New York City FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps Prediction: Can NYCFC pick up a streak?

New York City had a temporary relief after they successfully ended their 3-match losing streak in the last round. They defeated CF Montreal by 2-0 and now they are on to the next game, featuring The Whitecaps at the Yankee Stadium. The Whitecaps are on a victory course after they had their second straight win in their last match against Chicago Fire. In this game, they face New York City for the first time this season and they hope to get all 3 points.

These two clubs played a goalless draw the last time they faced each other and their last meeting at the yankee stadium ended in a 2-2 draw back in 2018.

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New York City are number 13th in the eastern conference and 25th in the MLS. They have earned 29 points from their 6 wins, 11 draws and 10 defeats this season and their goal ratio is currently 27:35. By all indication, this team will be hoping to win and improve their position on the table as they take on the Whitecaps.

New York City FC ended a 3-match losing streak with a win against CF Montreal in their last match. They had a comfortable 2-goal cushion in the first 45 minutes after Andres Jasson and Monsef Bakrar both scored in the 29th and 37th minutes of the game. Both goals helped guide the New Yorkers to a 2-0 win at full time. New York City FC had to put in a lot of work for the win as shown by the stats. They had 53% possession, 5 shots on target and 4 corner kicks in that game.

Also, New York City had their first win in the MLS after going on a 5-match winless streak in the MLS and at home, the win over CF Montreal ended a 6-match winless streak.

Streaks: losses (3), No goals scored (3), without a clean sheet (3), first to concede (5/6), less than 4.5 cards (5/6), less than 10.5 corners (7/8).

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 Vancouver Whitecaps have every reason to be confident coming into this game. Their statistics are far from perfect but compared to that of the hosts, they stand a better chance. Vancouver Whitecaps turned their fortunes around after the 1-0 defeat to San Jose Earthquakes last month. Since then, they have won 2 matches in a row against Portland Timbers and Chicago Fire. The most recent game was against Chicago Fire and in the match, The Whitecaps had to hang on to an early goal scored in the 19th minute by Brian White. The team’s grip on the game ended on a positive note as they picked up all 3 points after the final whistle.

The win over Chicago Fire now sees them sit at 5th spot on the western conference table and 12th on the MLS table. They have 37 points in total from 25 matches they have played so far this season. They had 10 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats and their goal ratio is 42:35.

Vancouver Whitecaps’ last 5 games have now ended in 3 wins and 2 defeats and away from home, they had 3 wins and 2 defeats.

Streaks: without a clean sheet (15), more than 2.5 goals (8/10), both teams scoring (7/8), less than 10.5 corners (4/5).

The head-to-head record shows both teams have played 6 matches in the past. Of the 6 matches, New York City won 3, while Vancouver Whitecaps won 1 and 2 matches ended in a draw. Their last game against each other ended 0-0 with Vancouver Whitecaps playing at home. And their last game in the Yankees stadium ended 2-2 back in 2018.

• New York City have not lost in the last 3 matches against The Whitecaps.
• There were more than 2.5 goals in 5/6 matches.
• Both teams scored in 5/6 matches.
• There were less than 4.5 cards in 5/6 matches.

So far, New York City have scored 27 goals and conceded 35 goals. They scored an average of 1.0 goals per game with an 8% conversion rate and conceded an average of 1.3 goals per game and kept 5 clean sheets. The Whitecaps have scored 42 goals and conceded 35. They scored an average of 1.7 goals per game with a 12% conversion rate and they conceded an average of 1.4 goals per game and kept 6 clean sheets.

• Half Time 1-2 Multi Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Home to Score Goal 1 at 1.67 Odds
• Correct Score 1-0 at 9.50 Odds