Vancouver Whitecaps and New England have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf phrase. Both teams have mid-table positions in the Major League Soccer.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Major League Soccer
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for New England, who are travelling more than 5100 kilometers to play this game.
Vancouver Whitecaps have less rest than New England in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus York9, was also a home game here at BC Place Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Vancouver Whitecaps are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at BC Place Stadium. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
Vancouver's previous match was a Championship game also played at their home, ending 2-1 versus York9. The home side hope to to build on that result.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Dallas and winning 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Vancouver Whitecaps perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vancouver Whitecaps as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Vancouver Whitecaps has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.
The Vancouver Whitecaps fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
New England form and stats
As the visiting team matches, New England, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.
The fans enjoyed England's previous match versus Minnesota United (placed 11th), a 2-1 win played at home. Borrero got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Borrero scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Orlando City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by New England in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for New England, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The England manager Arena has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Vancouver Whitecaps wins - draws - New England wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  A. Buksa 7 goals |   L. Cavallini 5 goals |  C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 4 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
New England missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| 28 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 16 | 26 |
| 94% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 69% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 69% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 86% | 50% |
| 12% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 25% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 81% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 4 | 3.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 12.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.1 | 13.4 |
| 3.4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 37% |
| 13.8 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.7 | 11.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
- All of New England's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- New England have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New England have scored in all their away matches so far.
- New England have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Major League Soccer
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (11) 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 | Los Angeles FC | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 3 | Austin | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Dallas | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 16 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 15 |
