Seattle Sounders know they face a grim trip to Vancouver Whitecaps and their BC Place Stadium. This news article has all the information you need before the match.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the the worst goal difference (2) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Vancouver Whitecaps's stadium, BC Place Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Seattle Sounders have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Seattle Sounders when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from seven matches. They have scored 13 goals in these games and conceded 9.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Not much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Major League Soccer match only three days back. This match was also played here at BC Place Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Seattle Sounders have had more rest.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Vancouver Whitecaps, who have the the worst goal difference (2) at home in Major League Soccer, have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.
The Vancouver regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host LA Galaxy and win 3-0. Finally, a league victory after four fixtures without. The versatile forward Gauld edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.64 out of 10. Gauld scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Colorado Rapids (1-3).Sports bettors should know that 10 of the latest 13 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each side.
Vancouver Whitecaps has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Seattle Sounders so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-10 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Seattle Sounders are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Sounders go into this game after a win, the home game against Austin that ended 3-0. The attacker Ruidíaz got a match rating of 8.15 in that game. Ruidíaz scored two goals.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Houston Dynamo.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 10 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.
The visiting Seattle Sounders have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 15 games. Sounders struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Seattle Sounders have not lost in the last 15 games (10-5-0) against Vancouver Whitecaps.This was the end result when the squads faced each other earlier this campaign; Seattle Sounders - Vancouver 4-0. Ruidíaz likes to play against Vancouver Whitecaps and have scored 8 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 9 goals |   L. Cavallini 8 goals |  R. Gauld 7 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
Seattle Sounders missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Seattle Sounders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 36 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 43 |
| 54 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 24 | 40 |
| 94% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 73% |
| 65% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 60% |
| 32% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 20% |
| 10% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 13% |
| 58% | 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 53% | 53% |
| 26% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 13% | 20% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 27% |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.4 | 12.1 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.2 | 12.1 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 32% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 34% |
| 13.4 | 12.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 15.9 | 12.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
- Seattle Sounders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the the worst goal difference (2) at home 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 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 61 |
| 2 | Austin | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 54 |
| 3 | Dallas | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 46 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 45 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -3 | 43 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -9 | 39 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 35 | -18 | 37 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -15 | 34 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 30 | -10 | 33 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 63 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | -18 | 30 |
