Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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Real Salt Lake

Sat 4 Jun 2022 · 23:00 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 28' Aaron Herrera

Deiber Caicedo 38' Y

Y 62' Justin Meram

Y 68' Jasper Loeffelsend

Florian Jungwirth 76' Y

Caio Alexandre 90' Y

R 90' Aaron Herrera

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2022-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jun	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
29 May	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–0	W
22 May	Charlotte FC	A	1–2	L
19 May	FC Dallas	H	2–1	W
14 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–3	D
08 May	Toronto FC	H	1–0	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
29 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–0	W
22 May	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–1	W
15 May	Austin FC	H	2–1	W
08 May	Nashville SC	A	0–2	L
30 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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

Real Salt Lake

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

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Real Salt Lake gets underway.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
15' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
20' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
25' The -year-old Ruiz has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
28' Aaron Herrera was booked on 28.
31' Ranko Veselinovic does the damage! The net is bulging and Vancouver Whitecaps FC surge ahead!
32' Against the run of play, Ranko Veselinovic has scored! This game has turned on its head.
37' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
38' Deiber Caicedo has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 38.
43' Florian Jungwirth has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
48' It’s high time Pablo Mastroeni made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
52' Justin Meram adds to his 0 season tally! Real Salt Lake lead 2-1 — and this changes everything.
57' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Caio Alexandre has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
60' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Jefferson Savarino comes on to replace Maikel Chang Ramirez.
62' Justin Meram is having his name booked by the referee on 62.
63' Ryan Gauld gets the nod from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He replaces Sebastian Berhalter and will look to change the dynamic.
68' Controversy at the stadium! Jasper Loeffelsend argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
71' The supporters are chanting for Luis Martins. He replaces Cristian Gutierrez on 71 minute.
74' A tactical swap from Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Tosaint Ricketts on, Deiber Caicedo off on 74 minutes.
76' That is a Yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Florian Jungwirth will be fuming at that decision.
81' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sergio Cordova made 433 appearances and scored 24 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
82' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Anderson Julio is hanging Justin Meram on the field on 82 minute.
87' Jasper Loeffelsend, a , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
90' The referee calls foul for Caio Alexandre. He receives a Yellow card.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Real Salt Lake.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

10
Sergio Cordova
7
Bobby Wood
15
Justen Glad
30
Marcelo Silva
22
Aaron Herrera
2
Andrew Brody
18
Zac MacMath
9
Justin Meram ↓ Anderson Julio 82'
6
Ruiz
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↓ Jefferson Savarino 60'
28
Jasper Loeffelsend

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2022-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2022-05-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2022-05-22 Charlotte FC 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-05-19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 FC Dallas W 2022-05-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D 2022-05-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Toronto FC W

Real Salt Lake Form

2022-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2022-05-29 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Houston Dynamo W 2022-05-22 Montreal Impact FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2022-05-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Austin FC W 2022-05-08 Nashville SC 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2022-04-30 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.13 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.28 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC55% Draw23% Real Salt Lake22%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.41

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

45%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Real Salt Lake

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC41% Draw40% Real Salt Lake19%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

7.5%

3 – 1

6.5%

1 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

5.9%

1 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

5.2%

0 – 0

4.7%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

3.6%

4 – 1

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	17%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	21%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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