Vancouver vs Tacoma Defiance Prediction 12 April 2026
🔉How will the teams use the standard provisions? The teams Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve and Tacoma Defiance have masters of their craft, so the game promises to be good. The confrontation will take place in the MLS Next Pro tournament at 23:00 on 12 April.
Head-to-Head
The last official encounter between the teams took place on 05 September 2025 and ended with a scoreline of 1:3. Here's a comparative breakdown of that match (home team - Tacoma Defiance):
- ball possession percentage: 48% vs 52%;
- corner kicks: 4 vs 5;
- fouls: 11 vs 11;
- yellow cards: 1 vs 3;
- shots on target: 4 vs 6.
📊 The sides have played three official matches. The statistics are as follows:
- goals: 11 against 6;
- average total in the 1st half - 0.67, in the 2nd half - 5;
- average total goals in the match - 5.67.
Head-to-head statistics Vancouver - Tacoma Defiance

Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve Team Overview
The team's most recent official match took place on 28 March 2026 as part of the MLS Next Pro tournament (home team - Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve, away team - Los Angeles FC 2). The match concluded with a scoreline of 2:3.
Here's the game statistics (Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve vs Los Angeles FC 2):
- ball possession: 36% vs 64%;
- corner kicks: 5 vs 6;
- fouls: 4 vs 5;
- yellow cards: 3 vs 2;
- shots on target: 5 vs 7.
✅The Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve team has the honor of playing the first official match of the season on their home field. The work done by the coaching staff and players on their game is yet to be seen, but for now, let's take a look at the team's statistics over the last 10 matches.
In the ten-match stretch of official games, the team has 3 wins, 7 losses, and 0 draws. In total, the team has scored 17 goals in the last 10 games. From this, we can calculate the average number of goals per game, which is 1.7. In home matches, this figure is 2.33 goals. As for the goals conceded, their average number is 2.3.
Match Results: Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve

Tacoma Defiance Team Overview
The away team played their last official match on 30 March 2026 as part of the MLS Next Pro tournament (home team - Tacoma Defiance, away - Ventura County Fusion). The match concluded with a scoreline of 0:1.
Here are the match stats (Tacoma Defiance vs Ventura County Fusion):
- ball possession: 47% vs 53%;
- corner kicks: 4 vs 2;
- fouls: 12 vs 12;
- yellow cards: 1 vs 3;
- shots on target: 4 vs 3.
⚠️Will Tacoma Defiance be able to handle the pressure of the stands in their first match of the season? We will find out soon. In the meantime, let's recall their previous results.
Out of the last 10 official matches, the team has won 4 times, lost 6 games, and drew 0 times. On average, the team scored 1.2 goals per game (in away matches - 1), and conceded 1.6 goals. Hopefully, this season Tacoma Defiance will improve these figures and deliver a beautiful game in the upcoming matches.
Match Results: Tacoma Defiance
Prediction for the 1st half
Head-to-head matches:
- Total encounters - 3;
- First-half wins for the home side (at home) - 1; for the visitors (away) - 0; number of draws - 0;
- Average first-half total: 0.67;
- Today's home team averages 0.67 goals in the first half, while the away team scores 0.
- Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve scored in the 1st half in 14 of last 15 home games (MLS Next Pro).
Prediction on the outcome
H2H:
- number of encounters - 3;
- home team wins - 2, away team wins - 1, draws - 0.
- Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve have not won in 8 of last 9 games (MLS Next Pro).
Prediction on the over/under
H2H
- the home team scores on average - 3.67, the guests - 2;
- average over/under goals in head-to-head matches - 5.67;
- both teams scored: overall - 2; at the home team's field - 0.
- Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve have scored in 16 of last 17 games (MLS Next Pro).
- Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve have scored in 15 of last 16 home games (MLS Next Pro).
- Tacoma Defiance have conceded in 36 of last 38 games.
- Tacoma Defiance have conceded in 32 of last 34 games (MLS Next Pro).
- Tacoma Defiance have conceded in 20 of last 21 away games (MLS Next Pro).
Prediction on corners
H2H- average Over/Under corners in H2H matches - 10.34 (4.67 - for home team and 5.67 - for away team);
- average Over/Under corners at home team's field - 14 (7 - for home team and 7 - for away team).
- Under 12.5 corners in 8 of last 9 Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve games (MLS Next Pro).
- Under 12.5 corners in 12 of last 13 Tacoma Defiance games (MLS Next Pro).
Editorial Prediction
- Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve have scored over 1.5 goals in last 9 home games (MLS Next Pro).