Vancouver Whitecaps greet Sporting KC for another engrossing Major League Soccer fixture here at BC Place Stadium.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals (2) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
This football pitch has artifical turf, which is not Sporting KC's everyday surface at their own football field. When appearing on artifical turf Sporting KC have performed like this: Played seven matches with the results 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats with the goal production 11-10 (scored/conceded).
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sporting KC, who are travelling more than 3100 kilometers to play this game.
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.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Vancouver Whitecaps, who have the fewest scored goals (2) in Major League Soccer, have played 1 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Sartini led his Vancouver Whitecaps to a defeat away at Los Angeles FC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at BC Place Stadium.
Heartbreak before that as Vancouver lost 1-2 at Houston Dynamo's place.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 seven games. Vancouver Whitecaps has won five of these, drawn one and lost one.
Early season league goal statistics from Vancouver Whitecaps's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
Sporting KC form and stats
It's not happening yet for Sporting KC on their Major League Soccer travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Sporting KC's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Impressive finishing from Russell secured the home win 1-0 against Real Salt Lake in their previous game. The attacker Russell got a match rating of 8.3 in that game. Russell scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Chicago Fire wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sporting KC playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were seven Sporting KC wins, three draws and eight defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sporting KC as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Sporting KC are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 2 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these squads: Vancouver won two, Sporting KC were winners in six and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  L. Cavallini 1 goals | T. Blackmon 1 goals |   R. Espinoza Ramírez 1 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 5.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8.2 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 10.2 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 18.2 | 19 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.3 | 9.8 |
| 6.2 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most matches over the total-line (2) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals (2) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Major League Soccer
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Last season | Sporting KC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 46 | 25 | Scored | S | 26 | 62 | ||
| 48 | 17 | Conceded | C | 23 | 43 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 77% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 89% | ||
| 60% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 31% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 33% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 8% | ||
| 66% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 69% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 22% | ||
| 23% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 14% | ||
| 5.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 37% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| 14.6 | 13.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Austin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | Dallas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Sporting KC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 1 |
