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 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

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
#18	Position	#16
26	Points	32
14	Played	14
8 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	10 / 2 / 2
26	Scored	34
19	Conceded	12
+7	GD	+22
1.86	PPG	2.29
57%	Win %	71%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

6/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

–/3

61-75

3/–

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Vancouver Whitecaps FC get us underway at Rio Tinto Stadium.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Ali Ahmed has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
15' Sam Adekugbe is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Vancouver Whitecaps FC so far.
17' Assisted by Ryan Gauld with the perfectly-timed delivery and Brian White makes no mistake. 0-1!
22' It’s high time Pablo Mastroeni made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
27' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
31' The supporters are chanting for Braian Ojeda. He replaces Jasper Loffelsend on 31 minute.
36' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
41' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
46' Carlos Gomez, a Colombia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
47' What a strike from Brayan Vera! The score is 1-1.
52' The travelling Vancouver Whitecaps FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
57' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
62' Fresh legs for Vancouver Whitecaps FC! Junior Hoilett comes on to replace Pedro Vite.
65' GOAL! Justen Glad fires home to make it 2-1!
68' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Danny Musovski departs to be replaced by Anderson Julio.
69' Ali Ahmed is ready to make an impact after coming on for Alessandro Schopf at the 69 minute mark.
70' Vancouver Whitecaps FC make a change. Ryan Raposo trudges off to be replaced by Sam Adekugbe on 70 minutes.
74' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Andrew Brody on 74 minutes.
78' Simon Becher is ready to make an impact after coming on for Javain Brown at the 78 minute mark.
82' Real Salt Lake player sees a card in front of him.
85' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Diego Luna departs to be replaced by Rubio Rubin.
86' The supporters are chanting for Bode Davis. He replaces Cristian Arango on 86 minute.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Brayan Vera.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Real Salt Lake take all three points.

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
Justen Glad	2
Javain Brown	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

1.81 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: 3.16

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

59%

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

11.3%

1 – 2

0 – 1

0 – 2

6.9%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.1%

0 – 0

5.9%

1 – 3

5.4%

1 – 0

0 – 3

4.1%

2 – 0

3.9%

2 – 3

3.7%

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%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	21%	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

27% ✓

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