📊 Form Guide

Vancouver Whitecaps

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Vancouver Whitecaps will play in this game coming off the back of a 2-2 CONCACAF Champions League draw against Universidad Nacional.

For Vancouver Whitecaps, the goalscorers were Sebastian Berhalter (33') and Tristan Blackmon (93'). Guillermo Martínez (37') and Ignacio Pussetto (88') scored for Universidad Nacional.

Jesper Sørensen's Vancouver Whitecaps have hit the target a sum total of 7 times over their preceding 6 outings. At the other end, the number of goals that they have conceded in those same games stands at 6.

Austin FC

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In their last game, Austin FC drew 0-0 in the MLS tie with Portland Timbers.

In that match, Austin FC had 44% possession and 11 shots on goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Portland Timbers got 12 shots on goal with 6 on target.

For 5 of the prior six clashes featuring Austin FC, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game during that period comes out as a paltry 1.17, with the number of goals averaged by Austin equalling 0.67. Regardless, we’ll just have to find out if the trend will persist in this upcoming game.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 24/04/2022 shows us that Vancouver Whitecaps have won 3 of these games & Austin FC 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

An aggregate of 9 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for Caps and 4 for Austin. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.5.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was MLS match day 39 on 01/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Austin FC 0-1 Vancouver Whitecaps.

On that day, Austin FC managed 48% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.

Vancouver Whitecaps had 18 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Pedro Vite (70') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Mark Allatin.

📋 Team News: Vancouver Whitecaps

Ryan Gauld (Knee injury) and Sam Adekugbe (Hamstring injury) are unavailable for Vancouver Whitecaps boss Jesper Sørensen.

📋 Team News: Austin FC

In an otherwise full-strength group of players, there’s just the sole fitness worry for the Austin FC manager Nico Estévez to be concerned about. Mikkel Desler (Muscle injury) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

It looks to us that Vancouver Whitecaps can and should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

However, Austin FC could well struggle to make a breakthrough but do we see them getting the chances to score, too.

Our tip is for a comfortable 3-1 winning score for Vancouver Whitecaps at full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 23:16 12/04/2025