Seattle Sounders greet Vancouver Whitecaps with expectations of taking all three points. Will they? Read our preview!
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps.
7-9-22 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Vancouver Whitecaps when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 38 matches are 39-80 (scored/conceded).
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.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
Seattle Sounders, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Major League Soccer, are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
Seattle Sounders's previous game was a Major League Soccer match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Real Salt Lake (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. João Paulo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.32/10. Paulo hit four key passes and had 72 successful passes (of 86 total).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting LA Galaxy.Sounders are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew one and lost zero.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 6 games), Sounders's attacking play is working. Defensively Seattle Sounders have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Playing away, Vancouver Whitecaps have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Vancouver, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Home advantage was not enough for Vancouver in their previous game, as they lost their Major League Soccer-match, hosting LA Galaxy, 1-2. Janio Bikel got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, top player of the team. Bikel scored one goal, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total). Vancouver Whitecaps were so close to getting something from the game against LA Galaxy, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime.
Prior to that match, the Vancouver Whitecaps manager M. Dos Santos faced defeat when travelling to Real Salt Lake and losing 1-3.You'll want to know how Vancouver managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found nine similar matches resulting in two away wins, two draws and five home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vancouver as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. The Vancouver manager M. Dos Santos has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Sounders, two draws and zero wins for Vancouver Whitecaps. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 8 goals |  B. Smith 3 goals |   C. Dájome Arboleda 3 goals |
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| Seattle Sounders | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 90% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 56% |
| 10% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 44% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 10% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 13.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.8 | 10.9 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 41% | 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 24% |
- Seattle Sounders have not yet lost a game.
- Seattle Sounders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Seattle Sounders have scored more than double the goals of Vancouver Whitecaps.
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (5) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the the best goal difference (+13) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Seattle Sounders is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have yet to win a game away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Austin | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Dallas | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 7 |