There has been boom and bust for these two squads so far, occupying positions near the center of the Major League Soccer table. Here's the Vancouver Whitecaps - Minnesota United latest:
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Major League Soccer
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 Whitecaps and Minnesota United.
This field has artifical turf, unlike Minnesota United's home stadium. The last seven games by the away side on artifical turf have generated 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Minnesota United, who are travelling more than 2900 kilometers to play this game.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
9-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Vancouver Whitecaps so far this season. Vancouver Whitecaps are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
An away draw last time out for Vancouver, facing SJ Earthquakes in a game that ended 1-1. Defender Ranko Veselinović got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Veselinović won 5 of 6 duels.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Portland Timbers.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost one.
Vancouver Whitecaps are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. 15 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Minnesota United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Minnesota United so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-6 (win-draw-lose).
Minnesota played 1-1 against Los Angeles FC in their previous match. Osvaldo Alonso got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Alonso scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 89 successful passes (of 93 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Philadelphia Union.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Minnesota playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Minnesota United wins, three draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sporting KC in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Minnesota as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Minnesota United have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head encounter ended Vancouver - Minnesota United 2-2, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Vancouver victories, three draws and four Minnesota United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. White 11 goals |  C. Dájome Arboleda 9 goals |  R. Lod 8 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
Minnesota United missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 41 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 36 |
| 42 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 25 | 38 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 94% |
| 74% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 68% |
| 61% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 47% | 42% |
| 32% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 10% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 61% | 47% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 45% |
| 23% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 35% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.1 | 11.9 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.9 | 14.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 42% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 30% |
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minnesota United have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most points from losing position (21) in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 58 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 55 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 29 | -2 | 46 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 51 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -3 | 46 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -2 | 45 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 27 | -1 | 44 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 42 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -7 | 37 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 32 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 30 | -15 | 30 |
| 12 | Dallas | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 34 | -9 | 29 |
| 13 | Austin | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | -19 | 28 |