Vancouver Whitecaps vs Seattle Sounders FC Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Nov 1, 2026)

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Vancouver Whitecaps logo

Vancouver Whitecaps1st in MLS
FINAL5 – 1
Seattle Sounders FC logo

Seattle Sounders FC10th in MLS

MLS · Sunday, November 1, 2026 · 3:30 PM ET

How the bets settled

ResultVancouver Whitecaps winFinished 5-1
Total goalsOver 3.56 goals, 2.5 over
Both teams to scoreYesVancouver Whitecaps 5, Seattle Sounders FC 1

Match report

Vancouver Whitecaps beat Seattle Sounders FC 5-1, with B. White scoring in the 1st and 53rd minutes, R. Gauld in the 9th, M. Laborda in the 43rd and A. Cvetkovic in the 69th. J. Morris scored Seattle’s goal in the 62nd. Both sides received one yellow card.

The stats reflected Vancouver’s finishing: they had 18 shots to Seattle’s 13, 8 on target to 5, big chances 4-2 and expected goals 2.43-1.24, despite Seattle holding 51% possession and taking six corners to Vancouver’s one. Vancouver went into the match on WLWDD form with 2.09 goals scored and 1.03 conceded per match, while Seattle were LDDLW, scoring 1.28 and conceding 1.25. Both teams scored, against pre-match both teams to score rates of 50% for Vancouver and 56% for Seattle, and the six goals cleared over 2.5 after rates of 59% and 44%.

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Goals

  • 1′ B. White, assist B. Caicedo Vancouver Whitecaps
  • 9′ R. Gauld, assist E. Ocampo Vancouver Whitecaps
  • 43′ M. Laborda, assist R. Gauld Vancouver Whitecaps
  • 53′ B. White, assist B. Caicedo Vancouver Whitecaps
  • 62′ J. Morris, assist A. Rusnak Seattle Sounders FC
  • 69′ A. Cvetkovic, assist C. Sabaly Vancouver Whitecaps
Match stats Vancouver Whitecaps Seattle Sounders FC
Expected goals (xG) 2.43 1.24
Ball possession 49% 51%
Total shots 18 13
Shots on target 8 5
Big chances 4 2
Corner kicks 1 6
Passes 88% (487/553) 89% (515/579)
Yellow cards 1 1

How the key matchups went

  • Diaby: 2 shots, 1 shot on target, 2 fouls won. Nouhou: 1 foul committed, 0 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
  • Caicedo: 1 shot, 0 shots on target, 3 fouls won. Kossa-Rienzi: 0 fouls committed, 0 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
  • White: 5 shots, 3 shots on target, 0 fouls won. Roldan: 2 fouls committed, 1 tackle, 0 yellow cards. Ragen: 2 fouls committed, 0 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
  • Ferreira: 0 shots, 0 shots on target, 0 fouls won. Johnson: 1 foul committed, 1 tackle, 0 yellow cards.
  • Morris: 2 shots, 1 shot on target, 0 fouls won. Ocampo: 1 foul committed, 1 tackle, 0 yellow cards.
  • Joveljic: 3 shots, 3 shots on target, 3 fouls won. Laborda: 0 fouls committed, 3 tackles, 0 yellow cards. Blackmon: 0 fouls committed, 0 tackles, 0 yellow cards.

Box score

Vancouver WhitecapsSeattle Sounders

Vancouver Whitecaps

Player MIN G A SH SOT xG KP PAS TKL FC FS YC SV RAT
Gauld R. 74 1 1 1 1 0.31 5 39/43 2 2 1 0 0 9.0
Larraz O. 90 0 0 2 1 0.09 1 53/58 2 0 2 0 0 8.0
Diaby Y. 90 0 0 2 1 0.07 1 31/37 0 1 2 0 0 6.6
Laborda M. 90 1 0 2 1 0.43 1 57/68 3 0 0 0 0 8.7
Caicedo B. 63 0 2 1 0 0.04 2 19/22 0 0 3 1 0 9.0
Blackmon T. 90 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 79/87 0 0 0 0 0 7.4
White B. 63 2 0 5 3 0.93 1 8/14 0 1 0 0 0 9.2
Cvetkovic A. 90 1 0 3 1 0.38 0 26/31 0 1 0 0 0 7.0
Johnson T. 82 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 50/56 1 1 3 0 0 7.1
Takaoka Y. 90 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 40/46 0 0 1 0 4 7.8
Ocampo E. 63 0 1 0 0 0.00 2 25/26 1 1 3 0 0 7.6
Gherasimencov M. 8 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 8/9 0 0 0 0 0 –
Veselinovic R. 27 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 17/17 0 3 0 0 0 6.4
Priso R. 16 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 15/16 0 1 0 0 0 6.4
Poku K. 27 0 0 1 0 0.09 1 9/10 0 0 1 0 0 6.7
Sabaly C. 27 0 1 1 0 0.11 1 11/13 0 0 0 0 0 7.7

Seattle Sounders

Player MIN G A SH SOT xG KP PAS TKL FC FS YC SV RAT
Ragen J. 90 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 92/94 0 2 1 0 0 6.3
Morris J. 78 1 0 2 1 0.20 0 10/11 1 3 0 0 0 6.7
Nouhou 45 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 22/27 0 1 1 0 0 5.5
Thomas A. 90 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 29/35 0 0 0 0 3 5.4
Roldan A. 90 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 66/74 1 2 0 0 0 5.7
Brunell S. 45 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 17/18 0 2 1 0 0 6.1
Roldan C. 90 0 0 3 0 0.17 3 63/73 2 1 5 0 0 7.4
Joveljic D. 90 0 0 3 3 0.09 0 22/26 1 1 3 0 0 7.1
Ferreira J. 45 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 18/23 1 1 0 1 0 6.6
Rusnak A. 90 0 1 1 0 0.04 3 52/58 0 1 0 0 0 7.3
Kossa-Rienzi K. 45 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 21/24 0 0 0 0 0 5.4
Gomez S. 45 0 0 1 0 0.02 0 12/17 0 1 0 0 0 6.2
Kim Kee-Hee 12 0 0 1 0 0.04 0 10/10 0 0 0 0 0 6.6
Dotson H. 45 0 0 1 1 0.29 0 24/27 0 1 0 0 0 6.2
Hawkins S. 45 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 36/38 0 0 0 0 0 5.5
Arriola P. 45 0 0 1 0 0.39 2 21/24 1 1 0 0 0 7.2

