Los Angeles FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps Prediction: Expect another dominant home performance.

Los Angeles FC now welcome Vancouver Whitecaps to the Banc of California Stadium for the return leg of the quarter final. Los Angeles FC won the first leg 3-0 away from home and are just a step away from progressing to the next round. These two know each other and they would hope to use that to their advantage. Vancouver need a great performance to beat Los Angeles FC even though they have never beaten Los Angeles on this ground in all 8 meetings here. And Los Angeles certainly will want to continue their dominance on this ground against Vancouver Whitecaps here.

Los Angeles FC (WWDWD)

Los Angeles did really well to put this game to bed in the first leg and they are now strong favourites to advance into the next round. They are also better in form compared to the visitors and are playing at home where they have never lost to this opposition. Los Angeles FC have 3 wins and 2 draws in their last 5 matches. Their most recent match was in the MLS, and they beat Austin FC 3-0 on this ground. Denis Bouanga was the star player scoring a hat trick in that match. Los Angeles however had only 49% possession, but had more shots (6) and more corner kicks (10) according to match statistics.

Team Streak: no losses (5), no goals conceded (3), more than 2.5 goals (7/9), less than 4.5 cards (6/8).

Vancouver Whitecaps (WLWDD)

Vancouver were back in action in the MLS a few days ago, and they won Portland Timbers 1-0 after losing 3-0 to the hosts here. Brian White scored the only goal in the 74th minute to help them grab all 3 points. In their last 5 matches, they had 2 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws. Vancouver Whitecaps come into this game behind on aggregate and with a poor record against the hosts on this ground. Vancouver Whitecaps have played 8 matches on this ground and have not won any. Against Los Angeles in the first leg, Whitecaps had 44% possession, 2 shots on target and 4 corner kicks by the end of 90 minutes. Hardly a statistics that shows signs of dominance and they might struggle in this match as they are playing away from home.

Team Streaks: more than 4.5 cards (5/6).

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC and Vancouver Whitecaps have played 14 matches against each other. Los Angeles FC have 6 wins, while Vancouver Whitecaps have 4 wins and 4 matches ended in a draw.

• There were more than 2.5 goals scored in 7/9 meetings.
• Both teams scored in 5/7 meetings.
• Vancouver Whitecaps were first to score in 5/7 meetings.
• There were less than 4.5 cards shown in 4/5 meetings.
• There were more than 10.5 corners in 4/5 meetings.

Expected Lineups

• Los Angeles FC (4-3-3): Eldin Jakupovic, Sergi Palencia, Denil Maldonado, Giorgio Chiellini, Diego Palacios, Timothy Tillman, Kellyn Acosta, Jose Cifuentes, Stipe Biuk, Kwadwo Opoku, Denis Bouanga.
• Vancouver Whitecaps (4-3-2-1): Yohei Takaoka, Mathias Laborda, Ranko Veselinovic, Tristan Blackmon, Luis Martins, Julian Gressel, Andres Cubas, Ali Ahmed, Pedro Vite, Ryan Gauld, Simon Becher.

Expert Betting Tips

Los Angeles are the better team in this matchup and they have a very strong record against this opposition on their home ground. Vancouver Whitecaps are not strong enough to threaten Los Angeles FC here, so we can expect another strong performance from the home team. They should win this one comfortably in front of thousands of fans.

• Bet on Home win or Draw and Over 1.5 Goals at 1.72 Odds
• Bet on More than 2 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 2-0 at 5.8 Odds