Vancouver Whitecaps FC (6-1-1, first in the Western Conference) vs. Saint Louis City SC (2-4-2, 13th in the Western Conference)
Old North Saint Louis, St. Louis; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Saint Louis +127, Vancouver +191, Draw +248; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Brian White leads the Vancouver Whitecaps into a matchup with Saint Louis City SC fresh off of a four-goal showing against Austin.
Saint Louis is 2-2-2 against Western Conference teams. Saint Louis is 1-3 in games decided by one goal.
The Whitecaps are 5-0-0 against Western Conference opponents. The Whitecaps lead the Western Conference with only six goals given up.
The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Klauss has one goal for Saint Louis. Simon Becher has one goal.
White has six goals for the Whitecaps. Emmanuel Sabbi has two goals and one assist.
SEASON SO FAR: Saint Louis: Averaging 0.6 goals, 3.5 shots on goal and 4.6 corner kicks through eight games while allowing 0.8 goals per game.
Whitecaps: Averaging 2.1 goals, 5.9 shots on goal and 7.4 corner kicks through eight games while allowing 0.8 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Saint Louis: Jayden Reid (injured), Chris Durkin (injured), Tomas Totland (injured), Eduard Lowen (injured), Jannes Horn (injured), Rasmus Alm (injured), Joakim Nilsson (injured), Roman Burki (injured).
Whitecaps: Jayden Nelson (injured), Mathias Laborda (injured), Sam Adekugbe (injured), Ryan Gauld (injured), Bjorn Utvik (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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