The home crowds await a win and three points in this fixture, and the home advantage should be put to good use against a struggling visitor. Vancouver Whitecaps are in 8th position while the guesting Colorado Rapids panic at 11th.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
Vancouver Whitecaps's stadium, BC Place Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Colorado Rapids have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Colorado Rapids when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from seven matches. They have scored {4 goals} in these games and conceded 17.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Colorado Rapids, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the US Open Cup.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
The Major League Soccer statistics at home this season for Vancouver Whitecaps are 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at BC Place Stadium.
The Vancouver goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 320 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
Vancouver Whitecaps shared the glory with Austin in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Vancouver Whitecaps's goalie Takaoka played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Austin with a stunning seven saves. Takaoka, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.2 out of 10 in that game. Takaoka topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Los Angeles FC in the CONCACAF Champions League.
From these home matches, Vancouver have conceded only 3 goals.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Colorado Rapids playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
The club members enjoyed Colorado Rapids's previous fixture versus Northern Colorado, a US Open Cup win (3-1) played at home.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Saint Louis City in the Major League Soccer.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 Colorado playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Colorado Rapids as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Colorado Rapids have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Vancouver-Colorado Rapids H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vancouver Whitecaps four wins, Colorado Rapids three wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. Becher 3 goals |  B. White 2 goals |   M. Barrios Puerta 2 goals |
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| Vancouver Whitecaps | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 56% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 44% |
| 7.1 | 8.8 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 5.8 | 3.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.6 | 17.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.8 | 12.7 |
| 5.2 | 7.2 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 26% | 28% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 14% |
| 11.5 | 6.8 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.2 | 13.1 |
| 3.8 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
- Colorado Rapids have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Dallas | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Austin | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 3 |
