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Vancouver Whitecaps

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San Jose Earthquakes

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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Vancouver Whitecaps	San Jose Earthquakes
Shots	12 shots/match▲	6 shots/match
Shots on target	6 shots/match▲	3 shots/match
Expected goals	0.98 xG/match▲	0.66 xG/match
Possession	61%	39%
Corners	3 corners/match	5 corners/match
Fouls	11 fouls/match	12 fouls/match
Yellow cards	1 cards/match▲	3 cards/match

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: San Jose Earthquakes's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines. A second useful context is: Vancouver Whitecaps have recorded the higher season possession share. Limitation: Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

San Jose Earthquakes show a distinct attacking-volume record

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San Jose Earthquakes's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

14.2 shots/match▲ShotsVancouver Whitecaps · San Jose Earthquakes13.2 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Vancouver Whitecaps	San Jose Earthquakes	Baseline
Shots	14.2 shots/match	13.2 shots/match	12.3 shots/match
Shots against	7.2 shots/match	9.2 shots/match	12.5 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Vancouver Whitecaps have recorded the higher season possession share.

57.2%▲PossessionVancouver Whitecaps · San Jose Earthquakes48.4%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 8.8 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Vancouver Whitecaps	San Jose Earthquakes	Baseline
Possession	57.2%	48.4%	49.5%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

Vancouver Whitecaps favored in 5 of 14 directional metrics · San Jose Earthquakes in 2 · 7 too close

2.8 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 5/51.4 goals/match

0.4 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 5/5▲0.2 goals/match

—Expected goalsseason · 2/2—

—Expected goals allowedseason · 2/2—

14.2 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 5/513.2 shots/match

7.2 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 5/59.2 shots/match

6.2 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 5/54.8 shots/match

2.6 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 5/53 shots/match

57.2%Possessionseason · 5/548.4%

5 corners/matchCornersseason · 5/59 corners/match

4.2 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 5/54.2 corners/match

2 cards/matchCardsseason · 3/31.33 cards/match

15.2 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 5/511.8 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

60%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 5/5▲80%

80%Scoring frequencyseason · 5/580%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Vancouver Whitecaps85

San Jose Earthquakes45

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Vancouver Whitecaps93.9

San Jose Earthquakes59.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Vancouver Whitecaps94.4

San Jose Earthquakes87.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Vancouver Whitecaps51.7

San Jose Earthquakes81.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Vancouver Whitecaps73.3

San Jose Earthquakes29.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 80%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Vancouver Whitecaps55

San Jose Earthquakes96.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Vancouver Whitecaps83.3

San Jose Earthquakes68.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches

2.8 goals/match▲Goals scored5/51.4 goals/match

0.4 goals/matchGoals allowed5/5▲0.2 goals/match

—Expected goals2/2—

14.2 shots/match▲Shots5/513.2 shots/match

6.2 shots/match▲Shots on target5/54.8 shots/match

57.2%Possession5/548.4%

5 corners/matchCorners5/59 corners/match

2 cards/matchCards3/31.33 cards/match

15.2 fouls/matchFouls5/511.8 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

5 / 5 matches

2.8 goals/match▲Goals scored5/51.4 goals/match

0.4 goals/matchGoals allowed5/5▲0.2 goals/match

—Expected goals2/2—

14.2 shots/match▲Shots5/513.2 shots/match

6.2 shots/match▲Shots on target5/54.8 shots/match

57.2%Possession5/548.4%

5 corners/matchCorners5/59 corners/match

2 cards/matchCards3/31.33 cards/match

15.2 fouls/matchFouls5/511.8 fouls/match

Window

Season

5 / 5 matches

2.8 goals/match▲Goals scored5/51.4 goals/match

0.4 goals/matchGoals allowed5/5▲0.2 goals/match

—Expected goals2/2—

14.2 shots/match▲Shots5/513.2 shots/match

6.2 shots/match▲Shots on target5/54.8 shots/match

57.2%Possession5/548.4%

5 corners/matchCorners5/59 corners/match

2 cards/matchCards3/31.33 cards/match

15.2 fouls/matchFouls5/511.8 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

4 / 2 matches

2.5 goals/matchGoals scored4/2—

0.25 goals/matchGoals allowed4/2—

—Expected goals2/1—

13.8 shots/matchShots4/2—

5.75 shots/matchShots on target4/2—

57.5%Possession4/2—

4.5 corners/matchCorners4/2—

—Cards2/1—

15.8 fouls/matchFouls4/2—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

6.25 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.15 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidencelimited

Season samples5 / 5home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 22 Mar 2026, 06:30 UTC · analysis-v4