Struggling Vancouver Whitecaps will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Los Angeles FC in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vancouver and Los Angeles FC.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Los Angeles FC 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 2-0-3 (win-draw-loss) from five matches.
It's quite the trip for Los Angeles FC when visiting Vancouver Whitecaps as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer, at their home stadium (Providence Park) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
A nice win for Vancouver last time playing, versus Real Salt Lake. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Lucas Cavallini scoring for the victors. Prior to that, an away loss at SJ Earthquakes.
The manager M. Dos Santos will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to LA Galaxy in only four days.
The Vancouver Whitecaps manager M. Dos Santos has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. Vancouver have conceded 16 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Playing away, Los Angeles FC, who have the most scored goals (38) in Major League Soccer, have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
Angeles won their last game, 3-1 versus Seattle Sounders played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Real Salt Lake at their stadium, the result 3-1.
Angeles has another fixture away, a Major League Soccer game, against Portland Timbers in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The attacking power of Angeles when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Angeles's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 13 goals in 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Los Angeles FC - Vancouver 6-0. Last seven meetings between the teams: Vancouver Whitecaps won one, Los Angeles FC won four and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Rossi Marachlian 14 goals |  B. Wright-Phillips 9 goals |  D. Musovski 4 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
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| Vancouver Whitecaps | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 43 |
| 38 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 67% | 86% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 83% |
| 39% | 71% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 61% |
| 22% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 39% |
| 44% | 86% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 44% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | 64 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 82 | 275 |
| 53 | 25 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 33 | 102 |
| 38% | 56% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 42% |
- All of Los Angeles FC's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Los Angeles FC has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC has the fewest points (3) away in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC has the fewest scored goals (4) away in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC has the most scored goals (38) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Los Angeles FC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Los Angeles FC have scored more than double the goals of Vancouver Whitecaps.
- Los Angeles FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vancouver Whitecaps has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps has the fewest scored goals (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 | Seattle Sounders | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Dallas | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 20 |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 18 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |