MATCH PREVIEW

Vancouver’s 16-point Western Conference gap meets Colorado’s home defence

What is at stake, with the data behind it

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Colorado’s home defensive record and Vancouver’s away scoring provide the central pre-match test, with both teams also carrying listed absences and doubts.

Before kickoff

The table question

Sunday’s Major League Soccer Regular Season - 31 meeting brings together Vancouver Whitecaps, ranked #1 in the Western Conference with 55 points from 30 games, and Colorado Rapids, ranked #9 with 39 points from 30 games. Vancouver are 16 points ahead of Colorado in the conference standings. The result will be read against those provisional positions, but the supplied data does not establish any qualification or relegation consequence.

Home strength against away consistency

Colorado’s home record is 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, with 28 goals scored, 15 conceded and 7 clean sheets. Vancouver’s away record is 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, also with 28 goals scored, while conceding 17 and recording 5 clean sheets. That makes Colorado’s home defensive record the clearest test of Vancouver’s away attack at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

Recent sequences and availability

In their most recent six results from each 30-match form sample, Colorado have recorded Loss, Win, Loss, Draw, Draw, Draw; Vancouver’s sequence is Win, Draw, Loss, Draw, Draw, Win. Colorado list Z. Steffen as missing through a shoulder injury, with R. Cannon, A. Fadal, T. Ku-DiPietro and Y. Maziz questionable. Vancouver list S. Adekugbe and T. Muller as missing through muscle injuries, while K. G. Cabrera Nakamura and B. Halbouni are questionable.

Can Colorado’s 7 home clean sheets withstand Vancouver’s 28 away goals when the match kicks off at 02:30 UTC on October 25?

Explore match and season data

Sun, Oct 25

Dick's Sporting Goods Park

Colorado Rapids

9th in league

11W - 6D - 13L

Recent Form

DDDLD

Vancouver Whitecaps

1st in league

16W - 7D - 7L

Recent Form

WDDLD

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Goals/Game

1.4

2.1

🛡️

Conceded/Game

1.4

1.0

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Form Points

League Context

Standings source snapshot

These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.

9th39 pts

Matchday30

1st55 pts


1	Vancouver Whitecaps	WDDLD	30	16	7	7	63	31	55
2	St. Louis City	LDWWW	30	14	9	7	56	41	51
3	FC Dallas	DWLWD	30	14	9	7	55	47	51
4	San Jose Earthquakes	DDDWD	30	13	9	8	52	42	48
5	Houston Dynamo	DDDLD	30	13	8	9	41	39	47
6	Los Angeles FC	DWDLD	31	12	10	9	48	33	46
7	Seattle Sounders	DLWWW	30	11	9	10	39	37	42
8	Los Angeles Galaxy	DWLWW	31	10	10	11	43	52	40
9	Colorado Rapids	DDDLD	30	11	6	13	41	41	39
10	Real Salt Lake	WDLWL	30	10	6	14	45	48	36
11	Portland Timbers	DLDLL	30	9	7	14	51	56	34
12	San Diego	DDLDD	30	8	10	12	53	56	34
13	Minnesota United FC	WDDLL	30	8	10	12	47	55	34
14	Austin	LLLDD	30	7	10	13	38	56	31
15	Sporting Kansas City	LLDLW	30	6	4	20	36	75	22
1	Nashville SC	DWWWW	30	20	7	3	64	23	67
2	Inter Miami	WWWLD	30	15	10	5	73	51	55
3	New England Revolution	WWLLW	30	16	4	10	49	41	52
4	Chicago Fire	LLWWW	30	14	6	10	52	44	48
5	Charlotte	DLWLW	30	13	8	9	53	45	47
6	Philadelphia Union	DWWWW	30	13	7	10	61	48	46
7	Orlando City SC	WDWLL	30	12	5	13	58	70	41
8	FC Cincinnati	WLLWL	30	10	9	11	62	71	39
9	New York Red Bulls	LLWLW	30	10	6	14	39	56	36
10	Toronto FC	WDWLL	30	8	12	10	46	55	36
11	Columbus Crew	WWLWW	30	10	5	15	46	47	35
12	New York City FC	DLLDL	30	8	10	12	43	41	34
13	DC United	LLWLD	30	7	12	11	38	53	33
14	Atlanta United FC	LWLDW	30	8	6	16	37	51	30
15	CF Montreal	DLLWL	30	6	7	17	36	60	25