New York RB vs Vancouver Whitecaps betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Red Bull Arena

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Thu 23.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena (31895 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. New York RB are in the 6th position while the guests worry at 9th.

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 play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Vancouver Whitecaps when playing on grass are 11 wins, 7 draws and 15 defeats from 33 matches. They have scored 43 goals and conceded 65 times in these games. Vancouver Whitecaps have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

W W L W W

New York RB form and stats

New York RB have collected 12 points from their home games so far after 4-0-3.

The New York RB supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Atlanta United in Major League Soccer and win 1-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Dallas with a 3-1 scoreline.

There will be little rest for New York RB after this match as they are travelling to Cincinnati for a Major League Soccer game in only three days.

The New York RB fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

D L W W D

Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vancouver Whitecaps so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sporting KC in their previous outing. The Major League Soccer match ended in a draw 1-1. A loss against Atlanta United was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dallas in just three days.

Vancouver Whitecaps find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures. Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 4 - 4 (New York RB wins - draws - Vancouver Whitecaps wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Muyl
2 goals
C. Cásseres
2 goals / 1 assists
D. Royer
2 goals / 4 assists

New York RB missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

New York RB Vancouver Whitecaps
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
12 7 2 Played 1 6 13
5 4 1 Won 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew 1 2 4
5 3 1 Lost 0 3 6
17 11 1 Scored 1 7 12
14 8 1 Conceded 1 9 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 92%
58% 57% 0% Over 1.5 100% 67% 54%
50% 57% 0% Over 2.5 0% 33% 23%
33% 29% 0% Over 3.5 0% 33% 23%
17% 29% 0% Over 4.5 0% 33% 23%
58% 57% 0% BTTS 100% 67% 46%
17% 29% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 23%
25% 14% 50% Failed To Score 0% 33% 38%
 
4.6 4.4 5.5 Corners For (avg) 2 4.8 4.6
5.8 5 4 Corners Against (avg) 6 5.8 5.6
1.2 1.1 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.5 1.8
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • New York RB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • New York RB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

New York RB
27-04-19 MLS New York RB 1 - 0 Cincinnati
04-05-19 MLS New York RB 3 - 2 LA Galaxy
09-05-19 MLS New York RB 1 - 2 Montreal Impact
11-05-19 MLS Dallas 1 - 3 New York RB
19-05-19 MLS New York RB 1 - 0 Atlanta United
23-05-19 MLS New York RB 00:00 Vancouver Whitecaps
25-05-19 MLS Cincinnati 23:30 New York RB
01-06-19 MLS New York RB 23:00 Real Salt Lake
08-06-19 MLS Philadelphia Union 23:30 New York RB
29-06-19 MLS New York RB - Chicago Fire
Vancouver Whitecaps
27-04-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 1 - 1 Philadelphia Union
04-05-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 2 - 3 Vancouver Whitecaps
11-05-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 1 - 0 Portland Timbers
16-05-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 0 - 1 Atlanta United
19-05-19 MLS Sporting KC 1 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps
23-05-19 MLS New York RB 00:00 Vancouver Whitecaps
25-05-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 23:00 Dallas
01-06-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 02:00 Toronto
23-06-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 02:00 Colorado Rapids
27-06-19 MLS Dallas 01:00 Vancouver Whitecaps

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Philadelphia Union 13 7 3 3 23 12 7 5 1 1 17 5 6 2 2 2 6 7 11 24
2 DC United 14 7 3 4 18 13 7 4 1 2 11 7 7 3 2 2 7 6 5 24
3 Montreal Impact 14 6 3 5 15 19 4 2 1 1 2 2 10 4 2 4 13 17 -4 21
4 Atlanta United 12 6 2 4 13 9 6 3 2 1 7 4 6 3 0 3 6 5 4 20
5 New York City 11 4 6 1 15 12 5 1 4 0 4 3 6 3 2 1 11 9 3 18
6 New York RB 12 5 2 5 17 14 7 4 0 3 11 8 5 1 2 2 6 6 3 17
7 Toronto 12 5 2 5 22 20 7 3 2 2 15 11 5 2 0 3 7 9 2 17
8 Chicago Fire 13 4 4 5 20 17 7 4 2 1 16 7 6 0 2 4 4 10 3 16
9 Columbus Crew 14 5 1 8 12 19 8 4 1 3 9 9 6 1 0 5 3 10 -7 16
10 Orlando City 13 4 3 6 19 20 7 3 1 3 14 13 6 1 2 3 5 7 -1 15
11 New England 14 3 3 8 14 31 7 3 0 4 6 11 7 0 3 4 8 20 -17 12
12 Cincinnati 13 3 2 8 11 23 5 2 1 2 6 7 8 1 1 6 5 16 -12 11