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Peter Green - August 2, 2023
Tigres vs Vancouver Whitecaps Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Leagues Cup on Saturday, 5 August 2023.
Tigres will enter this Leagues Cup on the back off two consecutive victories. The team defeated Portland Timbers and San Jose Earthquakes in their previous rounds to advance to this stage.
Going on, they will be facing Vancouver Whitecaps in the Round of 32 this Saturday. Vancouver lost to Leon in their opening Leagues Cup fixture in penalties, but bounced back with a victory over LA Galaxy to qualify into the knockouts.
Tigres are having a strong form across all competitions of late. It would be a tight task for the inconsistent Vancouver to tie this Tigres side, who follows a 10-match unbeaten streak at the moment.
Vancouver Whitecaps are having an unimpressive form at home too. They recorded three winless matches in the past five home outings.
Meanwhile, Tigres are having a strong form on the road of late. They follows a four-match unbeaten streak. Do also note that they won three of those.
Since Tigres won both their meetings in the past, we expect a win for them against this Vancouver side on Saturday.
All the Leagues Cup fixtures of Vancouver Whitecaps were high-scoring matches. This is mainly due to their defensive side which have been leaking goals consistently of late. Since Tigres have a strong offensive line, we expect this match to have goals over 2.5 ft.
Tigres also have a defensive line which breaches often of late. The team allowed a total of 7 goals in the last seven matches across all competitions. This stat forces us to back the both teams to score option.
The winning form of Tigres in the Leagues Cup, with an inconsistent display of Vancouver is more than enough to conclude here with a winner. Tigres to win is our main pick for this match. For the second tip, we like to place the over 2.5 goals option.
