Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Vancouver Whitecaps 2nd with 63 points, Austin 6th with 47, 16 apart. Recent form told a different story for Austin: only 15th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Per game in the league, Austin were scoring 1.09 and conceding 1.32, Vancouver Whitecaps 1.94 and 1.12, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
Vancouver Whitecaps's unbeaten run stood at 11. From the last five rounds, Austin held 4 points of 15 and Vancouver Whitecaps 13.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Austin 1, draws 1, Vancouver Whitecaps 2, at 2.5 goals per meeting.
The venue was Al Saqr Stadium in Ta'izz, with room for 20,500 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.