Major League Soccer · Matchweek 30
Austin FC
AUS
1–2Full 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.
49%Possession47%
44%Territory35%
19%From set plays19%
0.12Chance quality0.12
6.9%Directness5.2%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Austin FC, 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.