Recap: Caps rout Sounders to leave Seattle clinging to last playoff spot in West (ESPN)

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Vancouver Whitecaps vs Seattle Sounders FC pre-game preview

Vancouver Whitecaps host Seattle Sounders FC in an MLS match on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM ET. The three-way moneyline makes Vancouver the favorite at -118, with the draw at +320 and Seattle at +325, and the total is 3.5.

Vancouver won the last meeting 2-0 at Seattle on Aug 17, 2026. Vancouver’s recent league form is WLWDD, while Seattle’s is LDDLW. Vancouver has 58 points from 32 matches with a 17-7-8 record, and Seattle has 43 points from 32 matches with an 11-10-11 record.

Seattle lists Pedro de la Vega and Yeimar Gómez out plus Daniel Musovski day-to-day, while Vancouver is without Sam Adekugbe, Emmanuel Sabbi and Andrés Cubas. On the prop side, Dejan Joveljić’s over 0.5 shots on target is -200 and has cleared in 10 of his last 10, while Yohei Takaoka’s over 2.5 saves is -110 and has cleared in 9 of his last 10.

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Confirmed lineups

The official starting XIs. The badge on each player: how often he cleared his strongest prop line (named under him) over his recent matches; green at 70% or better.

Vancouver Whitecaps 4-2-3-1Seattle Sounders FC 4-2-3-1

1 Takaoka
18 Ocampo
2 Laborda
33 Blackmon
28 Johnson
23 Cvetkovic
8 Larraz
77 Diaby
25 Gauld (C)
14 Caicedo
24 White
26 Thomas
85 Kossa-Rienzi
16 Roldan
25 Ragen
5 Nouhou
37 Brunell
7 Roldan (C)
27 Ferreira
11 Rusnak
13 Morris
9 Joveljic

Vancouver Whitecaps missing: S. Adekugbe (muscle), J. Badwal (hamstring), K. G. Cabrera Nakamura (foot), A. Cubas (ankle), R. Elloumi (red card), B. Halbouni (knee), E. Sabbi (leg)

Seattle Sounders FC missing: P. de La Vega (calf), Y. Gomez Andrade (hamstring), D. Musovski (head), N. Petkovic (knee)

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Form and head to head

Vancouver Whitecaps2nd in the tableWLWDD17W 7D 8L · 1.81 points a match
6meetings

3 wins2 draws1 win
Seattle Sounders FC16th in the tableLDDLW11W 10D 11L · 1.34 points a match
100%Over 1.56/6
50%Over 2.53/6
17%Over 3.51/6
33%Both scored2/6
  • Aug 2026SEA 0-2 VAN
  • Sep 2025SEA 2-2 VAN
  • Jun 2025VAN 3-0 SEA
  • Oct 2024VAN 0-3 SEA
  • May 2024SEA 1-1 VAN
  • Apr 2024SEA 0-2 VAN

Clean sheets and goal trends

Vancouver Whitecaps

38%

Clean sheet12/32

19%

Failed to score6/32

50%

Both scored16/32

59%

Over 2.519/32

Seattle Sounders FC

25%

Clean sheet8/32

25%

Failed to score8/32

56%

Both scored18/32

44%

Over 2.514/32

Recent results

Vancouver Whitecaps WLWDD W 4-1 vs SDL · L 0-1 at CLR · W 2-1 at ATX · D 0-0 at LOU · D 1-1 at LAF
Seattle Sounders LDDLW L 0-1 vs HOU · D 2-2 at SDL · D 1-1 vs CFM · L 0-1 at DAL · W 3-0 at NER

Last five MLS results, most recent first.

Season numbers

Vancouver Whitecaps Seattle Sounders
Table 2 (58 pts) 16 (43 pts)
Record (W-D-L) 17-7-8 11-10-11
Home / away record 10-2-4 (39-15) home 4-6-6 (17-18) away
Goals scored per match 2.09 1.28
Goals conceded per match 1.03 1.25
Shots / on target per match 13.03 / 5.88 11.13 / 5.06
Both teams scored 50% 56%
Over 1.5 / 2.5 / 3.5 goals 78% / 59% / 38% 72% / 44% / 25%
Clean sheets 38% 25%
Failed to score 19% 25%
Yellow cards per match 1.94 1.63
Corners per match 5.94 5.50

This season, 32 and 32 matches.

Referee

Alexis Da Silva averages 5.0 yellow cards and 26.8 fouls per match over 18 matches this season (league average 4.0 and 24.1), a card-heavy referee.

Injury report

Vancouver Whitecaps

  • Sam Adekugbe (D): Out, Hamstring Injury
  • Emmanuel Sabbi (M): Out, Knock Injury
  • Andrés Cubas (M): Out, Ankle Injury
  • Kenji Cabrera (F): Out, Foot Injury

Seattle Sounders FC

  • Pedro de la Vega (M): Out, Hip Injury
  • Daniel Musovski (F): Day-To-Day, Head Injury
  • Yeimar Gómez (D): Out, Hamstring Injury
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Line movement chart

Total 3.5 → 3.5
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