Which team will go home victorious when Minnesota United visit Vancouver Whitecaps? In this pre-match guide you'll find all the relevant news and data required to enjoy the game more.
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This stadium has artifical turf, which is not Minnesota United's everyday surface at their own field. When playing on artifical turf Minnesota United have performed like this: Played seven matches with the outcome 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats with the goal data 6-11 (scored/conceded).
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.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Major League Soccer games here at BC Place Stadium for Vancouver Whitecaps. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Vancouver are confident in defense, having played 271 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Vancouver Whitecaps's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Los Angeles FC (placed 1st). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Cubas was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Cubas scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 45 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus New England that ended 0-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vancouver Whitecaps have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 1.
The Vancouver fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded only 8 goals.
Minnesota United form and stats
Playing away, Minnesota United have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
The regulars enjoyed Minnesota's previous match versus Real Salt Lake (placed 3rd), a 3-2 win played at home. Reynoso got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, top player of the team. Reynoso scored two goals, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times and had 43 successful passes (of 52 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus LA Galaxy at their stadium, the result 3-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Minnesota United playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 1 Minnesota United win, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Minnesota United find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Minnesota have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Vancouver Whitecaps, three draws and four wins for Minnesota United. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Reynoso 7 goals |  R. Lod 6 goals |   L. Cavallini 5 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
Minnesota United missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 28 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 44% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 61% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 50% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 22% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 44% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 39% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 13.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.1 | 12.4 |
| 3.4 | 4.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 31% | 29% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 32% | 29% |
| 13.7 | 11.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 17 | 14.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 36 |
| 2 | Austin | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 29 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Dallas | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Seattle Sounders | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 24 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -17 | 16 |
