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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 23

Vancouver Whitecaps

VAN

1–3Full time

St. Louis City

STL

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.

47%Possession50%
35%Territory33%
19%From set plays8%
0.12Chance quality0.10
5.2%Directness6.9%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Vancouver, 3 for St. Louis City. 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.