Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

1 – 1

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Los Angeles FC

Sun 22 Oct 2023 · 01:00 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 34' Denis Bouanga

Ali Ahmed 58' 1–1

Y 44' Diego Palacios

Y 45' Denis Bouanga

Y 51' Timothy Tillman

Y 57' Mateusz Bogusz

Y 68' Ilie Sanchez

Sam Adekugbe 71' Y

Y 73' Giorgio Chiellini

Y 74' Maxime Crepeau

Sebastian Berhalter 76' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at BC Place.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 games · 50 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 28 games · 41 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 18 games · Avg 3.2 goals Los Angeles FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC 2023-06-25 Los Angeles FC 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-07-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Los Angeles FC 2022-03-21 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-11-03 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	D
08 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–0	D
05 Oct	St. Louis City	H	3–0	W
01 Oct	D.C. United SC	H	2–2	D
28 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	2–2	D
24 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
08 Oct	Austin FC	A	4–2	W
05 Oct	Minnesota United FC	H	5–1	W
02 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
23 Sep	Philadelphia Union	A	0–0	D
21 Sep	St. Louis City	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Los Angeles FC
#16	Position	#21
50	Points	41
26	Played	28
15 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	11 / 8 / 9
59	Scored	43
26	Conceded	30
+33	GD	+13
1.92	PPG	1.46
58%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

42% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

46% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (50 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (41 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

8/3

16-30

10/4

31-45

6/8

46-60

4/5

61-75

6/1

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

6/5

31-45

9/4

46-60

4/5

61-75

4/5

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	17 G
Thomas Muller	9 G	5 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	14 G	5 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at BC Place. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have won 438 goals from 283 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Los Angeles FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
20' Vancouver Whitecaps FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
25' Ranko Veselinovic has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 21 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
34' GOAL! Denis Bouanga scores on 34. Assisted by Ilie Sanchez
39' Ali Ahmed needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 8 Yellow cards this season.
44' A meaty challenge results in booking for Diego Palacios on 44.
45' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Denis Bouanga on 45 minutes.
50' Timothy Tillman is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Vancouver Whitecaps FC tonight.
51' Timothy Tillman picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
56' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Los Angeles FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
57' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Mateusz Bogusz.
58' Ali Ahmed makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are in front.
63' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
67' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Javain Brown is withdrawn and Luis Martins gets his opportunity.
68' Ilie Sanchez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 68.
71' Vancouver Whitecaps FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 71.
73' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Giorgio Chiellini.
74' It’s gonna be a card for Maxime Crepeau.
76' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Sebastian Berhalter.
78' Sergi Palencia is replacing Diego Palacios for the Los Angeles FC side.
79' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Ali Ahmed is replaced by Junior Hoilett on 79 minute.
84' Both keepers have barely been tested. Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Los Angeles FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
85' Another substitution for Los Angeles FC to replace Carlos Vela by Nathan Ordaz on 85 minute.
87' Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Simon Becher is hanging Brian White on the field on 87 minute.
88' The Los Angeles FC bench stirs into life. Timothy Tillman is withdrawn and Filip Krastev gets his opportunity.
1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

3-1-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

Los Angeles FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios ↓ Sergi Palencia 78'
99
Denis Bouanga
11
Timothy Tillman ↓ Filip Krastev 88'
14
Giorgio Chiellini
6
Ilie Sanchez
24
Ryan Hollingshead
10
Carlos Vela ↓ Nathan Ordaz 85'
16
Maxime Crepeau
19
Mateusz Bogusz ↓ Kellyn Acosta 67'
3
Jesus Murillo
25
Cristian Olivera ↓ Mario Gonzalez 67'

Bench

30
Sergi Palencia ↑ 78'
9
Mario Gonzalez ↑ 67'
33
Aaron Long
77
John McCarthy
23
Kellyn Acosta ↑ 67'
50
Filip Krastev ↑ 88'
2
Denil Maldonado
27
Nathan Ordaz ↑ 85'
7
Stipe Biuk

Coach Steven Cherundolo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2023-10-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2023-10-08 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2023-10-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 St. Louis City W 2023-10-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 D.C. United SC D 2023-09-28 Colorado Rapids SC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2023-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Los Angeles FC Form

2023-10-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2023-10-08 Austin FC 2–4 Los Angeles FC W 2023-10-05 Los Angeles FC 5–1 Minnesota United FC W 2023-10-02 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2023-09-23 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Los Angeles FC D 2023-09-21 St. Louis City 0–0 Los Angeles FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.14 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC47% Draw27% Los Angeles FC26%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.74

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

53%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Los Angeles FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC34% Draw46% Los Angeles FC20%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

9.4%

2 – 1

9.1%

0 – 0

8.4%

2 – 0

8.1%

1 – 2

6.4%

0 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

4.9%

3 – 0

4.3%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	22%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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