Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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Real Salt Lake

Mon 30 Aug 2021 · 02:00 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 34' Noah Powder

Javain Brown 40' Y

Javain Brown 41' Y

Y 53' Albert Rusnak

Y 55' Marcelo Silva

Overview

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at BC Place.

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 18 games · Avg 2.9 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake 2021-06-19 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2020-10-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2020-09-20 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	4–1	W
22 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
19 Aug	Austin FC	A	2–1	W
14 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–0	D
09 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	D
01 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	2–2	D

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–4	L
22 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L
19 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
15 Aug	Austin FC	H	1–0	W
08 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	2–3	L
05 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at BC Place. Vancouver Whitecaps FC are looking to make home advantage count against Real Salt Lake.
5' Russell Teibert, a Canada , has 12 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' Janio Bikel is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Vancouver Whitecaps FC tonight.
20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
33' Javain Brown has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 33 minutes.
34' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Noah Powder.
39' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 39 minutes.
40' Vancouver Whitecaps FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 40.
41' Javain Brown catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 41.
46' It’s high time Marc Dos Santos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
51' Rubio Rubin has been relatively quiet despite scoring 14 goals in his last 280 appearances.
53' Brian White does the damage! The net is bulging and Vancouver Whitecaps FC surge ahead!
53' Albert Rusnak has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 53.
55' Marcelo Silva is having his name booked by the referee on 55.
60' Canada international Ryan Raposo has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
61' Maikel Chang Ramirez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Justin Meram on 61 minute.
64' Ryan Gauld is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
67' Anderson Julio is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nick Besler at the 67 minute mark.
69' A goal from the Germany international Florian Jungwirth! He fires home on 69 to make it 4-0!
72' Fresh legs for Vancouver Whitecaps FC! Patrick Metcalfe comes on to replace Javain Brown.
75' Fresh legs for Vancouver Whitecaps FC! Tosaint Ricketts comes on to replace Brian White.
76' A tactical swap from Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Deiber Caicedo on, Ryan Gauld off on 76 minutes.
79' Everton is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ruiz at the 79 minute mark.
84' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
85' A tactical swap from Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Ryan Raposo on, Leonard Owusu off on 85 minutes.
90' Anderson Julio does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
Full Time. Vancouver Whitecaps FC beats Real Salt Lake

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Bruno Gaspar
26
Florian Jungwirth
24
Brian White ↓ Tosaint Ricketts 75'
31
Russell Teibert
19
Janio Bikel
25
Ryan Gauld ↓ Deiber Caicedo 76'
16
Maxime Crepeau
17
Leonard Owusu ↓ Ryan Raposo 85'
11
Cristian Dajome
4
Ranko Veselinovic ↓ Marcus Godinho 85'
23
Javain Brown ↓ Patrick Metcalfe 72'

Bench

87
Tosaint Ricketts ↑ 75'
2
Marcus Godinho ↑ 85'
15
Andy Rose
55
Michael Baldisimo
22
Erik Godoy
1
Thomas Hasal
32
Patrick Metcalfe ↑ 72'
27
Ryan Raposo ↑ 85'
7
Deiber Caicedo ↑ 76'

Coach Marc Dos Santos

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

15
Justen Glad
11
Albert Rusnak
30
Marcelo Silva
13
Nick Besler ↓ Anderson Julio 67'
51
Andrew Putna
3
Ashtone Morgan
9
Justin Meram ↓ Maikel Chang Ramirez 61'
10
Jonathan Menendez
26
Noah Powder
14
Rubio Rubin
6
Ruiz ↓ Everton 79'

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2021-08-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake W 2021-08-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2021-08-19 Austin FC 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2021-08-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-08-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-08-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Minnesota United FC D

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-08-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-08-22 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-08-19 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2021-08-15 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Austin FC W 2021-08-08 Portland Timbers 3–2 Real Salt Lake L 2021-08-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC61% Draw21% Real Salt Lake18%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.62

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

82%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

39%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Real Salt Lake

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC46% Draw38% Real Salt Lake16%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 1

8.6%

2 – 0

7.8%

3 – 1

7.2%

1 – 0

3 – 0

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 2

4.7%

3 – 2

4.4%

4 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

3.9%

4 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	18%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	21%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	10%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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