MLS

Vancouver Whitecaps 1–3 St. Louis City

Final score · Half-time 1–3 · Latest results

In the sharp price we recorded for this match, Vancouver Whitecaps was the most likely outcome at 70% (fair odds 1.43). No value was flagged: no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule. Recent form — Vancouver Whitecaps: WWLWD; St. Louis City: DWDWD.

After the whistle

Match stats

Match statsVancouver WhitecapsSt. Louis City
Possession %4753
Expected goals (xG)0.921.60
Shots1511
Shots on target36
Corners62
Yellow cards43
Red cards00
Fouls1818
Offsides02
Goalkeeper saves32
Pass accuracy %8185

What the market said before kick-off

  • Vancouver Whitecaps win 67% did not happen
  • Draw 18% did not happen
  • St. Louis City win 15% happened

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Referee: Michael Venne, Canada · Venue: BC Place, Vancouver

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Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

Vancouver Whitecaps 4-2-3-1

  1. Y. Takaoka GK
  2. M. Gherasimencov DF
  3. M. Laborda DF
  4. T. Blackmon DF
  5. T. Johnson DF
  6. J. Badwal MF
  7. A. Cubas MF
  8. E. Sabbi MF
  9. T. Müller MF
  10. Bruno Steven Caicedo Quiñonez MF
  11. R. Elloumi FW

St. Louis City 3-4-3

  1. R. Bürki GK
  2. L. MacNaughton DF
  3. T. Baumgartl DF
  4. D. Polvara DF
  5. C. Wallem MF
  6. D. Edelman MF
  7. C. Durkin MF
  8. T. Totland MF
  9. C. Holse FW
  10. S. Becher FW
  11. A. Mățan FW

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 67 / 18 / 15% when the line-ups came out, 67 / 18 / 15% at kick-off. The price barely moved after the line-ups.

In the big leagues, line-up news is usually already in the price by the time it is official.

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value check before kick-off

No value

No value was flagged for this match: before kick-off, no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule.

Most likely result

1 Home win 70% · as recorded
1X2
Sharp, recorded70%17%13%
Other estimates
Our model61%23%16%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.43
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 1.40 / 5.17 / 6.63
Pick result (single or double chance) Lost · 2

Match context

Vancouver Whitecaps averaged 2.2 goals scored and 0.4 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; St. Louis City averaged 2.0 and 1.4 over 5.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Market-relevant trends

Vancouver Whitecaps has won its last 2 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on Vancouver Whitecaps here.
St. Louis City is unbeaten in its last 5 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on St. Louis City here.

We show the trend and whether it is already in the price. Most sites show the streak and let you assume you should bet it.

Why this price?

Vancouver Whitecaps
W W L W D
avg 2.2 scored · 0.4 conceded (last 5)
St. Louis City
D W D W D
avg 2 scored · 1.4 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

Recent head-to-head
24 Aug 2025 Vancouver Whitecaps 3–2 St. Louis City
20 Apr 2025 St. Louis City 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick 1 · Home win
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.40
Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) 1.47
Prediction CLV -4.8%
Result Lost
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint 03a8c60b3dd2c842

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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