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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 17

Minnesota United

MIN

0–0Full time

Vancouver Whitecaps

VAN

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

51%Possession47%
44%Territory35%
27%From set plays19%
0.10Chance quality0.12
5.2%Directness5.2%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Minnesota, 3 for Vancouver. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 40 of 495 matches, not the full season.