Major League Soccer: What this match might not have in glamour it should compensate in pace and commitment. Get ready for Vancouver Whitecaps - Sporting KC!
- Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sporting KC is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Sporting KC have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-0-8 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.
Sporting KC have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Vancouver Whitecaps are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at BC Place Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. Vancouver Whitecaps are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Vancouver Whitecaps's last game was hosting Houston Dynamo (placed 9th) and winning 6-2. As mentioned above, Vancouver "killed" Houston Dynamo in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfield player Gauld got a match rating of 8.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Gauld scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Saint Louis City (1-3).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vancouver Whitecaps have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Montreal Impact are coming to town in four days.
The Vancouver manager Sartini has got the team scoring with 19 from 8 home games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vancouver Whitecaps have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sporting KC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting KC so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Sporting KC's previous game versus Dallas (placed 4th), a 2-1 win played at home. Midfielder Kinda was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.45. Kinda scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Sporting KC secured a home win against Portland Timbers with the score 4-1.We have checked recent matches where Sporting KC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats.
The attacking power of Sporting KC when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sporting KC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Vancouver Whitecaps-Sporting KC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vancouver three wins, Sporting KC five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  B. White 6 goals |  S. Becher 4 goals |   D. Salloi 4 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 87% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 81% |
| 80% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 56% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 19% |
| 20% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 67% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 33% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 13% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 50% |
| 6.7 | 8.1 | 11.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| 5.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.9 | 17.6 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.6 | 13.2 |
| 5.1 | 6.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 32% | 36% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 11.8 | 8.4 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.7 | 11.2 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 4.4 |
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting KC have scored away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | Saint Louis City | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Dallas | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Austin | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Real Salt Lake | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 16 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 12 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
