Football tips: Vancouver Whitecaps vs DC United - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: BC Place Stadium (54500 seats)

Struggling Vancouver Whitecaps will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying DC United in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting DC United have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 2-1-7 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Vancouver Whitecaps, who have the fewest points (13) at home in Major League Soccer, have to build on here at BC Place Stadium. Game days at BC Place Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Vancouver Whitecaps as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Vancouver Whitecaps lost their last game at Portland Timbers after a 1-3 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Cincinnati with a 2-1 scoreline.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vancouver Whitecaps here at BC Place Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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DC United form and stats

4-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for DC United in their matches away.

DC United won their last game, 2-1 versus LA Galaxy played at home. A loss against Philadelphia Union was the result prior to that, in a home game.

After this away game DC United return home for a Major League Soccer game against New York RB. That game is only four sleeps after this.

DC United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games. 12 goals have been conceded by DC United in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 2 Vancouver Whitecaps victories, 2 draws and 5 DC United wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

W. Rooney
11 goals / 6 assists
F. Montero
6 goals / 2 assists
L. Acosta
5 goals / 1 assists

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

DC United missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps DC United
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played 2 12 26
5 3 1 Won 1 4 10
9 4 1 Drew 0 4 9
12 5 2 Lost 1 4 7
26 11 4 Scored 4 12 34
45 17 6 Conceded 4 12 32
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 100% 75% 85%
69% 67% 50% Over 1.5 100% 58% 69%
50% 42% 50% Over 2.5 100% 33% 42%
38% 25% 50% Over 3.5 50% 17% 31%
15% 8% 25% Over 4.5 50% 17% 19%
58% 50% 50% BTTS 100% 42% 46%
15% 25% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 35%
35% 33% 25% Failed To Score 0% 50% 35%
 
3.9 3.6 4.2 Corners For (avg) 2.5 3.7 4.2
6.8 7 5.8 Corners Against (avg) 13.5 8.2 6.5
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.4 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards 1 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • DC United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

Vancouver Whitecaps
All Major League Soccer Championship Club Friendlies
All Home Away
21-07-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 1 - 3 SJ Earthquakes
25-07-19 CH Vancouver Whitecaps 1 - 2 Cavalry
28-07-19 MLS Minnesota United 0 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps
04-08-19 MLS Cincinnati 1 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps
11-08-19 MLS Portland Timbers 3 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps
18-08-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 02:00 DC United
25-08-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 02:00 Vancouver Whitecaps
29-08-19 MLS Montreal Impact - Vancouver Whitecaps
01-09-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 02:00 New York City
15-09-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 02:00 Houston Dynamo
DC United
All US Open Cup Major League Soccer Club Friendlies
All Home Away
19-07-19 MLS Cincinnati 1 - 4 DC United
21-07-19 MLS Atlanta United 2 - 0 DC United
28-07-19 MLS Chicago Fire 0 - 0 DC United
04-08-19 MLS DC United 1 - 5 Philadelphia Union
11-08-19 MLS DC United 2 - 1 LA Galaxy
18-08-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 02:00 DC United
22-08-19 MLS DC United - New York RB
24-08-19 MLS Philadelphia Union 23:30 DC United
31-08-19 MLS Montreal Impact 23:30 DC United
15-09-19 MLS Portland Timbers 23:30 DC United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Los Angeles FC 24 17 4 3 65 25 11 10 1 0 34 12 13 7 3 3 31 13 40 55
2 Seattle Sounders 24 11 6 7 38 34 13 8 3 2 25 16 11 3 3 5 13 18 4 39
3 Minnesota United 24 11 5 8 42 35 12 7 4 1 21 9 12 4 1 7 21 26 7 38
4 SJ Earthquakes 24 11 5 8 41 36 13 8 2 3 25 16 11 3 3 5 16 20 5 38
5 Real Salt Lake 24 11 4 9 35 32 11 8 1 2 22 10 13 3 3 7 13 22 3 37
6 LA Galaxy 24 12 1 11 31 36 12 8 0 4 20 16 12 4 1 7 11 20 -5 37
7 Dallas 25 10 6 9 36 31 13 7 5 1 23 13 12 3 1 8 13 18 5 36
8 Portland Timbers 23 10 4 9 38 34 7 4 2 1 17 7 16 6 2 8 21 27 4 34
9 Houston Dynamo 25 9 3 13 35 41 13 7 3 3 21 14 12 2 0 10 14 27 -6 30
10 Sporting KC 24 7 7 10 37 43 12 4 3 5 22 24 12 3 4 5 15 19 -6 28
11 Colorado Rapids 24 7 5 12 41 49 14 6 2 6 29 28 10 1 3 6 12 21 -8 26
12 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 5 9 12 26 45 12 3 4 5 11 17 14 2 5 7 15 28 -19 24

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