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

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MLS · 2022

Los Angeles FC

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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 19 games · 34 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

Los Angeles FC 18 games · Avg 3.2 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
#17	Position	#16
34	Points	34
19	Played	17
10 / 4 / 5	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 3
35	Scored	38
19	Conceded	17
+16	GD	+21
1.79	PPG	2.00
53%	Win %	59%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

5/2

31-45

7/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/2

76+

4/5

■ 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)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	8 G	2 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Banc of California Stadium that hosts another battle between Los Angeles FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
10' Cristian Dajome is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles FC so far.
12' Tristan Blackmon doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
17' It’s high time Vanni Sartini made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
20' Tristan Blackmon has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 20.
25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
27' Ryan Hollingshead has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 27 minutes.
32' It looks surprising Los Angeles FC does not make any changes. Lucas Cavallini has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
33' Carlos Vela is having his name booked by the referee on 33.
38' GOAL! Carlos Vela fires home to make it 2-1!
43' Vancouver Whitecaps FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
48' Ryan Raposo, a Canada , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
53' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
55' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Russell Teibert on 55 minutes.
60' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Marcus Godinho by Cristian Gutierrez on 60 minute.
61' Mamadou Fall was booked on 61.
61' Marcus Godinho makes way for Cristian Gutierrez at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
66' Vancouver Whitecaps FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
70' The deadlock is broken! Ryan Hollingshead gets on the scoresheet on 70 minutes.
74' Los Angeles FC make a change. Brian Rodriguez trudges off to be replaced by Ismael Tajouri-Shradi on 74 minutes.
79' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
80' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes a substitution. Russell Teibert departs to be replaced by Leonard Owusu.
81' The supporters are chanting for Cristian Arango. He replaces Carlos Vela on 81 minute.
86' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vancouver Whitecaps FC that had 279 games and scored 428 goals.
87' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Jose Cifuentes is replaced by Francisco Ginella on 87 minute.
89' Ilie Sanchez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 89.
90' Ilie Sanchez is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

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
Cristian Dajome	3
Denis Bouanga	3
Tristan Blackmon	2
Lucas Cavallini	2
Jose Cifuentes	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

1.74 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC50% Draw25% Vancouver Whitecaps FC25%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.98

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

50%

Los Angeles FC or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC35% Draw44% Vancouver Whitecaps FC21%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 0

8.1%

2 – 0

7.6%

0 – 0

6.8%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

4.3%

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	21%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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