Home advantage could prove decisive in Vancouver Whitecaps - Cincinnati battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 11.June
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: BC Place Stadium (22120 seats)

High profile Cincinnati visit Vancouver Whitecaps after their 3-1-result against Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Check out our comprehensive preview!

Insights:
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cincinnati have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Major League Soccer

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.

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 Major League Soccer games here at BC Place Stadium for Vancouver Whitecaps. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Vancouver's previous fixture was a Championship game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-1 versus Montreal Impact. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.

Before that, Vancouver Whitecaps drew at home versus Sporting KC.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vancouver Whitecaps handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Goals decide football matches and Vancouver are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. Vancouver Whitecaps have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cincinnati form and stats

Playing away, Cincinnati, who have the most points (12) away in Major League Soccer, have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Major League Soccer this season. Cincinnati have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.

The regulars enjoyed Cincinnati's previous game versus Pittsburgh Riverhounds, a US Open Cup win (3-1) played at home.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Chicago Fire in the Major League Soccer.

Cincinnati are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Cincinnati find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Cincinnati in these games.

Head 2 Head

Vancouver-Cincinnati H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Vancouver Whitecaps one win, Cincinnati zero wins, one draw. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CincinnatiL. Acosta
L. Acosta
7 goals
Vancouver WhitecapsB. White
B. White
6 goals
Vancouver WhitecapsS. Becher
S. Becher
4 goals

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

Cincinnati missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps Cincinnati
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 9 2 Played P 0 7 16
5 5 1 Won W 0 3 12
6 3 1 Drew D 0 3 3
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
26 20 3 Scored S 0 10 26
20 8 1 Conceded C 0 10 15
88% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 94%
81% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 56%
50% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 50%
31% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 25%
19% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 19%
69% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 50%
31% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 50%
12% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 6%
 
6.6 7.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.6 3.7
5.2 4 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.4
2.2 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.1 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.6 16.9 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.6 12.2
5 6.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.7 4.7
32% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 35%
 
11.8 8.8 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.3 12.4
4 2.9 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.1 4.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Cincinnati have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Major League Soccer
  • Cincinnati have the most points (12) away in Major League Soccer
  • Cincinnati have the most scored goals (10) away in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 15 9 1 5 32 16 8 6 0 2 22 6 7 3 1 3 10 10 16 28
2 Seattle Sounders 17 8 3 6 21 14 10 5 2 3 13 5 7 3 1 3 8 9 7 27
3 Los Angeles FC 13 7 5 1 23 10 7 5 2 0 15 5 6 2 3 1 8 5 13 26
4 Dallas 17 7 5 5 21 18 9 5 2 2 14 9 8 2 3 3 7 9 3 26
5 SJ Earthquakes 16 6 5 5 19 19 7 5 2 0 11 4 9 1 3 5 8 15 0 23
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 16 5 6 5 26 20 9 5 3 1 20 8 7 0 3 4 6 12 6 21
7 Minnesota United 16 5 5 6 15 18 7 1 5 1 6 6 9 4 0 5 9 12 -3 20
8 Austin 16 5 4 7 17 23 9 3 3 3 10 10 7 2 1 4 7 13 -6 19
9 Real Salt Lake 16 5 4 7 18 27 8 2 2 4 9 14 8 3 2 3 9 13 -9 19
10 Houston Dynamo 15 5 3 7 15 21 7 5 1 1 9 2 8 0 2 6 6 19 -6 18
11 Portland Timbers 16 4 5 7 19 24 7 3 2 2 11 7 9 1 3 5 8 17 -5 17
12 Sporting KC 17 4 5 8 16 24 7 3 1 3 10 9 10 1 4 5 6 15 -8 17
13 Colorado Rapids 17 2 7 8 14 25 8 0 4 4 5 9 9 2 3 4 9 16 -11 13
14 LA Galaxy 15 3 3 9 13 26 7 2 1 4 9 11 8 1 2 5 4 15 -13 12

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.