Vancouver Whitecaps vs Minnesota United FC — Major League Soccer 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 16+ matches
Vancouver Whitecaps56%
Minnesota United FC22%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Vancouver Whitecaps creates 68% more chances
Season form · 16 home / 24 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over61
- Under39
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes59
- No41
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Vancouver Whitecaps ↓
Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Vancouver Whitecaps at home — creates 2.29, concedes 1.12 · 16 matches
Minnesota United FC away — creates 1.21, concedes 1.65 · 24 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Vancouver Whitecaps attack 2.29 + Minnesota United FC defence 1.65 → ÷2 → 1.97
Minnesota United FC attack 1.21 + Vancouver Whitecaps defence 1.12 → ÷2 → 1.17
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 56%?"
Vancouver Whitecaps at 56% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 56% does not mean "Vancouver Whitecaps will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Statistics
Vancouver Whitecaps host Minnesota United FC on Saturday, 5 October 2024 at 23:30. The match is part of the Major League Soccer 2018/2019 season.
Major League Soccer: Vancouver Whitecaps 0–1 Minnesota United FC
Minnesota United FC beat Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 in Major League Soccer on October 5, 2024.
Goals: H. Dotson (24' pen).
Vancouver Whitecaps controlled possession (63%) and registered 9 shots to 18.
The match was played at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.