📏 Form Guide

New York Red Bulls

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New York Red Bulls go into this game coming off the back of a 2-2 MLS drawn result versus Los Angeles FC.

In that game, New York Red Bulls managed 42% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for New York Red Bulls was Emil Forsberg (81'). Los Angeles FC got 15 shots on goal with 6 on target. Eddie Segura (8' Own goal) and Denis Bouanga (67', 95') scored for Los Angeles FC.

In their past six games, Sandro Schwarz's New York Red Bulls have hit the target a total of 9 times, an average number of goals per match equal to 1.5.

Vancouver Whitecaps

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Vancouver Whitecaps will go into the game following on from a 0-2 MLS win with the defeat of Seattle Sounders FC in their previous game.

In that match, Vancouver Whitecaps managed 63% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Vancouver Whitecaps, the goals were scored by Ryan Gauld (58') and Brian White (71'). At the other end, Seattle Sounders FC got 8 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Vancouver Whitecaps, at least three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per game in that spell is 3.67, with the number of goals averaged by Vancouver Whitecaps standing at 2.33. We shall soon see if that trend will be sustained in this game.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 09/03/2014, there has been little between the sides with New York Red Bulls winning 2 of those games, Vancouver Whitecaps 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A combined sum of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 10 from Red Bulls and 10 belonging to Caps. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The previous league contest between these sides was MLS match day 16 on 23/05/2019 when the final score was New York Red Bulls 2-2 Vancouver Whitecaps.

In that game, New York Red Bulls managed 63% possession and 18 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was Brian White (37').

For their opponents, Vancouver Whitecaps got 13 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Scott Sutter (29'), Andy Rose (55' Own goal) and Fredy Montero (61') scored.

The referee was Victor Rivas.

ℹ️ Team News: New York Red Bulls

Cory Burke (Groin problems) and Serge Ngoma (Knee injury) won’t be available for New York Red Bulls gaffer Sandro Schwarz.

It’s our opinion that Red Bulls will possibly employ a 4-4-2 system featuring Carlos Coronel, Dylan Nealis, Sean Nealis, Noah Eile, John Tolkin, Wikelman Carmona, Dennis Gjengaar, Daniel Edelman, Emil Forsberg, Lewis Morgan and Dante Vanzeir.

🗞️ Team News: Vancouver Whitecaps

Due to a completely healthy squad to pick from, the Vancouver Whitecaps manager Vanni Sartini has zero fitness worries at all before this game. Andrés Cubas will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We believe Caps might utilise a 3-4-2-1 system with a starting lineup of Yohei Takaoka, Bjørn Inge Utvik, Ranko Veselinovic, Tristan Blackmon, Alessandro Schöpf, Sebastian Berhalter, Pedro Vite, Ali Ahmed, Sam Adekugbe, Ryan Gauld and Brian White.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that New York Red Bulls certainly have the ability to create enough chances to score more than one when they face Vancouver Whitecaps, who will not find it easy to score themselves.

We can therefore see a decent 2-0 margin for New York Red Bulls at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 23:18 27/04/2024