Vancouver Whitecaps have 28 points performing as the hosts. LA Galaxy have 22 points from their away games. Should we expect a home win?
- LA Galaxy have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Major League Soccer
This ground uses artifical turf, unlike LA Galaxy's home arena. The last six games by the away team on artifical turf have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for LA Galaxy, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.
Not much time to rest for the hosts, as they featured in a Major League Soccer fixture only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Austin, was also a home game here at BC Place Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Vancouver Whitecaps have collected 22 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 6-4-2.
The Vancouver Whitecaps fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Austin and win 2-1. Manager Sartini felt very clever after Córdova scored the winning goal against Austin, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 70th minute. Midfield player Vite got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Vite scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Seattle Sounders (2-3).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Vancouver Whitecaps matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 6 games).
Observe: 10 of the latest 12 league games from this club have had goals from both sides.
The Vancouver manager Sartini has got the team scoring with 25 from 12 home games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded.
LA Galaxy form and stats
There's been little loot from LA Galaxy's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Major League Soccer. LA Galaxy only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws. It's three draws from LA Galaxy's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
LA Galaxy go into this game after a win, the home game against Philadelphia Union that ended 3-1. Puig got a match rating of 8.74 in that game, top player of the team. Puig scored one goal, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 70 successful passes (of 85 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Los Angeles FC.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Galaxy when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. LA Galaxy struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
LA Galaxy - Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1 was the scoreline in these sides' previous head-to-head game, played this season. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Vancouver won five, LA Galaxy were winners in three and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  B. White 7 goals |  R. Gauld 5 goals |  P. Vite Uca 4 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | 25 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 30 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 33 |
| 90% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 86% |
| 86% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 81% |
| 57% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 45% | 57% |
| 33% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 27% | 33% |
| 24% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 36% | 57% |
| 24% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 19% |
| 14% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 64% | 38% |
| 6.6 | 7.4 | 9.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.2 | 15.8 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 12.5 | 14.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 33% | 37% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 15% | 23% |
| 12.1 | 9.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 15.1 | 14.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
- LA Galaxy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- LA Galaxy have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals at home as LA Galaxy have scored 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 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 38 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -1 | 34 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -1 | 32 |
| 6 | Austin | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Dallas | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -5 | 28 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 23 |
| 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 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 18 |
