Major League Soccer WON 0–1
Thu, Aug 20 · 04:30 · BC Place
Vancouver Whitecaps Home
VS
Houston Dynamo Away
Vancouver Whitecaps vs Houston Dynamo — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick V. Whitecaps or Houston Dynamo
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.20 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate78%
This price needs83%
Expert analysis

Whitecaps Face Dynamo With Draws Rare Lately

Vancouver enters this home fixture after a string of wins that shows their preference for decisive results over shared points. Houston has also collected victories in most recent outings while maintaining a low concession rate that keeps games open. Past meetings between the sides produced just three draws across ten encounters, pointing toward one team usually claiming all three points. Vancouver’s home scoring average sits above their overall mark and often overwhelms visitors who travel with similar attacking intent. Houston’s away goal tally remains steady, creating conditions where both sides push forward rather than protect a single point. The combined form sequences feature limited recent stalemates, reinforcing the likelihood that these two sides will separate themselves on the scoreboard.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73% win rate
Result
0–1 WON

Our pick “V. Whitecaps or Houston Dynamo” at odds 1.20 won — final score 0–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. A. Cubas 26'
  3. F. Negri 34'
  4. A. Resch 37'
  5. A. Bouzat 41'
  6. Second half
  7. T. Muller ↓ C. Sabaly 46'
  8. D. McGuire ↓ Guilherme 70'
  9. B. Caicedo ↓ E. Sabbi 73'
  10. R. Priso ↓ A. Cubas 74'
  11. M. Saracchi ↓ F. Negri 75'
  12. D. Samassekou ↓ H. Herrera 75'
  13. D. Holmes ↓ L. Ennali 80'
  14. S. Adekugbe ↓ T. Johnson 88'
  15. N. Djordjevic ↓ E. Ocampo 88'
This season
Vancouver Whitecaps Houston Dynamo
Over 2.5 goals 50% 21%
Clean sheet 39% 42%
Failed to score 17% 21%
Scored per game 2.2 1.5
Conceded per game 0.9 1.3
Scored home / away 2.4 / 2.0 1.3 / 1.7

Across 18 and 19 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 VAN Vancouver Whitecaps 18 11 4 3 37
2 HOU Houston Dynamo 19 11 2 6 35
3 LOS Los Angeles FC 20 10 4 6 34
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Vancouver Whitecaps DLLDW
D vs Los Angeles FC 1–1 Aug 1
L vs Atlante FC 0–1 Aug 5
L vs FC Juarez 1–3 Aug 8
D @ Tigres UANL 1–1 Aug 12
W @ Seattle Sounders 2–0 Aug 17
Houston Dynamo DWWWW
D vs DC United 1–1 Jul 23
W vs Austin 3–0 Jul 26
W @ Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Aug 2
W @ New England Revolution 2–0 Aug 8
W vs Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Aug 16
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Vancouver Whitecaps
Scored 1.0 avg
1 0 1 1 2
Conceded 1.2 avg
1 1 3 1 0
Houston Dynamo
Scored 1.8 avg
1 3 2 2 1
Conceded 0.2 avg
1 0 0 0 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 Vancouver Whitecaps
3 Draws
4 Houston Dynamo
May 2026 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps Houston Dynamo
Aug 2025 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–1 Houston Dynamo Draw
Jul 2025 Houston Dynamo 0–3 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps
Sep 2024 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps Draw
Jul 2024 Vancouver Whitecaps 3–4 Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Vancouver Whitecaps 4-2-3-1
  • 1 Yohei Takaoka G
  • 18 Édier Ocampo D
  • 33 Tristan Blackmon D
  • 2 Mathías Laborda D
  • 28 Tate Johnson D
  • 8 Oliver Larraz M
  • 20 Andrés Cubas M
  • 11 Emmanuel Sabbi M
  • 25 Ryan Gauld M
  • 7 Cheick Tidiane Sabaly M
  • 19 Rayan Elloumi F
Bench Isaac Boehmer, Ralph Priso, Sam Adekugbe, Mihail Gherasimencov, Nikola Djordjevic, Thomas Müller, Jean-Claude Ngando, Liam MacKenzie, Bruno Quiñonez

Jesper Sorensen

Houston Dynamo 4-2-3-1
  • 31 Jonathan Bond G
  • 11 Lawrence Ennali D
  • 5 Lucas Halter D
  • 34 Agustin Resch D
  • 21 Franco Negri D
  • 6 Artur M
  • 30 Agustín Bouzat M
  • 8 Jack McGlynn M
  • 16 Héctor Herrera M
  • 20 Guilherme M
  • 19 Mateusz Bogusz F
Bench Blake Gillingham, Marcelo Saracchi, Antônio Carlos, Erik Sviatchenko, Ondrej Lingr, Diadié Samassékou, Duane Holmes, Ibrahim Aliyu, Duncan McGuire

Ben Olsen

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Vancouver Whitecaps
  • OUT B. Halbouni Knee Injury
  • OUT K. Poku Muscle Injury
  • OUT R. Veselinovic Injury
  • OUT B. White Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT J. Badwal Concussion
  • DOUBT K. G. Cabrera Nakamura Foot Injury
  • DOUBT A. Cvetkovic Inactive
  • OUT B. Halbouni Knee Injury
  • OUT K. Poku Muscle Injury
  • OUT R. Veselinovic Injury
  • OUT B. White Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT J. Badwal Concussion
  • DOUBT K. G. Cabrera Nakamura Foot Injury
  • DOUBT A. Cvetkovic Inactive
Houston Dynamo
  • OUT J. Maurer Concussion
  • DOUBT Felipe Andrade Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT J. Maurer Concussion
  • DOUBT Felipe Andrade Lower-Body Injury