Football match preview: Seattle Sounders vs Vancouver Whitecaps

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: CenturyLink Field (68000 seats)

Action is expected at CenturyLink Field when Seattle Sounders face Vancouver Whitecaps in what should be a superb game. Read on!

Insights:
  • Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (32) in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-8-16 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches.

These teams have little in common geographically as Vancouver Whitecaps have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It's no vacation for neither Sounders nor Vancouver Whitecaps as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Seattle Sounders form and stats

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

Seattle Sounders won their last game, a Major League Soccer match played at a neutral venue that ended 2-1 versus LA Galaxy. A late climax in the match against LA Galaxy as the winning goal came six minutes into overtime; scored by Roldán. Paulo (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Paulo served one assist, hit three key passes and had 56 successful passes (of 65 total).

0-0 away at Nashville SC 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 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.

The Seattle Sounders fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 16 matches. From these home matches, Sounders have conceded only 11 goals.

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

4-5-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vancouver Whitecaps in their Major League Soccer matches away.

Impressive finishing from Berhalter, Laryea and White secured the home win 3-0 against Saint Louis City in their previous game. Those three points felt good as this team had gone four league matches without victory. Which player has scored four matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is White and that is impressive stuff! The attacker Gauld got a match rating of 8.24 in that game. Gauld served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting DC United.

Vancouver Whitecaps are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Observe that 12 of this side's 15 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

The visiting Vancouver Whitecaps have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 16 games. As for defending, Vancouver rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded meeting featuring both these participants is the Vancouver Whitecaps - Seattle Sounders 2-3 played not long ago this season. The ref showed his red card when these teams last played each other, and the criminal was Laborda (Vancouver Whitecaps). H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sounders six wins, two draws and Vancouver Whitecaps two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Vancouver WhitecapsB. White
B. White
15 goals
Seattle SoundersJ. Morris
J. Morris
11 goals
Vancouver WhitecapsR. Gauld
R. Gauld
11 goals

Seattle Sounders missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Seattle Sounders Vancouver Whitecaps
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 2 Played P 2 16 32
13 7 1 Won W 1 4 12
10 5 1 Drew D 0 5 10
9 4 0 Lost L 1 7 10
39 19 3 Scored S 4 20 54
32 11 0 Conceded C 5 29 47
84% 81% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
62% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 84%
41% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 62%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 38%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 19% 25%
44% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 81% 72%
38% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 22%
34% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
5.8 7.2 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.9
4.8 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.5 4.7
1.6 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 13.4 6 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.4 13.7
3.6 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.9 5
34% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 34%
 
10.4 8.3 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 14.6 11.8
3.3 3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.5 4.3
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (32) in Major League Soccer
  • Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Seattle Sounders have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Major League Soccer
  • Seattle Sounders have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint Louis City 33 17 5 11 62 43 16 11 2 3 41 15 17 6 3 8 21 28 19 56
2 Seattle Sounders 32 13 10 9 39 32 16 7 5 4 19 11 16 6 5 5 20 21 7 49
3 Los Angeles FC 32 13 9 10 49 36 17 10 3 4 36 17 15 3 6 6 13 19 13 48
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 32 12 10 10 54 47 16 8 5 3 34 18 16 4 5 7 20 29 7 46
5 Real Salt Lake 31 13 7 11 43 45 16 6 4 6 23 24 15 7 3 5 20 21 -2 46
6 Houston Dynamo 32 12 9 11 43 36 16 10 4 2 31 10 16 2 5 9 12 26 7 45
7 Portland Timbers 32 11 10 11 44 51 16 9 3 4 28 19 16 2 7 7 16 32 -7 43
8 SJ Earthquakes 32 10 12 10 37 41 16 8 6 2 24 15 16 2 6 8 13 26 -4 42
9 Dallas 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 21 14 16 3 6 7 14 20 1 41
10 Austin 32 10 8 14 46 50 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 3 4 9 20 32 -4 38
11 Sporting KC 32 10 8 14 42 48 16 8 2 6 27 20 16 2 6 8 15 28 -6 38
12 Minnesota United 32 9 11 12 40 46 16 3 9 4 19 18 16 6 2 8 21 28 -6 38
13 LA Galaxy 31 8 11 12 46 56 15 6 5 4 28 23 16 2 6 8 18 33 -10 35
14 Colorado Rapids 31 5 11 15 24 47 16 3 8 5 13 15 15 2 3 10 11 32 -23 26

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 Saint Louis City 33 17 5 11 62 43 16 11 2 3 41 15 17 6 3 8 21 28 19 56
2 Seattle Sounders 32 13 10 9 39 32 16 7 5 4 19 11 16 6 5 5 20 21 7 49
3 Los Angeles FC 32 13 9 10 49 36 17 10 3 4 36 17 15 3 6 6 13 19 13 48
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 32 12 10 10 54 47 16 8 5 3 34 18 16 4 5 7 20 29 7 46
5 Real Salt Lake 31 13 7 11 43 45 16 6 4 6 23 24 15 7 3 5 20 21 -2 46
6 Houston Dynamo 32 12 9 11 43 36 16 10 4 2 31 10 16 2 5 9 12 26 7 45
7 Portland Timbers 32 11 10 11 44 51 16 9 3 4 28 19 16 2 7 7 16 32 -7 43
8 SJ Earthquakes 32 10 12 10 37 41 16 8 6 2 24 15 16 2 6 8 13 26 -4 42
9 Dallas 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 21 14 16 3 6 7 14 20 1 41
10 Austin 32 10 8 14 46 50 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 3 4 9 20 32 -4 38
11 Sporting KC 32 10 8 14 42 48 16 8 2 6 27 20 16 2 6 8 15 28 -6 38
12 Minnesota United 32 9 11 12 40 46 16 3 9 4 19 18 16 6 2 8 21 28 -6 38
13 LA Galaxy 31 8 11 12 46 56 15 6 5 4 28 23 16 2 6 8 18 33 -10 35
14 Colorado Rapids 31 5 11 15 24 47 16 3 8 5 13 15 15 2 3 10 11 32 -23 26

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