Plenty of boom and bust for these squads so far, sitting in positions near the midsection of the Major League Soccer table. Here's the Vancouver Whitecaps - Minnesota United latest:
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
2 - 0 - 7 with 8-14. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Minnesota United when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Minnesota United play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
These teams have little in common geographically as Minnesota United have to travel 2900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This looks to be an engaging fixture with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Vancouver Whitecaps so far this season.
Stress levels are on the rise for Vancouver Whitecaps's attacking players as they have now played 196 minutes without scoring in a league game. White was their last goal scorer. The Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 410 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
The spoils were shared in Vancouver's previous game, also at home. Visiting Colorado Rapids (placed 11th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. The talented striker Gauld bested all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.02 out of 10. Gauld hit six key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 47 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Austin the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vancouver Whitecaps handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The manager Sartini will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to York9 in only four days.
A decent goal production from Vancouver in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Vancouver Whitecaps are not conceding a lot of goals here at BC Place Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Minnesota United form and stats
3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Minnesota United in their Major League Soccer matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Minnesota United have lost on their last two travels.
The attacking players of Minnesota have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 212 minutes.
Minnesota United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Dallas (placed 4th) in their previous fixture. Lawrence was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.61. The defender Lawrence hit two key passes and won 4 of 4 duels.
Before that, the US Open Cup win away at Detroit City. We have checked recent matches where Minnesota have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 21 games were 8 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Philadelphia Union in just three days.
Minnesota United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the teams met earlier this campaign; Minnesota United - Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vancouver three wins, three draws and Minnesota United four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Becher 3 goals |  B. White 2 goals |   B. Hlongwane 2 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
Minnesota United missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 44% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 7.8 | 9.6 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 5.2 | 3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.2 | 18.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.6 | 11.2 |
| 5.2 | 6.8 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 23% | 24% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 11 | 6.8 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.6 | 13.7 |
| 3.6 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minnesota United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Minnesota United 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 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.
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Saint Louis City | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 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 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 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 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Real Salt Lake | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Austin | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 3 |
