The 2023 Major League Soccer season continues this weekend including the meeting between Los Angeles FC and Vancouver Whitecaps.
The game will be played at the Gibbo Stadium on the 25th of June and the hosts are currently top of the Western Conference on 32 points while the visitors are in 8th place on 22 points.
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Los Angeles FC come into the match on the back of a 1-0 home victory over Seattle Sounders in MLS.
It took Los Angeles FC just one minute to open the scoring in the match but that is where the goals ended and they kept out Seattle Sounders for the remainder of the game to take maximum points.
The win over Seattle Sounders was the second successive victory for Los Angeles FC having previously beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 away in MLS. Los Angeles FC were 1-0 down at half time but came back strongly in the second half to score in the 48th minute and net the winner at the end of the game.
Trends show Los Angeles FC have won only 2 of their 8 most recent fixtures in all competitions.
However, the remain difficult to beat in MLS and Los Angeles FC are undefeated in 17 of their last 20 MLS matches.
Los Angeles FC are unbeaten in 20 of their last 22 home MLS games and have seen under 2.5 goals in each of their last 3 MLS matches on home soil.
Vancouver Whitecaps travel to the Gibbo Stadium having been held to a 1-1 draw at home by FC Cincinnati in their most recent game.
It was FC Cincinnati who opened the scoring in the 83rd minute but Vancouver Whitecaps did not allow their heads to drop and scored the equaliser 6 minutes later.
The draw with FC Cincinnati means Vancouver Whitecaps are undefeated in their 4 most recent fixtures.
There have been wins over Houston Dynamo in MLS and Montreal in the Canadian Championship.
Vancouver Whitecaps have also been held to a draw at home by Sporting Kansas City in MLS.
Trends show Vancouver Whitecaps struggle on the road and have achieved just 2 wins in their last 24 away MLS games.
They are on a losing streak of 3 straight away matches in the league.
Looking ahead to the team news and Los Angeles FC have five players on the treatment table, with Jesús Murillo, Timothy Tillman, Sergi Palencia, Kellyn Acosta, and Maxime Crépeau all expected to miss out.
Vancouver Whitecaps have two players unavailable for this game, with Russell Teibert and Ali Ahmed both injured.
Vancouver Whitecaps are a competitive team and will make life tough for Los Angeles FC but their away record is poor. Los Angeles FC have been good defensively in recent home MLS games and just a single goal for the hosts could be enough to take maximum points.