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Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps hard to separate

Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps hard to separate

On Saturday night, Seattle Sounders host Vancouver Whitecaps at the CenturyLink Field in the Western Conference of MLS.

Seattle are currently tenth place in the Western Conference standings, 11 points behind the play-off spots. The home side are also nine points behind the visitors in the standings.

Seattle’s recent record in the Western Conference has not helped their chances of reaching the play-offs, as the Sounders have won just once in their last six MLS outings.

Seattle’s recent MLS games have at least offered entertainment value, with both teams scoring in six of their last seven league games.

Brian Schmetzer’s side has struggled for victories on home soil in MLS of late, winning just once in their last five matches on home soil. The Sounders have also managed only one clean sheet in their previous eight home games in MLS while failing to score in four of their last eight home games in the US top-flight.

Vancouver are somewhat better placed to mount a challenge for the play-off spots this season. The visitors are currently eighth-place in the table, just two points shy of the top six and the play-off spots.

However, the visitors have hit a poor run of form of late, suffering three defeats in their last four MLS outings, including a 3-1 loss at DC United last time out.

The Canadian side has been woeful in defence in recent league outings, conceding at least twice in four of their last five Western Conference matches. The visitor’s poor defence has led to high-scoring games, though, with nine of their previous ten games producing over 2.5 goals.

The Whitecaps form on the road in MLS has been poor, as they lost five of their previous seven games on their travels.

With neither side in particularly great form, it is no surprise that Forebet predicts that this game will finish in a high scoring draw.

Major League Soccer Eastern Conference
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Inter Miami CF 18 10 5 3 2 7
2
New York Red Bulls 16 9 4 4 1 4
3
FC Cincinnati 15 9 4 3 2 2
4
Columbus Crew 14 9 3 5 1 3
5
Philadelphia Union 13 7 3 4 0 5
6
Toronto FC 13 9 4 1 4 -3
7
Atlanta United 11 8 3 2 3 4
8
New York City FC 11 9 3 2 4 0
9
Charlotte FC 11 9 3 2 4 -2
10
Montreal Impact 11 8 3 2 3 -4
11
DC United 10 9 2 4 3 -2
12
Orlando City SC 9 8 2 3 3 -5
13
Chicago Fire 9 9 2 3 4 -7
14
Nashville SC 7 8 1 4 3 -7
15
New England Revolution 4 8 1 1 6 -9
Major League Soccer Western Conference
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Los Angeles Galaxy 18 9 5 3 1 6
2
Vancouver Whitecaps 16 8 5 1 2 8
3
Real Salt Lake 15 9 4 3 2 7
4
Colorado Rapids 15 9 4 3 2 2
5
Minnesota United 14 8 4 2 2 4
6
Houston Dynamo 13 8 4 1 3 1
7
Los Angeles FC 12 9 3 3 3 1
8
Saint Louis City 12 9 2 6 1 1
9
Austin FC 12 9 3 3 3 -1
10
Sporting Kansas City 11 9 2 5 2 1
11
Portland Timbers 10 9 2 4 3 0
12
Seattle Sounders 6 8 1 3 4 0
13
FC Dallas 5 8 1 2 5 -5
14
San Jose Earthquakes 3 9 1 0 8 -11

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