United States - MLS Next ProData current as of 08 September 2026

Minnesota United II vs Whitecaps II: match statistics

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Minnesota United II vs Whitecaps II: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Minnesota United II play Whitecaps II in MLS Next Pro (United States). The match date is 13 September 2026.

Current form

Minnesota United II: 2-2-1, 1.60 points/match. Whitecaps II: 2-1-2, 1.40 points/match.

Goal statistics

Minnesota United II scores 1.40 and concedes 1.44 goals per match. Whitecaps II scores 1.50 and concedes 2.08. League average: 3.32 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Minnesota United II 52%, Whitecaps II 73%. Over 2.5: Minnesota United II 48%, Whitecaps II 69%. League level: BTTS 62%, Over 2.5 66%.

xG, shots and style

Minnesota United II has higher xG: 1.67 vs 1.66. Minnesota United II: 14.2 shots per match, Whitecaps II: 12.9.

Match halves

Minnesota United II: half-time lead 24%, second-half goals 0.80. Whitecaps II: half-time lead 19%, second-half goals 0.88.

Goals by minute

Minnesota United II: 61-75 (9 goals). Whitecaps II: 61-75 (8 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

MLS Next Pro: 3.32 goals per match, BTTS 62%, Over 2.5 66%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 2 previous H2H matches were available: 0-0-2. Average goals 4.00, BTTS 100%.

Before the match

1X2 odds

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Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
1.4Goals scored / match1.5
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
1.44Goals conceded / match2.08
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
49%Average possession49%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
4.48Shots on target / match4.54
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

14.16Shots per match12.92
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
4.48Shots on target4.54
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
9.9%Shot conversion11.6%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
49%Possession49%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
1.67xG for1.66
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
1.52xG against1.8
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

Shooting quality

Minnesota United II: AttackingWhitecaps II: Balanced
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
Accuracy (shots on target)32%35%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.13
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.310.33

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Minnesota United II is 14% better for: last-5 form.

1.6 pts / match - Minnesota United II · 1.4 pts / match - Whitecaps II

Minnesota United II
LDDWW
Season result split
40% W20% R40% P
Season (W-D-L)
10-5-10
1.40 pts / match · goal difference -1
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-2-1
1.60 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
5-4-3
Last 5 at home
2-2-1
WDLDW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.4Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 2.00Opponent xG: 1.43BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 20%
Whitecaps II
LLWWD
Season result split
27% W15% R58% P
Season (W-D-L)
7-4-15
0.96 pts / match · goal difference -15
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-1-2
1.40 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
0-3-10
Last 5 away
0-2-3
LDLLD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.4Goals conceded: 2.0xG: 1.79Opponent xG: 1.65BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 80%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Whitecaps II is 7% better for: goals scored per match.

1.4 goals / match - Minnesota United II · 1.5 goals / match - Whitecaps II

Minnesota United II is 44% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.44 goals / match - Minnesota United II · 2.08 goals / match - Whitecaps II

Minnesota United II scoring profile: very strong

Minnesota United II scores in 72% of matches (18 of 25 matches), while Whitecaps II keeps a clean sheet in 12% (3 of 26 matches).

Whitecaps II scoring profile: very strong

Whitecaps II scores in 77% of matches (20 of 26 matches), while Minnesota United II keeps a clean sheet in 24% (6 of 25 matches).

35Goals scored (season)39
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
36Goals conceded (season)54
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
2.84Average goals in match3.58
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
7Goals scored (last 5)12
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
4Goals conceded (last 5)10
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

How often they score at least...

72%1 goal77%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
36%2 goals46%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
16%3 goals15%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
12%4 goals8%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

How often they concede at least...

76%1 goal88%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
48%2 goals58%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
16%3 goals35%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
4%4 goals19%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

52%
Minnesota United II - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.13 of 25 matches
62%
League average

Goal patterns

28%BTTS at half-time31%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
12%BTTS in both halves12%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
24%Scored in both halves19%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

BTTS and goal count

40%Min. 3 goals and BTTS65%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
8%Min. 3 goals without BTTS4%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
60%BTTS - last 580%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

72%Min. 1 goal before half-time69%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
48%Min. 2 goals before half-time58%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
20%Min. 3 goals before half-time27%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

2nd half

72%Min. 1 goal after half-time81%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
44%Min. 2 goals after half-time62%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
16%Min. 3 goals after half-time38%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Minnesota United II is 12% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.12 pts / match - Minnesota United II · 1 pts / match - Whitecaps II

