📏 Form Guide

Austin FC

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Austin FC will play in this fixture after a 1-1 MLS stalemate vs Atlanta United.

In that game, Austin FC had 51% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Austin FC was Brandon Vázquez (55'). Atlanta United got 8 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Jamal Thiaré (92') scored for Atlanta United.

Matches with Austin FC have usually been entertaining ones lately with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past 6 clashes alone, the sum total of 20 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 6 of them being chalked up by Austin FC.

Vancouver Whitecaps

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In the game prior to this, Vancouver Whitecaps drew 2-2 in the MLS match with Los Angeles FC.

In that match, Vancouver Whitecaps managed 59% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Vancouver Whitecaps was Brian White (26', 70'). Los Angeles FC had 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Mark Delgado (8') and Denis Bouanga (19') scored for Los Angeles FC.

Jesper Sørensen's Vancouver Whitecaps have converted a total of 12 times in the course of their most recent six matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during that period comes to 5.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into their past head to head results going back to 02/10/2022 shows that these encounters have been miserable for Austin FC. They have not been able to come away with any victories at all whereas Vancouver Whitecaps have managed to find a way, getting wins in 67 per cent of those games played.

In all, 12 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 2 of them from Austin and 10 netted by Caps. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The last league encounter featuring the two was MLS match day 11 on 12/04/2025 when the final score was Vancouver Whitecaps 5-1 Austin FC.

On that day, Vancouver Whitecaps had 52% possession and 27 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. The goals were scored by Brian White (13', 38', 59', 82') and Emmanuel Sabbi (47').

At the other end, Austin FC had 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Daniel Pereira (90') scored.

The referee was Victor Rivas.

ℹ️ Team News: Austin FC

Mikkel Desler (Muscle injury), Robert Taylor (Muscle injury), Daniel Pereira (Hip injury) and Brandon Vazquez (Ill) aren’t available for Austin FC gaffer Nico Estévez.

In all likelihood, Austin FC will possibly use the 4-3-3 system for the game, handing starts to Brad Stuver, Jon Gallagher, Oleksandr Svatok, Julio Cascante, Guilherme Biro, Owen Wolff, Ilie Sanchez, Besard Sabovic, Myrto Uzuni, Brandon Vázquez and Osman Bukari.

ℹ️ Team News: Vancouver Whitecaps

Vancouver Whitecaps manager Jesper Sørensen has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ryan Gauld (Knee injury) and Mathías Laborda (Muscle injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

There’s a good chance that Caps will likely make use of a 4-3-3 lineup, starting the game with Yohei Takaoka, Édier Ocampo, Tristan Blackmon, Ranko Veselinovic, Tate Johnson, Sebastian Berhalter, Andres Cubas, Ralph Priso-Mbongue, Pedro Vite, Brian White and Jayden Nelson.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Vancouver Whitecaps and Austin FC are both capable of scoring here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. We’re therefore predicting a hard-fought 1-1 score draw at the end of the match.

Victor Martins, 00:03 18/05/2025