquakes 33 8 10 15 50 67 17 7 6 4 31 27 16 1 4 11 19 40 -17 34

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