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

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

Real Salt Lake 17 games · 27 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Real Salt Lake 18 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
#21	Position	#16
27	Points	34
17	Played	17
8 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 3
29	Scored	38
25	Conceded	17
+4	GD	+21
1.59	PPG	2.00
47%	Win %	59%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/4

76+

4/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Real Salt Lake vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — let the football do the talking.
5' Vancouver Whitecaps FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
10' Richie Laryea needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
17' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Brian White on 17.
22' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ali Ahmed suffering a number of foals already.
27' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
31' Braian Ojeda is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jasper Loffelsend at the 31 minute mark.
36' 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.
41' Supporters expect more eagerness from Carlos Gomez, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 6 goals in the last 4 games.
46' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
47' Magnificent from Brayan Vera! That is 9 goals in 190 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
52' Vancouver Whitecaps FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
57' Justen Glad, a USA , has 42 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
62' Junior Hoilett is ready to make an impact after coming on for Pedro Vite at the 62 minute mark.
65' GOAL! Justen Glad scores on 65. Assisted by Carlos Gomez
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' Ali Ahmed is ready to make an impact after coming on for Alessandro Schopf at the 69 minute mark.
70' Sam Adekugbe is replacing Ryan Raposo for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
74' A moment of madness from Andrew Brody on 74 minutes earns him a card. Real Salt Lake will be frustrated.
78' The crowd applauds Javain Brown as he leaves the pitch. Simon Becher steps in for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
82' Nelson Palacio was booked on 82.
85' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Diego Luna by Rubio Rubin on 85 minute.
86' Cristian Arango makes way for Bode Davis at the 86 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
90' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Brayan Vera gets a card.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Real Salt Lake players.

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
Damir Kreilach	7
Brian White	6
Anderson Julio	3
Diego Luna	3
Albert Rusnak	3
Ryan Gauld	3
Javain Brown	2
Justin Meram	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

1.4 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.83 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 75% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake34% Draw25% Vancouver Whitecaps FC41%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.23

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

59%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

66%

Real Salt Lake or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake23% Draw42% Vancouver Whitecaps FC35%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

1 – 2

8.9%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

6.6%

0 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

6.2%

0 – 0

5.5%

1 – 3

5.4%

1 – 0

4.8%

0 – 3

3.9%

2 – 0

3.9%

2 – 3

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	15%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	20%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	14%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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