Football match betting preview: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Toronto

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: BC Place Stadium (22120 seats)

Vancouver Whitecaps are aiming to set aside the league table before this match vs Toronto. Here's everything you need to know before the game!

Insights:
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals (6) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have yet to win a game away.

It should be mentioned that Toronto play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Toronto on artifical turf are 3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats from seven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 8-9. You can compare this with overall results below.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only four days ago. That game, against Cincinnati, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Toronto.

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Vancouver Whitecaps have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Vancouver to get some points in this home game.

No payout for Vancouver Whitecaps in their previous match, an away game at Austin that ended in defeat 0-3. Midfield player Berhalter got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Berhalter hit one key pass and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).

Heartbreak before that as Vancouver Whitecaps lost 1-2 at Montreal Impact's place.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Valour are coming to town in three days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vancouver Whitecaps at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 3 matches.

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Toronto form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Three has not been a lucky number for Toronto as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Philadelphia Union match.

Toronto play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Cincinnati. Midfielder Bradley was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Bradley hit three key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 54 total).

A 1-2 loss hosting Cincinnati before that.

Toronto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. For Toronto, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Vancouver Whitecaps victories, three draws and four Toronto wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TorontoJ. Jiménez Núñez
J. Jiménez Núñez
7 goals
TorontoA. Pozuelo Melero
A. Pozuelo Melero
2 goals
TorontoJ. Osorio
J. Osorio
2 goals

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

Toronto missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps Toronto
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 0 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
6 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
6 3 0 Scored S 0 8 16
17 3 0 Conceded C 0 12 21
88% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 80%
38% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 30%
12% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 90%
25% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
38% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
5 3.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.8 4.6
4.9 3.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5.4
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.1 13.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 8.8
3.1 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.6 3.8
24% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 42%
 
14 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16.8 15.3
5.1 4.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7.2 6.9
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • All of Toronto's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Toronto have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Toronto have scored more than double the goals of Vancouver Whitecaps.
  • Toronto have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Toronto have yet to win a game away.
  • Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest scored goals (6) in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 9 7 1 1 21 8 5 4 1 0 12 3 4 3 0 1 9 5 13 22
2 Austin 9 6 2 1 22 8 5 4 1 0 15 2 4 2 1 1 7 6 14 20
3 Dallas 9 4 4 1 14 7 5 4 1 0 12 4 4 0 3 1 2 3 7 16
4 LA Galaxy 9 5 1 3 10 7 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 2 1 2 6 5 3 16
5 Real Salt Lake 10 4 4 2 10 13 4 3 1 0 6 3 6 1 3 2 4 10 -3 16
6 Minnesota United 9 4 2 3 11 8 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 1 1 2 2 4 3 14
7 Houston Dynamo 9 3 3 3 12 11 6 2 3 1 8 7 3 1 0 2 4 4 1 12
8 Colorado Rapids 9 3 3 3 11 11 5 3 2 0 8 1 4 0 1 3 3 10 0 12
9 Nashville SC 9 3 3 3 9 10 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 3 2 3 8 9 -1 12
10 Portland Timbers 10 2 5 3 10 15 5 1 3 1 5 6 5 1 2 2 5 9 -5 11
11 Sporting KC 10 2 2 6 8 16 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 0 0 5 3 12 -8 8
12 Seattle Sounders 7 2 1 4 9 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 1 1 2 6 7 -2 7
13 SJ Earthquakes 9 1 3 5 15 23 5 1 3 1 12 13 4 0 0 4 3 10 -8 6
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 8 1 1 6 6 17 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 0 0 5 3 14 -11 4

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.