The Seattle Sounders manager B. Schmetzer attacks this game with the team placed 2nd so far. In the visitors dressing room Toronto and their manager G. Vanney are in 3rd place before this match.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Toronto have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 3-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches. 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.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
As mentioned below, Seattle Sounders are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Seattle Sounders, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.Seattle Sounders's previous game was a Major League Soccer match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Real Salt Lake. The home side are looking to build on that result. 0-0 away at Vancouver Whitecaps before that.
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 Seattle Sounders have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Goals decide football matches and Seattle Sounders are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 matches. Seattle Sounders have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Toronto form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from eleven matches.Toronto delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Chicago Fire in their previous match; a Major League Soccer game. Before that, Toronto secured a home win against New York City with the score 4-0.
Toronto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 14 wins, 13 draws and 18 defeats. From a total of 45 matches.
It's early days yet, but Toronto has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Seattle Sounders, 2 draws and 3 wins for Toronto.Top Goalscorers
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| Seattle Sounders | Toronto | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | Played | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | Scored | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 33% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 25% |
| 40% | 33% | Both teams to score | 100% | 75% |
| 60% | 67% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 25% |
| 20% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% |
| 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 | Los Angeles FC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Dallas | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Sporting KC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 9 | SJ Earthquakes | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -9 | 3 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 2 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 1 |
