Vancouver Whitecaps vs SJ Earthquakes match guide

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: BC Place Stadium (22120 seats)

The stage is lit for Vancouver Whitecaps - SJ Earthquakes! Despite a mixed bag of results so far, this match could be awesome!

Insights:
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) 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 SJ Earthquakes.

Vancouver's stadium, BC Place Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. SJ Earthquakes 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 SJ Earthquakes when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 1 draw and 7 losses from nine matches. They have scored 10 goals in these games and conceded 27.

SJ Earthquakes have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Vancouver Whitecaps have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau not having conceded a league goal in 242 minutes.

Vancouver shared the glory with Houston Dynamo in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The goalie Maxime Crépeau was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.42 out of ten. Crépeau stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dallas in a game that was won 1-0.

The Vancouver fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Vancouver have conceded 14 goals.

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, SJ Earthquakes have produced an overall stat of 4-6-3 so far. Earthquakes are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Home advantage was not enough for Earthquakes in their previous game, as they lost their Major League Soccer-match, hosting Seattle Sounders, 1-3. Midfielder Jackson Yueill was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.04. Yueill hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 63 successful passes (of 70 total).

Before that, SJ Earthquakes secured a home win against Los Angeles FC with the score 2-0.

The visiting Earthquakes have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 13 games. SJ Earthquakes have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest past meeting featuring both these contenders is the SJ Earthquakes - Vancouver 0-0 played not long ago this season. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Vancouver won four, SJ Earthquakes triumphed in four and we saw two draws. nine games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SJ EarthquakesJ. López Ramírez
J. López Ramírez
11 goals
Vancouver WhitecapsC. Dájome Arboleda
C. Dájome Arboleda
8 goals
VancouverB. White
B. White
6 goals

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vancouver Whitecaps SJ Earthquakes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
8 7 3 Won W 2 4 8
10 2 1 Drew D 1 6 9
8 4 0 Lost L 1 3 10
31 17 5 Scored S 6 16 35
34 14 2 Conceded C 5 19 41
88% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
69% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 78%
58% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 46% 48%
31% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 33%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 15%
58% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 67%
23% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 15%
31% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 26%
 
5.5 6.4 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.8 5.1
4.5 3.1 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.2 4.7
1.7 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
11.2 11.9 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 15.8 12.5 12.6
3.8 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.9 4.3
32% 39% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 25% 30%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  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 26 15 6 5 41 22 13 6 4 3 19 11 13 9 2 2 22 11 19 51
2 Sporting KC 27 14 7 6 47 29 14 7 5 2 26 14 13 7 2 4 21 15 18 49
3 Colorado Rapids 26 13 9 4 38 24 14 7 6 1 23 11 12 6 3 3 15 13 14 48
4 Portland Timbers 27 13 4 10 44 44 13 8 2 3 27 19 14 5 2 7 17 25 0 43
5 Real Salt Lake 27 11 6 10 44 42 14 8 4 2 23 13 13 3 2 8 21 29 2 39
6 LA Galaxy 27 11 5 11 38 44 13 7 2 4 21 15 14 4 3 7 17 29 -6 38
7 Minnesota United 26 10 7 9 30 32 13 8 2 3 17 7 13 2 5 6 13 25 -2 37
8 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 8 10 8 31 34 13 7 2 4 17 14 13 1 8 4 14 20 -3 34
9 Los Angeles FC 27 9 6 12 39 40 14 6 5 3 27 21 13 3 1 9 12 19 -1 33
10 SJ Earthquakes 27 8 9 10 35 41 14 4 3 7 19 22 13 4 6 3 16 19 -6 33
11 Dallas 28 6 9 13 39 47 13 4 6 3 20 15 15 2 3 10 19 32 -8 27
12 Houston Dynamo 28 5 12 11 31 41 14 5 6 3 19 17 14 0 6 8 12 24 -10 27
13 Austin 27 6 4 17 27 43 13 4 2 7 20 21 14 2 2 10 7 22 -16 22

Table
  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 26 15 6 5 41 22 13 6 4 3 19 11 13 9 2 2 22 11 19 51
2 Sporting KC 27 14 7 6 47 29 14 7 5 2 26 14 13 7 2 4 21 15 18 49
3 Colorado Rapids 26 13 9 4 38 24 14 7 6 1 23 11 12 6 3 3 15 13 14 48
4 Portland Timbers 27 13 4 10 44 44 13 8 2 3 27 19 14 5 2 7 17 25 0 43
5 Real Salt Lake 27 11 6 10 44 42 14 8 4 2 23 13 13 3 2 8 21 29 2 39
6 LA Galaxy 27 11 5 11 38 44 13 7 2 4 21 15 14 4 3 7 17 29 -6 38
7 Minnesota United 26 10 7 9 30 32 13 8 2 3 17 7 13 2 5 6 13 25 -2 37
8 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 8 10 8 31 34 13 7 2 4 17 14 13 1 8 4 14 20 -3 34
9 Los Angeles FC 27 9 6 12 39 40 14 6 5 3 27 21 13 3 1 9 12 19 -1 33
10 SJ Earthquakes 27 8 9 10 35 41 14 4 3 7 19 22 13 4 6 3 16 19 -6 33
11 Dallas 28 6 9 13 39 47 13 4 6 3 20 15 15 2 3 10 19 32 -8 27
12 Houston Dynamo 28 5 12 11 31 41 14 5 6 3 19 17 14 0 6 8 12 24 -10 27
13 Austin 27 6 4 17 27 43 13 4 2 7 20 21 14 2 2 10 7 22 -16 22

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