Major League Soccer: Minnesota United vs Vancouver Whitecaps – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Major League Soccer round 17 match between Minnesota United and Vancouver Whitecaps and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Despite their unsatisfactory form, Vancouver Whitecaps have a decent shot at three points in this round 17 match, when visiting Minnesota United. Though playing at the Allianz Field this coming Sunday, bookmakers put a lot of faith in them gaining the away win.

While Vancouver Whitecaps are now third in the Major League Soccer table after collecting 32 points in 15 rounds, Minnesota United trail them on 22 points. This leaves them as number 8 in the table after 16 rounds played.

Team form: Minnesota United vs Vancouver Whitecaps

Minnesota United Form

A single draw is all Minnesota United have to show from their last three games, where they came up short, losing 0-1 and 2-1 against Colorado Rapids and New England Revolution respectively. Their latest match brought some consolation with a 1-1 against Real Salt Lake. Minnesota United just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Major League Soccer matches at the Allianz Field. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded five goals.

Vancouver Whitecaps Form

In their previous three outings, Vancouver Whitecaps lost 1-0 against Houston Dynamo FC, beat San Diego FC 2-4 and lost 4-3 against FC Cincinnati. Vancouver Whitecaps claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Major League Soccer. The scoreline from these matches reads 11 goals conceded and 12 scored.

Betting facts for Minnesota United and Vancouver Whitecaps

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Minnesota United and Vancouver Whitecaps. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Minnesota United vs Vancouver Whitecaps

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Sebastian Berhalter has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Sunday, it is because Vancouver Whitecaps bank on him to build on these numbers against Minnesota United. The latter relies on Kelvin Yeboah, who found the target three times in six games.

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Full-time result

Minnesota United claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in five of the games, whilst losing two. Vancouver Whitecaps won three of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost four of the games in this run. Vancouver Whitecaps conceded a goal in their 7 most recent matches. Vancouver Whitecaps have not lost to Minnesota United in 3 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Minnesota United scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Vancouver Whitecaps scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Minnesota United managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Vancouver Whitecaps have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Minnesota United when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Minnesota United, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Vancouver Whitecaps, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.3 times goals per game themselves. Minnesota United conceded a goal in their previous 7 matches. Vancouver Whitecaps conceded a goal in their last 7 matches.