Vancouver Whitecaps open their doors to Montreal Impact for another interesting Major League Soccer match here at BC Place Stadium.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Major League Soccer
It should be mentioned that Montreal Impact play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Montreal Impact on artifical turf are 3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats from seven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 11-10. You can compare this with overall results below.
Montreal Impact have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
All-inclusive Major League Soccer stats at home this season for Vancouver Whitecaps are 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Vancouver shared the glory with Minnesota United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach Sartini made a successful contribution in the game against Minnesota United, bringing on Becher who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfielder Berhalter was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Berhalter hit one key pass and had 43 successful passes (of 47 total).
Preceding that game was the away draw at LA Galaxy that finished 1-1.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 10 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Both teams on the scoresheet! That has occurred in 5 league rounds in a row for this team. Could it happen again?
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the CONCACAF Champions League game versus Los Angeles FC in only four days. This game is also played here at BC Place Stadium.
Early season league goal statistics from Vancouver Whitecaps's 2 home games: {2 goals}, 3 conceded.
Montreal Impact form and stats
No Major League Soccer points yet away for Montreal Impact, from their first 3 matches.
Impressive finishing from Quioto (2) and Offor secured the home win 3-2 against Philadelphia Union in their previous game. That win felt nice as this team had gone three league games without winning. Late drama in the previous game, when Quioto scored the winning goal eight minutes into stoppage time to defeat Philadelphia Union. Attacker Quioto got a player rating of 8.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Quioto scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nashville SC wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Montreal Impact in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Montreal Impact, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
In the opposite end, Montreal have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vancouver Whitecaps five wins, zero draws and Montreal Impact five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Quioto Robinson 2 goals |   T. Blackmon 1 goals |  J. Brown 1 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
Montreal Impact missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Montreal Impact | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 7.4 | 8.5 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 7.6 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 2.6 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.3 | 11.5 |
| 4 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 25% | 18% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 14 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.7 | 13.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
- Montreal Impact have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Major League Soccer
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Last season | Montreal Impact | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 11 | 21 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 33 | 66 | ||
| 57 | 20 | Conceded | C | 29 | 53 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 82% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 83% | ||
| 62% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 69% | ||
| 29% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 39% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 22% | ||
| 56% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 67% | ||
| 26% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 22% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 14% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 13.5 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Dallas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Austin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | LA Galaxy | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Real Salt Lake | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
