Los Angeles FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Los Angeles FC

3 – 1

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Mon 21 Mar 2022 · 02:00 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 20' Tristan Blackmon

Y 20' Ranko Veselinovic

Carlos Vela 33' Y

Y 55' Russell Teibert

Mamadou Fall 61' Y

Ilie Sanchez 89' Y

Ilie Sanchez 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at Banc of California Stadium.

Los Angeles FC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 games · 64 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles FC 19 games · Avg 3.1 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-03-21 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-11-03 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-08-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles FC 2021-07-25 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2020-10-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–1	W
12 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–0	W
07 Mar	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D
26 Feb	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–0	W
07 Nov	Colorado Rapids SC	A	2–5	L
03 Nov	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Mar	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L
12 Mar	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L
05 Mar	New York City FC	H	0–0	D
26 Feb	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–4	L
07 Nov	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
03 Nov	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#21	Position	#16
47	Points	64
34	Played	34
12 / 11 / 11	W / D / L	19 / 7 / 8
52	Scored	74
40	Conceded	34
+12	GD	+40
1.38	PPG	1.88
35%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

68% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Los Angeles FC are 21st (47 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (64 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/5

16-30

6/6

31-45

10/8

46-60

7/7

61-75

7/6

76+

8/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

10/4

16-30

11/4

31-45

9/9

46-60

7/7

61-75

10/2

76+

13/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	18 G	5 A
Heung-min Son	7 G	11 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	20 G	2 A
Thomas Muller	9 G	6 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Los Angeles FC is hosting Vancouver Whitecaps FC for another epic battle.
5' Jakob Nerwinski has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 296 appearances.
10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Vancouver Whitecaps FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
12' Tristan Blackmon makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are in front.
17' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have won 464 goals from 296 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' Tristan Blackmon has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 20.
25' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
27' The USA Ryan Hollingshead breaks the deadlock on 27 minutes. 1-1!
32' 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.
33' Carlos Vela was booked on 33.
38' GOAL! Carlos Vela fires home to make it 2-1!
43' Brian Rodriguez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
48' Kwadwo Opoku needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
53' It looks surprising Los Angeles FC does not make any changes. Sebastian Berhalter has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
55' Russell Teibert catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 55.
60' Vancouver Whitecaps FC ring the changes. Marcus Godinho has done his job and it is now time for Cristian Gutierrez to step up.
61' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Mamadou Fall.
61' A tactical swap from Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Cristian Gutierrez on, Marcus Godinho off on 61 minutes.
66' The energy levels are beginning to show. Vanni Sartini might look to freshen things up shortly.
70' Ryan Hollingshead doubles the advantage! 3-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
74' Another change for Los Angeles FC made on 74 minute. Brian Rodriguez leaves to be changed by Ismael Tajouri-Shradi.
79' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
80' Leonard Owusu is replacing Russell Teibert for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
81' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Carlos Vela is replaced by Cristian Arango on 81 minute.
86' A quiet spell here at Banc of California Stadium. Los Angeles FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
87' The crowd applauds Jose Cifuentes as he leaves the pitch. Francisco Ginella steps in for Los Angeles FC.
89' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles FC. Ilie Sanchez will be fuming at that decision.
90' Ilie Sanchez has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 90.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC will have plenty to reflect on. Los Angeles FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Ilie Sanchez
24
Ryan Hollingshead
10
Carlos Vela ↓ Cristian Arango 81'
7
Latif Blessing
23
Kellyn Acosta
16
Maxime Crepeau
17
Brian Rodriguez ↓ Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 74'
11
Jose Cifuentes ↓ Francisco Ginella 87'
22
Kwadwo Opoku
3
Jesus Murillo
5
Mamadou Fall ↓ Doneil Henry 81'

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

2
Marcus Godinho ↓ Cristian Gutierrez 61'
31
Russell Teibert ↓ Leonard Owusu 80'
6
Tristan Blackmon
1
Thomas Hasal
16
Sebastian Berhalter
11
Cristian Dajome ↓ Deiber Caicedo 74'
9
Lucas Cavallini
4
Ranko Veselinovic
28
Jakob Nerwinski ↓ Ryan Raposo 74'
23
Javain Brown
45
Pedro Vite

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Vela	7
Diego Rossi	6
Brian White	4
Denis Bouanga	4
Cristian Dajome	3
Cristian Olivera	2
Andy Rose	2
Ryan Gauld	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-03-21 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2022-03-12 Internacional CF Miami 0–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-03-07 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2022-02-26 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-11-07 Colorado Rapids SC 5–2 Los Angeles FC L 2021-11-03 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2022-03-21 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-03-12 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-03-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 New York City FC D 2022-02-26 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2021-11-07 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2021-11-03 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.62 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.33 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC47% Draw26% Vancouver Whitecaps FC27%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.95

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

53%

Los Angeles FC or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC32% Draw45% Vancouver Whitecaps FC23%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.2%

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 0

7.7%

1 – 2

7.2%

0 – 0

2 – 0

6.8%

0 – 1

6.1%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

3.6%

3 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	20%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	17%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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