Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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Seattle Sounders FC

Sun 18 Sep 2022 · 02:00 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 25' Alex Roldan

Y 81' Nicolas Lodeiro

Julian Gressel 82' Y

Overview

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at BC Place.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 games · 64 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 22 games · Avg 2.8 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-09-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2022-06-15 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-11-07 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2021-10-10 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-06-27 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
15 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–0	W
11 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–3	L
05 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–2	L
28 Aug	Nashville SC	H	0–3	L
21 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
11 Sep	Austin FC	H	3–0	W
05 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
31 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	2–3	L
27 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
20 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–3	D

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Seattle Sounders FC
#16	Position	#23
64	Points	46
34	Played	34
19 / 7 / 8	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
74	Scored	44
34	Conceded	46
+40	GD	-2
1.88	PPG	1.35
56%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (64 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Vancouver Whitecaps FC welcome Seattle Sounders FC for this crunch clash at BC Place.
5' The -year-old Jakob Nerwinski has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
10' It’s high time Vanni Sartini made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Albert Rusnak suffering a number of foals already.
20' Seattle Sounders FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
25' Alex Roldan picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
29' What a moment for Pedro Vite! That strike on 29 puts his side firmly in control.
33' Another change for Vancouver Whitecaps FC made on 33 minute. Andres Cubas leaves to be changed by Leonard Owusu.
37' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Julian Gressel makes no mistake. 2-0!
42' The energy levels are beginning to show. Vanni Sartini might look to freshen things up shortly.
46' Fredy Montero is replacing Danny Leyva for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
51' Stefan Frei is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
56' Vancouver Whitecaps FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
61' Both keepers have barely been tested. Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Seattle Sounders FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
66' Seattle Sounders FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
71' Will Bruin gets the nod from Seattle Sounders FC. He replaces Joshua Atencio and will look to change the dynamic.
75' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes a substitution. Ryan Gauld departs to be replaced by Alessandro Schopf.
80' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
81' Seattle Sounders FC make a change. Jordan Morris trudges off to be replaced by Leo Chu on 81 minutes.
81' The referee shows Seattle Sounders FC player a Yellow card on 81.
82' A meaty challenge results in booking for Julian Gressel on 82.
84' Fresh legs for Vancouver Whitecaps FC! Cristian Dajome comes on to replace Pedro Vite.
89' The USA Will Bruin breaks the deadlock on 89 minutes. 2-1!
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Vancouver Whitecaps FC players.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

12
Fredy Montero ↑ 46'
94
Jimmy Medranda ↑ 71'
22
Kelyn Rowe ↑ 71'
30
Stefan Cleveland
17
Will Bruin ↑ 71'
23
Leo Chu ↑ 81'
45
Ethan Dobbelaere
25
Jackson Ragen
99
Dylan Teves

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Raul Ruidiaz	9
Brian White	5
Nicolas Lodeiro	5
Ryan Gauld	5
Will Bruin	3
Leo Chu	3
Jordan Morris	3
Cristian Dajome	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2022-09-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-09-11 Colorado Rapids SC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-08-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Nashville SC L 2022-08-21 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2022-09-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Austin FC W 2022-09-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2022-08-31 Orlando City SC 3–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-08-27 Portland Timbers 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-08-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Seattle Sounders FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.98 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.29 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC51% Draw24% Seattle Sounders FC25%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.27

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

49%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Seattle Sounders FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC38% Draw42% Seattle Sounders FC20%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.6%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

7.4%

1 – 0

6.9%

1 – 2

6.1%

3 – 1

6.1%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 0

5.3%

3 – 0

4.8%

0 – 1

4.2%

3 – 2

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	21%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	14%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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