We said: Austin FC 1-2 Vancouver Whitecaps
The Verde and Black are struggling to find depth along the backline forcing Josh Wolff to play Alexander Ring in central defence rather than his preferred holding midfielder role that he is more accustomed to.
Austin are a better team than their record indicates, but their overzealous defending when out of possession could allow the new, youthful Whitecaps to create scoring opportunities and deliver their first road victory of the campaign.
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Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Austin FC win with a probability of 59.71%. A draw had a probability of 20.4% and a win for Vancouver Whitecaps had a probability of 19.86%.
The most likely scoreline for an Austin FC win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.51%) and 1-0 (7.99%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.21%), while for a Vancouver Whitecaps win it was 1-2 (5.31%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 3.8% likelihood.