- 1 Vancouver Whitecaps vs Los Angeles FC : top spot on the line at BC Place
- 2 Vancouver finally back home
- 3 Los Angeles arrive in red-hot form
- 4 Probable line-ups :
- 5 MLS prediction : Vancouver Whitecaps vs Los Angeles FC
- 6 First, a word on our predictions
- 7 No commitment from us
- 8 Information changes
- 9 Your role
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- 11 Legal age
- 12 About the visuals
Vancouver Whitecaps vs Los Angeles FC : top spot on the line at BC Place 
Same number of games, same number of points, and Vancouver are still hanging onto first place on goal difference. It is hard to find a bigger clash in the Western Conference at this stage of the season. On Saturday, the winner will go top on their own, at least for now.
Vancouver have slowed a little in their last two outings. Los Angeles, by contrast, are on a four-game winning run and just smashed Kansas City 4-0. The question is whether that form can survive at BC Place, where the Whitecaps have a habit of calling the shots.
Vancouver finally back home 
It had been several months since Vancouver last played a regular-season game at BC Place. The timing could hardly be better. After a goalless draw away to Minnesota, Jesper Sorensen’s side need to find some momentum or risk surrendering control of the conference race.
At home, the numbers leave little room for argument. Seven wins from eight matches, 21 goals scored and only three conceded. Vancouver are also on a four-match winning streak in front of their own fans. Few teams have been able to live with them when the Whitecaps get on top.
Brian White is central to that run. With 10 goals, the centre-forward is the club’s top scorer and has found the net in half of his home appearances. Against a Los Angeles side that can look shaky away from home, he should get chances again.
Los Angeles arrive in red-hot form 
Four games, four wins, 11 goals scored. LAFC have not just picked up points over the past few weeks, they have also rediscovered real firepower. Kansas City found that out the hard way last weekend, conceding after just five minutes.
Son Heung-min opened the scoring, Denis Bouanga then struck twice, and David Martinez also got in on the act. Marc Dos Santos now has a front line that can hurt teams in settled attacks and in open space, which keeps every defence on edge.
It is not all fixed, though, on the road from Los Angeles. The California club have lost two of their last three league away games and have only three wins in eight on their travels. The attacking quality is there, but BC Place is a much tougher test than hosting Kansas City.
Probable line-ups :
Vancouver Whitecaps : Takaoka; Ocampo, Veselinovic, Blackmon, Johnson; Cubas, Larraz; Sabaly, Muller, Badwal; White.
Los Angeles FC : Lloris; Hollingshead, Porteous, Long, Cheberko; Tillman, Choiniere, Delgado; Bouanga, Heung-min, Martinez.
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MLS prediction : Vancouver Whitecaps vs Los Angeles FC
Both teams to score
Vancouver have conceded only three goals in their seven home wins, but LAFC are not like the opponents they have faced so far. The Californians have scored 11 times across their last four league outings and have several players who can create something almost on their own.
At the other end, Los Angeles will have to deal with a side averaging three goals per home win at BC Place. Brian White has already reached double figures, while the Whitecaps have scored five times in their last three MLS meetings with LAFC.
Los Angeles’ last five away matches have all produced at least three goals. With Bouanga in form, Son making an impact and Vancouver’s home numbers, a cagey affair feels unlikely. Both attacks have enough about them to get on the scoresheet.
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