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

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MLS · 2023

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Real Salt Lake

Sun 26 Feb 2023 · 03:30 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Javain Brown 24' 1–0

1–1 70' Justen Glad

1–2 73' Damir Kreilach

Y 15' Jasper Loffelsend

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

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

Last 5 meetings

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 2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Feb	Real Salt Lake	H	1–2	L
09 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	0–2	L
02 Oct	Austin FC	H	2–0	W
18 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
15 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–0	W
11 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–3	L

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Feb	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–1	W
16 Oct	Austin FC	A	3–5	L
09 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	3–1	W
02 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	D
18 Sep	FC Cincinnati	H	1–2	L
15 Sep	Austin FC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

68% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

74% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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

Real Salt Lake

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

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Vancouver Whitecaps FC is hosting Real Salt Lake for another epic battle.
5' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' Vancouver Whitecaps FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Jasper Loeffelsend.
20' Andres Cubas has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 3 cards already picked up this season.
24' A goal from the Jamaica international Javain Brown! He fires home on 24 to make it 1-0!
25' What a strike from Javain Brown! The score is 2-0.
30' Vancouver Whitecaps FC currently sit 29 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
35' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
45' Vancouver Whitecaps FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Yadaly Diaby scoring 1 goals.
50' The energy levels are beginning to show. Vanni Sartini might look to freshen things up shortly.
55' Luis Martins is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Vancouver Whitecaps FC tonight.
60' The 30-year-old Anderson Julio has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
65' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
66' Pedro Vite gets the nod from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He replaces Cristian Dajome and will look to change the dynamic.
70' The deadlock is broken! Justen Glad gets on the scoresheet on 70 minutes.
73' What composure from Damir Kreilach! The Croatia international strokes it home. 2-2.
76' Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ryan Raposo is hanging Javain Brown on the field on 76 minute.
79' Daniel Musovski gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Anderson Julio and will look to change the dynamic.
84' Bode Davis, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
86' Vancouver Whitecaps FC make a change. Luis Martins trudges off to be replaced by Ali Ahmed on 86 minutes.
88' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Braian Ojeda is withdrawn and Scott Caldwell gets his opportunity.
90' The whistle greets Andrew Brody as he departs to be replaced by Bode Davis.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Real Salt Lake to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

4-3-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

3
Bryan Oviedo
8
Damir Kreilach
15
Justen Glad
30
Marcelo Silva
10
Jefferson Savarino ↓ Justin Meram 79'
2
Andrew Brody ↓ Bode Davis 90'
18
Zac MacMath
6
Braian Ojeda ↓ Scott Caldwell 88'
29
Anderson Julio ↓ Daniel Musovski 79'
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez
28
Jasper Loffelsend

Bench

12
Scott Caldwell ↑ 88'
9
Justin Meram ↑ 79'
20
Erik Holt
33
Moses Nyeman
17
Daniel Musovski ↑ 79'
19
Bode Davis ↑ 90'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2023-02-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake L 2022-10-09 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-10-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Austin FC W 2022-09-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-09-11 Colorado Rapids SC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Real Salt Lake Form

2023-02-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2022-10-16 Austin FC 5–3 Real Salt Lake L 2022-10-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Portland Timbers W 2022-10-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2022-09-18 Real Salt Lake 1–2 FC Cincinnati L 2022-09-15 Austin FC 3–0 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.25 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC52% Draw24% Real Salt Lake24%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.44

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

48%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Real Salt Lake

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC42% Draw40% Real Salt Lake18%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.6%

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

7.7%

3 – 1

6.7%

1 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

5.7%

3 – 0

5.5%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

4.6%

3 – 2

4.2%

4 – 1

3.7%

0 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	17%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	21%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	12%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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