The visiting Philadelphia Union side should be favourites in this visit to Vancouver Whitecaps, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their eight league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Philadelphia Union have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 3-2-5 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches. Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Vancouver Whitecaps, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Major League Soccer, so far this season.In their previous game, the manager C. Robinson led his Vancouver Whitecaps to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Orlando City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at BC Place Stadium. Ahead of that match, Vancouver Whitecaps won a home game hosting Los Angeles FC (1-0).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vancouver Whitecaps here at BC Place Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). 5 goals have been conceded.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Philadelphia Union playing as the away team this season.The supporters enjoyed Philadelphia Union's previous game versus Montreal Impact, a Major League Soccer 3-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against LA Galaxy wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
A new game in only four days for Philadelphia Union, the Major League Soccer home match versus Cincinnati. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Philadelphia Union as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games. 5 goals have been conceded by Philadelphia Union in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Vancouver Whitecaps won 3 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Philadelphia Union has 3 wins.Top Goalscorers
  D. Accam 3 goals / 1 assists |  M. Fabián 2 goals |  A. Bedoya 2 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Philadelphia Union | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | Played | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | Scored | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | 5 | Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 25% | Both teams to score | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 25% | 38% |
| 50% | 50% | Failed To Score | 50% | 25% |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | 6.2 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 3 |
- Philadelphia Union hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Dallas | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 8 | Sporting KC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | SJ Earthquakes | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 2 |
