Houston Dynamo vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Thu 19 Sep 2024 · 00:30 UTC Shell Energy Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 26' Pedro Vite

Y 37' Yohei Takaoka

Erik Sviatchenko 38' Y

Micael 57' Y

Amine Bassi 90' Y

Overview

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Houston Dynamo vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at Shell Energy Stadium.

Houston Dynamo 18 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Houston Dynamo 16 games · Avg 3.3 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-19 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2024-07-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 Houston Dynamo 2023-09-21 Houston Dynamo 4–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023-06-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6–2 Houston Dynamo 2022-08-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo

Recent Form

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D
15 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	4–1	W
08 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	0–0	D
01 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	2–0	W
25 Aug	Toronto FC	H	0–1	L
21 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	4–3	W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
15 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–0	W
08 Sep	FC Dallas	H	0–0	D
01 Sep	Austin FC	A	1–0	W
21 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	3–4	L
18 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Houston Dynamo		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#19	Position	#16
32	Points	34
18	Played	17
10 / 2 / 6	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 3
27	Scored	38
24	Conceded	17
+3	GD	+21
1.78	PPG	2.00
56%	Win %	59%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

42% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Houston Dynamo are 19th (32 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

3/3

61-75

4/2

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme

8 G

4 A

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Houston Dynamo have kicked off against Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ezequiel Ponce, as he is very good at scoring at Shell Energy Stadium with 9 goals in the last 9 games.
10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
20' It looks surprising Vancouver Whitecaps FC does not make any changes. Mathias Laborda has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
25' Vancouver Whitecaps FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
26' Vancouver Whitecaps FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 26.
31' Vancouver Whitecaps FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
36' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC winning 0% of all matches.
37' Controversy at the stadium! Yohei Takaoka argues furiously but the card stands.
38' The referee shows Houston Dynamo player a card on 38.
43' USA international Griffin Dorsey has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
46' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Andres Cubas is withdrawn and Ralph Priso-Mbongue gets his opportunity.
51' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is showing some good football. However, Vancouver Whitecaps FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
52' Against the run of play, Ezequiel Ponce has scored! This game has turned on its head.
57' Micael has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 57.
60' Brian White is replacing Ryan Raposo for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
65' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
70' Another change for Houston Dynamo made on 70 minute. Adalberto Carrasquilla leaves to be changed by Brooklyn Raines.
73' Goal! Brian White scores his 88 goal in 286 matches.
78' Houston Dynamo make a change. Franco Escobar trudges off to be replaced by Daniel Steres on 78 minutes.
79' Orrin McKinze Gaines II is ready to make an impact after coming on for Sebastian Kowalczyk at the 79 minute mark.
83' Another substitution for Houston Dynamo to replace Ezequiel Ponce by Sebastian Ferreira on 83 minute.
87' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Ryan Gauld exits the field as Tristan Blackmon enters on 87.
90' Amine Bassi catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

8
Amine Bassi
12
Steve Clark
20
Adalberto Carrasquilla ↓ Brooklyn Raines 70'
10
Ezequiel Ponce ↓ Sebastian Ferreira 83'
6
Artur
2
Franco Escobar ↓ Daniel Steres 78'
28
Erik Sviatchenko
25
Griffin Dorsey
27
Sebastian Kowalczyk ↓ Orrin McKinze Gaines II 79'
31
Micael
18
Ibrahim Aliyu ↓ Latif Blessing 70'

Bench

Coach Ben Olsen

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Fafa Picault
1
Yohei Takaoka
20
Andres Cubas ↓ Ralph Priso-Mbongue 46'
15
Bjorn Utvik
25
Ryan Gauld ↓ Tristan Blackmon 87'
16
Sebastian Berhalter
4
Ranko Veselinovic
7
Ryan Raposo ↓ Brian White 60'
45
Pedro Vite ↓ Alessandro Schopf 46'
3
Sam Adekugbe ↓ Edier Ocampo 70'
2
Mathias Laborda

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Memo Rodriguez	4
Brian White	4
Lucas Cavallini	3
Griffin Dorsey	3
Sebastian Berhalter	2
Carlos Darwin Quintero	2
Alberth Elis	2
Fafa Picault	2

Head to Head

Houston Dynamo Form

2024-09-19 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2024-09-15 Houston Dynamo 4–1 Real Salt Lake W 2024-09-08 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Los Angeles FC D 2024-09-01 Los Angeles FC 0–2 Houston Dynamo W 2024-08-25 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Toronto FC L 2024-07-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 Houston Dynamo W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2024-09-19 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2024-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-09-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 FC Dallas D 2024-09-01 Austin FC 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-07-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 Houston Dynamo L 2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.34 Houston Dynamo xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.69 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Houston Dynamo or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 74% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Houston Dynamo36% Draw26% Vancouver Whitecaps FC38%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.03

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Houston Dynamo or Draw

61%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

64%

Houston Dynamo or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Houston Dynamo23% Draw44% Vancouver Whitecaps FC33%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.9%

0 – 1

7.4%

2 – 1

7.1%

0 – 2

6.8%

0 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

1 – 0

5.6%

1 – 3

2 – 0

4.3%

0 – 3

3.8%

2 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Houston Dynamo

Handicap	Houston Dynamo covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	16%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	20%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	14%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.