Vancouver Whitecaps v Austin

Vancouver Whitecaps vs Austin Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps will be desperate to avoid a third consecutive defeat in the MLS on Wednesday night when they play host to Austin FC at their BC Place having been dealt back-to-back losses to Sporting Kansas and Seattle Sounders respectively, and the hosts will want to get their play-off ambitions back on track with a win here.

Vancouver had previously steered themselves on course for at least a possible top nine finish in the Western Conference by putting together a four-match unbeaten run prior to these losses which included wins against Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles along with picking up points in draws with Sporting Kansas and Cincinnati while form and results on home turf have also been encouraging.

The Canadian hosts have suffered just two defeats in their opening 11 home games so far this season and have registered five wins within this period as well so Vanni Sartini's side will be in confident mood as they prepare for the visit of Austin FC to BC Place for Wednesday night's showdown.

Austin FC will also fancy their chances of picking up a positive result here on Wednesday evening as the visitors are unbeaten in their last four matches and have collected three wins during this promising sequence of results in the shape of victories over Dallas, Houston Dynamo and Minnesota United, the latter being a 4-1 romp away from home.

However, the former two of Austin's three recent wins were both achieved on home turf at their Q2 Stadium where they have recorded five of their total of eight wins to date in this campaign but the visitors have struggled to gain any sort of consistent momentum on their travels so far in this MLS season.

Austin have won just three of their previous 15 outings on the road which came in the form of victories on their travels at Real Salt Lake, Seattle Sounders and the aforementioned win at Minnesota United but having also slipped to 10 defeats as well, the visitors may well have their work cut out when they make their way to Vancouver in midweek.

Vancouver Whitecaps v Austin FC Verdict

Vancouver Whitecaps have produced the more consistent results out of the two teams that will meet at BC Place on Wednesday night as the home side have lost at home just twice so far in this campaign while by contrast, Austin have been handed numerous defeats on their travels this term.

In addition, Vancouver Whitecaps have had the better of previous exchanges with Austin as the Canadian hosts have won three of the previous five meetings which includes winning the last two home meetings on the trot as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be Vancouver Whitecaps win @ 1.72

Other side bets worth considering:

Vancouver Whitecaps win & Over 2.5 goals @ 2.37

Correct score: Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 @ 15.00