Minnesota United II - half-time state
24% leading40% draw36% trailing
Whitecaps II - half-time state
19% leading42% draw38% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.12Points per match (1st half)1
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
0.6Goals scored (1st half)0.62
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
0.84Goals conceded (1st half)0.96
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
1.44Average goals (1st half)1.58
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
44%Clean sheet before half-time42%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
56%No goal before half-time58%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

After half-time (2nd half)

1.36Points per match (2nd half)1
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
0.8Goals scored (2nd half)0.88
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
0.6Goals conceded (2nd half)1.12
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
1.4Average goals (2nd half)2
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
56%Clean sheet after half-time23%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II
48%No goal after half-time46%
Minnesota United IIWhitecaps II

Minnesota United II - second-half results

32% W40% R28% P
28
Half-time points
15
Half-time goals
-6
Goal difference (1st half)
34
Second-half points
+5
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.12
PPG before half-time
Lead holding167%

Leads at half-time in 24% of matches and wins 40%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.2

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Whitecaps II - second-half results

23% W31% R46% P
26
Half-time points
16
Half-time goals
-9
Goal difference (1st half)
26
Second-half points
-6
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.00
PPG before half-time
Lead holding142%

Leads at half-time in 19% of matches and wins 27%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.2

Concedes 0.2 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Minnesota United II - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.001.60
Goals scored / match0.41.0
Goals conceded / match0.40.4
Average goals in match0.81.4
1 goal40%80%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet60%60%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference0+3
Half-time: 0% leading - 100% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 40% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 2
Whitecaps II - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.401.40
Goals scored / match1.01.4
Goals conceded / match1.01.0
Average goals in match2.02.4
1 goal80%80%
2 goals80%80%
3 goals40%60%
Clean sheet40%40%
No goal40%20%
Goal difference0+2
Half-time: 40% leading - 20% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 20% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 5

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Minnesota United II
ScoredConceded
3
3
0-15
7
4
16-30
5
14
31-45
5
4
46-60
9
7
61-75
6
4
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 61-75 (9 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (14). Late-goal balance (76-90): +2 - wins late phases.

Whitecaps II
ScoredConceded
6
9
0-15
6
6
16-30
4
10
31-45
7
13
46-60
8
7
61-75
8
9
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 61-75 (8 goals). Concedes most in 46-60 (13). Late-goal balance (76-90): -1 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

3.21
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.7 : 1.5
Estimated goal split
home : away
97%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
63%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+25%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
55%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
6%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 17 matches
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Minnesota United II

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.15
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.19
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-1.4 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.27
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.08
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
74%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
101%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.20
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.2
Late goals
17% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 9% come in the first quarter-hour.
17%

Whitecaps II

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.14
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.44
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-1.7 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.16
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.28
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
106%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
109%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.44
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.3
Late goals
21% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 15% come in the first quarter-hour.
21%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (MLS Next Pro).

Teams vs league

Minnesota United IILigaWhitecaps II
Average goals in match 2.843.32 3.58
Both teams scored 52%62% 73%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 48%66% 69%
Clean sheets 24%21% 12%
Goal before half-time 72%76% 69%
Goal after half-time 72%85% 81%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

3.32
Average goals per match
62%
Both teams scored
66%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
21%
Clean sheets
1.90
Home goals / match
1.42
Away goals / match
+34%
Home attack advantage
+25%
Home defence advantage
+20%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
76%
1 goal
45%
2 goals
18%
3 goals
5%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
85%
1 goal
58%
2 goals
28%
3 goals
10%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Recent meetings (2): Minnesota United II 0 - 0 - 2 Whitecaps II. Average goals 4.00, both teams scored in 100% matches.

Whitecaps II
2 : 1
Minnesota United II
Minnesota United FC II
2 : 3
Vancouver Whitecaps FC II

FAQ

When do Minnesota United II and Whitecaps II play?

Minnesota United II face Whitecaps II on 13 September 2026 in MLS Next Pro. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What is the head-to-head record between Minnesota United II and Whitecaps II?

In the last 2 head-to-head matches Minnesota United II won 0, Whitecaps II won 2 and 0 ended level. These games averaged 4.00 goals, with both teams scoring in 100% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Minnesota United II vs Whitecaps II?

Minnesota United II score 1.40 goals per game on average and Whitecaps II 1.50. The MLS Next Pro average is 3.32 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 66% of games. Both teams score in 52% of Minnesota United II's matches and 73% of Whitecaps II's.

What form are Minnesota United II and Whitecaps II in?

Over the last 5 games Minnesota United II have a 2-2-1 record (1.60 points per game) and Whitecaps II 2-1-2 (1.40 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Minnesota United II vs Whitecaps II?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.