The Whitecaps have avoided defeat in their last two MLS matches against Toronto (W1 D1), including a 3-2 win the last time the sides met at BC Place (September 2020). Vancouver has never gone three straight matches without defeat against the Reds in MLS play.
The Whitecaps have lost six of their first eight matches this season (D1 L1), including the last three in a row. This is the second time Vancouver has lost six of its first eight matches (W2 D0 L6 in 2020) while the four points are the fewest the Whitecaps have had at this stage of an MLS season.
Toronto’s road winless run extended to 13 games with a 2-0 loss to Cincinnati on Wednesday (D4 L9). Toronto has just one longer road winless run in its MLS history, going 14 straight without a win in March-August 2011.
No team has attempted a higher percentage of their shots inside the box this season than Vancouver (73.9%) Despite that, Vancouver has hit the target with an MLS-low 21.6 percent of its shots, nearly five percent lower than any other team (Toronto first at 45.3%).
After conceding in the second minute, Toronto saw Ralph Priso-Mbongue sent off in the sixth minute on Wednesday against Cincinnati, making the Reds the first team to both concede a goal and have a player sent off in the first six minutes of an MLS match since FC Dallas against Seattle in July 2016.
