St. Louis City vs Vancouver Whitecaps Prediction & Betting Tips

Form: contrasting recent runs

St. Louis City's recent matches, spanning MLS and the US Open Cup, have been about as good as it gets. Just the one defeat in that stretch, with wins over Houston, Colorado and Sporting Kansas City, plus a 3-1 win away at Vancouver last month.

St. Louis City: 20 completed matches; Vancouver Whitecaps: 20 completed matches.

St. Louis City

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

5% 1 / 20

Scored

43

Conceded

23

Difference

+20

Vancouver Whitecaps

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

24

Difference

+11

Vancouver's sample is messier because it mixes MLS with Canadian Championship and Leagues Cup games. There are big away wins in there, at Real Salt Lake, Sporting KC and Seattle, but also cup losses to FC Juarez and Atlante, and that home defeat to St. Louis themselves.

On current momentum alone, St. Louis look the sharper of the two right now, regardless of where they sit in the table.

Comparative Team Statistics: St. Louis City vs Vancouver Whitecaps

Head-to-head: Vancouver's history, St. Louis' latest result

Across the last four seasons Vancouver hold the historical edge in this fixture, with four wins to St. Louis' two and a couple of draws thrown in. Plenty of these games have been high-scoring, 4-3, 4-1, 3-0 among the recent scorelines.

The freshest data point cuts the other way, though. Last month's meeting went 3-1 to St. Louis, away at Vancouver, which is the most recent evidence we have of how these two match up right now.

Old head-to-head trends favour Vancouver, but the newest result favours St. Louis, so it's not a one-way signal.

League table: Vancouver top, St. Louis close behind

Vancouver sit top with 49 points from 25 games, 15 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. St. Louis are third with 44 points from 26 games, 12 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses.

The gap looks bigger than it is. St. Louis have played one more match and are only five points adrift, despite the form picture suggesting they've been the busier winners lately.

Position alone doesn't tell the whole story here given how tight the points gap actually is.

Team news: goals up top, some names to track

Vancouver's B. White has 16 goals in 23 appearances, while St. Louis' Rafael Navarro has 14 in 26, so both sides have a reliable source of goals. On discipline, St. Louis' Durkin has picked up 10 yellow cards, and Vancouver's Ocampo and Cubas have 7 apiece.

St. Louis City:

Best scorers:

Rafael Navarro - 14

Penalty cards:

C. Durkin x 1 x 10

Injury list:

P. Ault

B. McSorley

Vancouver Whitecaps:

Best scorers:

B. White - 16

Penalty cards:

É. Ocampo x 7

A. Cubas x 7

Injury list:

K. G. Cabrera Nakamura

Vancouver's injury list is the longer one, with several players tied to international duty as well as knocks affecting the likes of Cubas, Poku and Halbouni. St. Louis have their own concerns too, including Pompeu and Hiebert. Given this snapshot is a few weeks out from kickoff, it's not the final word on who's actually available.

Worth checking closer to matchday, since a list taken this far in advance can change a fair bit by kickoff.