Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Nashville SC Match Analysis and Prediction

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Major League Soccer will see Vancouver Whitecaps take on Nashville SC this weekend at BC Place in their 28th round of the campaign. Match day schedules for August 28 at 05:00 EAT.

An impressive set of performances has the Whitecaps very much in the thick of the playoff battle in the Western Conference as they sit eighth in table with 34 points, level with LA galaxy in the last playoffs spot by goal difference. Coming into this game, Vancouver Whitecaps lost only one of their last six matches (DDWLWD).

Vancouver Whitecaps gets into this meeting off the back of 1-1 MLS draw with Real Salt Lake in their most recent game. In that match, Vancouver Whitecaps had 46% possession, 14 shots with four of them on target and a goal scored by Julian Gressel (87′). Real Salt Lake got 13 shots with four of them on target and a goal by Sergio Córdova (61′).

Meanwhile, Saturday will be Nashville’s fifth visit to Canada for an MLS affair, where they have only suffered one defeat historically in the Great White North. The visitors managed to end their six-game winless run last weekend to currently sit sixth with 36 points. Coming into this game, Nashville is winless in five of their last six matches (DDDLLW).

Nashville SC will want more of the same results after 4-0 MLS victory to beat FC Dallas in their previous fixture. In that game, Nashville had 44% possession, 18 shots with eight of them on target and goals scored by Hany Mukhtar (5′, 33′), Jacob Shaffelburg (26′) and Dave Romney (72′). FC Dallas got four shots with none on them on target.