Classic home win, the away team runs away as victors or a point each? It's all up in the air when the mid-table teams Vancouver Whitecaps and Austin battle at BC Place Stadium.
- Austin have the fewest points from losing position (3) 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 Vancouver and Austin.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Vancouver Whitecaps have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.
The Vancouver Whitecaps crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Seattle Sounders here at BC Place Stadium. The defeat against Seattle Sounders was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Andrade). The attacker Gauld was declared "man of the match" for Vancouver Whitecaps with a rating of 8.2/10. Gauld scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 26 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Sporting KC.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Vancouver's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 11 most recent league games highlights that 9 of them had goals from both sides.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Vancouver Whitecaps, as the Major League Soccer home game vs LA Galaxy is only three days away.
The Vancouver Whitecaps manager Sartini has got the team scoring with 23 from 11 home games in the league. Vancouver's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Austin form and stats
3-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Austin in their Major League Soccer matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Austin, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Minnesota United (placed 11th) last time out. Austin goalie Stuver was high and low in the Minnesota United game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Midfielder Driussi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Driussi scored two goals, served one assist and hit five key passes.
A 1-1 draw at Inter Miami's stadium before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Austin playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 4 home wins.
Observe that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
After this away game Austin return home for a Major League Soccer game against Sporting KC. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Austin find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Austin's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Austin - Vancouver Whitecaps 0-0 was the output when these squads previously met, also in this season. Head to head data (for the prior five meetings): Vancouver Whitecaps won three games, one match ended with a tie and Austin got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two.
Top Goalscorers
  B. White 7 goals |   S. Driussi 6 goals |  R. Gauld 5 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
Austin missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Austin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 32 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 29 |
| 29 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 29 |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 85% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 55% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 62% |
| 35% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 24% |
| 25% | 36% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 70% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 70% | 57% |
| 25% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 15% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 24% |
| 6.5 | 7.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7.4 | 6.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 15.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 32% | 36% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 32% | 33% |
| 12.3 | 9.5 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
- All of Austin's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Austin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Austin have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Austin 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 | St. Louis City | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 33 |
| 5 | Austin | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 29 |
| 6 | Dallas | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 17 |
