Real Salt Lake vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Real Salt Lake

2 – 1

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Sun 24 Sep 2023 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 17' Brian White

Brayan Vera 47' 1–1

Justen Glad 65' 2–1

Andrew Brody 74' Y

Nelson Palacio 82' Y

Brayan Vera 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 games · 64 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Real Salt Lake 19 games · Avg 2.9 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023-02-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake 2022-08-21 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-08-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–1	W
21 Sep	FC Dallas	H	1–3	L
17 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
03 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–0	W
31 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
27 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	0–3	L

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L
21 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	1–4	L
16 Sep	Toronto FC	A	2–1	W
02 Sep	New York City FC	A	1–1	D
31 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–0	W
27 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	3–2	W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#24	Position	#16
45	Points	64
34	Played	34
13 / 6 / 15	W / D / L	19 / 7 / 8
53	Scored	74
52	Conceded	34
+1	GD	+40
1.32	PPG	1.88
38%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

68% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

74% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (64 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

9/7

16-30

5/7

31-45

6/6

46-60

8/7

61-75

7/7

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

10/4

16-30

11/4

31-45

9/9

46-60

7/7

61-75

10/2

76+

13/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	15 G	4 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	20 G	2 A
Thomas Muller	9 G	6 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake are looking to make home advantage count against Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' Zac MacMath has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
15' Brayan Vera is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Vancouver Whitecaps FC tonight.
17' Against the run of play, Brian White has scored! This game has turned on its head.
22' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
27' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is showing some good football. However, Vancouver Whitecaps FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
31' Braian Ojeda is replacing Jasper Loffelsend for the Real Salt Lake side.
36' Over 36 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
41' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
46' Vancouver Whitecaps FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
47' Against the run of play, Brayan Vera has scored! This game has turned on its head.
52' Vancouver Whitecaps FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
57' Canada international Junior Hoilett has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
62' The whistle greets Pedro Vite as he departs to be replaced by Junior Hoilett.
65' Justen Glad puts Real Salt Lake on the lead.
68' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Danny Musovski has done his job and it is now time for Anderson Julio to step up.
69' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Alessandro Schopf exits the field as Ali Ahmed enters on 69.
70' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Ryan Raposo exits the field as Sam Adekugbe enters on 70.
74' Andrew Brody has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 74.
78' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes a substitution. Javain Brown departs to be replaced by Simon Becher.
82' The referee calls foul for Nelson Palacio. He receives a card.
85' Rubio Rubin has so much to prove this time. He replaces Diego Luna on 85 minute.
86' Cristian Arango makes way for Bode Davis at the 86 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
90' Brayan Vera was booked on 90.
2-1 the final result. Vancouver Whitecaps FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

8
Damir Kreilach
2
Andrew Brody ↑ 68'
6
Braian Ojeda ↑ 31'
16
Maikel Chang
29
Anderson Julio ↑ 68'
14
Rubio Rubin ↑ 85'
19
Bode Davis ↑ 86'
35
Gavin Beavers
31
Kevon Lambert

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

3-1-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brian White	7
Damir Kreilach	7
Anderson Julio	3
Diego Luna	3
Albert Rusnak	3
Ryan Gauld	3
Justin Meram	2
Ranko Veselinovic	2

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2023-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2023-09-21 Real Salt Lake 1–3 FC Dallas L 2023-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2023-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2023-08-31 Portland Timbers 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2023-08-27 Real Salt Lake 0–3 Houston Dynamo L

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2023-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-09-21 Houston Dynamo 4–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-09-16 Toronto FC 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2023-09-02 New York City FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2023-08-31 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2023-08-27 Portland Timbers 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.35 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.84 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 75% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake33% Draw25% Vancouver Whitecaps FC42%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.19

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

58%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

67%

Real Salt Lake or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake22% Draw43% Vancouver Whitecaps FC35%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 2

6.9%

0 – 1

6.9%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.1%

0 – 0

5.8%

1 – 3

5.5%

1 – 0

4.8%

0 – 3

4.2%

2 – 3

3.8%

2 – 0

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	15%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	52%	—	48%
+1	52%	21%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	15%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.