After two games we know a little more about the qualities of Vancouver Whitecaps and SJ Earthquakes in this fresh Major League Soccer season. Read our match preview!
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.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike SJ Earthquakes's home stadium. The visitors last ten games on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 2 draws and 7 losses.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Vancouver Whitecaps have played 1 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Vancouver Whitecaps against LA Galaxy the last match, as Tosaint Ricketts were on target. Sensational by Vancouver last match, beating LA Galaxy away as big underdogs. Ahead of that match, Vancouver lost 1-3 at home to Sporting KC.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vancouver Whitecaps at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Seattle Sounders for a Major League Soccer game that ended a draw (0-0). A loss against Minnesota United was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Daniel Vega had red hot gloves after the game against Seattle Sounders, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Earthquakes manager M. Almeyda as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Chicago Fire.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Vancouver wins - draws - SJ Earthquakes wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Nerwinski 1 goals |  T. Ricketts 1 goals |   M. Eriksson 1 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1 | 5.3 |
| 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 9 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 16 | 47 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Last season | SJ Earthquakes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 52 | ||
| 59 | 23 | Conceded | C | 35 | 55 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 71% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 53% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 38% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 44% | ||
| 15% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 62% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 65% | ||
| 15% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 21% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 18% | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.7 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 369 | 186 | Total Shots | T S | 290 | 594 | ||
| 138 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 93 | 207 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | New York RB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Toronto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | New England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Orlando City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 22 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 23 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Inter Miami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 25 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 26 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 85 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 48 | 72 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 56 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 53 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 53 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 58 | 59 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -1 | 51 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 49 |
| 7 | Dallas | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 48 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | -3 | 44 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 63 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -5 | 42 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 49 | 59 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 40 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 38 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | -22 | 34 |