Major League Soccer

May 21, 2023 at 3.30am UK

BC Place Stadium

Vancouver
2 - 0
Seattle

Vite (44', 44'), Frei (58' og., 58' og.)

FT(HT: 2-0)

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps

All competitions

Last Game: Dallas 2-1 Vancouver
Thursday, May 18 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Seattle Sounders

All competitions

Last Game: Seattle 1-2 Austin
Thursday, May 18 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Vancouver Whitecaps win with a probability of 48.46%. A win for Seattle Sounders had a probability of 26.35% and a draw had a probability of 25.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Vancouver Whitecaps win was 1-0 with a probability of 11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.4%) and 2-0 (8.64%). The likeliest Seattle Sounders win was 0-1 (7.64%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.97%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 8.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Vancouver Whitecaps would win this match.

Result
Vancouver Whitecaps	Draw	Seattle Sounders
48.46% ( 0.01)	25.19% ( -0.01)	26.35% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 52.49% (

0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.57% (

0.02)

50.43% (

-0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.63% (

0.02)

72.36% (

-0.02)

Vancouver Whitecaps Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.17% (

0.02)

20.83% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

46.49% (

0.02)

53.51% (

-0.02)

Seattle Sounders Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.3% (

0.01)

33.69% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.65% (

0.01)

70.35% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Vancouver Whitecaps 48.45%

Seattle Sounders 26.36%

Draw 25.18%

Vancouver Whitecaps	Draw	Seattle Sounders
1-0 @ 11% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 9.4% ( 0) 2-0 @ 8.64% 3-1 @ 4.91% ( 0) 3-0 @ 4.52% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.67% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.93% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.77% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.05% ( 0) Other @ 2.57% Total : 48.45%	1-1 @ 11.97% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 7.02% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.11% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.97% ( 0) Other @ 0.11% Total : 25.18%	0-1 @ 7.64% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 6.52% 0-2 @ 4.15% ( -0) 1-3 @ 2.36% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.85% ( 0) 0-3 @ 1.51% ( -0) Other @ 2.33% Total : 26.36%