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New York City FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 2018

MLS · 2018
New York City FC
2 – 2
Full Time
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Sun 5 Aug 2018 · 00:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Mark Geiger
  • Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
  • Referee Brian Poeschel
  • Referee Timothy Ford
  • Referee Jose Da Silva

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

1
3
1
New York City FC 5 games · Avg 2.4 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Last 5 meetings
2018-08-05 New York City FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

New York City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Aug Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 2–2 D
29 Jul Seattle Sounders FC A 1–3 L
27 Jul Orlando City SC A 2–0 W
14 Jul Columbus Crew SC H 2–0 W
11 Jul Montreal Impact FC H 3–0 W
08 Jul New York Red Bulls H 1–0 W
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Aug New York City FC A 2–2 D
29 Jul Minnesota United FC H 4–2 W
21 Jul Seattle Sounders FC A 0–2 L
15 Jul D.C. United SC A 1–3 L
08 Jul Chicago Fire FC H 3–2 W
01 Jul Colorado Rapids SC H 0–1 L

Season Stats

New York City FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#5 Position #16
26 Points 34
18 Played 17
7 / 5 / 6 W / D / L 10 / 4 / 3
31 Scored 38
24 Conceded 17
+7 GD +21
1.44 PPG 2.00
39% Win % 59%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season
35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

New York City FC are 5th (26 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
4/–
16-30
3/4
31-45
2/4
46-60
3/2
61-75
2/2
76+
2/6
■ 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)

New York City FC
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 11 G 3 A
Hannes Wolf 5 G 1 A
Agustin Ojeda 4 G 3 A
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Brian White 10 G
Sebastian Berhalter 6 G 4 A
Thomas Muller 4 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at . New York City FC are looking to make home advantage count against Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  • 5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 10' Vancouver Whitecaps FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
  • 20' 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.
  • 25' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 30' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York City FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 35' Bernie Ibini-Isei has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 45' It’s high time Carl Robinson made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 50' 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.
  • 55' Maxime Chanot needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 60' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 65' It is a cagey affair so far. New York City FC in their trying to find a way past Vancouver Whitecaps FC's compact .
  • 70' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jo Inge Berget, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 75' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York City FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 80' Vancouver Whitecaps FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 80.
  • 85' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 90' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • The points are shared — New York City FC 2-2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Honours even.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Domenec Torrent

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carl Robinson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Mathias Laborda 1
Jesus Medina 1
Ryan Gauld 1
Valentin Castellanos 1
Monsef Bakrar 1
Jesus Medina 1
Nicolas Mezquida 1
Erik Hurtado 1

Head to Head

2018-08-05 New York City FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

New York City FC Form

2018-08-05 New York City FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2018-07-29 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 New York City FC L 2018-07-27 Orlando City SC 0–2 New York City FC W 2018-07-14 New York City FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2018-07-11 New York City FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2018-07-08 New York City FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2018-08-05 New York City FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2018-07-29 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–2 Minnesota United FC W 2018-07-21 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2018-07-15 D.C. United SC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2018-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2018-07-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.7 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.59 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG
I would bet for: New York City FC or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 75% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC43% Draw25% Vancouver Whitecaps FC32%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.29
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 63%
37%
± 3.5 41%
59%
± 4.5 24%
76%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
68%
Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC
57%
New York City FC or Vancouver Whitecaps FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC30% Draw42% Vancouver Whitecaps FC28%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11%
2 – 1
8.3%
1 – 2
7.7%
2 – 2
Actual
1 – 0
5.6%
2 – 0
5.4%
0 – 0
5.3%
0 – 1
5.2%
0 – 2
4.7%
3 – 1
4.7%
1 – 3
4.1%
3 – 2
3.7%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 12% 79%
-1.5 21% — 79%
-1 21% 19% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 17% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 11% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
21% ✓
Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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