An important duel in the bottom section of the Major League Soccer, with both Vancouver Whitecaps and LA Galaxy experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 9th and the visitors in 10th place.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting LA Galaxy have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-1-6 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
LA Galaxy have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Vancouver Whitecaps, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in Major League Soccer, have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.
T. Ricketts was the last player to score a league goal for Vancouver Whitecaps and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Vancouver haven't scored in 213 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager M. Dos Santos led his Vancouver to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Portland Timbers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Providence Park. Ahead of that match, Vancouver lost 0-2 at home to Seattle Sounders.
The Vancouver Whitecaps fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Vancouver are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (20 from 10 played).
LA Galaxy form and stats
There's been little loot from LA Galaxy's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Major League Soccer. LA Galaxy only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Galaxy, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Galaxy played 1-1 against Seattle Sounders in their previous match. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Real Salt Lake.
The draw against Seattle Sounders came from a losing position. The Galaxy manager G. Barros Schelotto brought on Javier Hernández as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Galaxy find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. LA Galaxy have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: LA Galaxy - Vancouver 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Vancouver wins - draws - LA Galaxy wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Pavón 10 goals |  S. Lletget 6 goals |  L. Cavallini 5 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 24 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 27 |
| 44 | 20 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 43 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 74% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 86% |
| 61% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 52% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 43% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 57% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 19% |
| 48% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.7 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 178 | 86 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 88 | 242 |
| 64 | 31 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 31 | 86 |
| 38% | 58% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 35% | 31% |
- Vancouver Whitecaps has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps has the fewest scored goals (24) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps has the the worst goal difference (-20) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Portland Timbers | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
| 4 | Dallas | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 29 | -13 | 30 |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 24 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -9 | 21 |