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Major League Soccer
May 4, 2025 at 2.30am UK
BC Place Stadium
Real Salt Lake

Vancouver
2 - 1
Salt Lake

Nelson (20'), Blackmon (70')
Rios (64')
FT(HT: 1-0)
Luna (90+6' pen.)
Ojeda (22'), Glad (50'), Luna (61')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between Vancouver Whitecaps and Real Salt Lake, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Inter Miami 1-3 Vancouver
Thursday, May 1 at 1am in CONCACAF Champions League
Last Game: San Diego 1-3 Salt Lake
Sunday, April 27 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer

We said: Vancouver Whitecaps 2-2 Real Salt Lake

We expect some of the RSL newcomers will give them a much-needed energy boost this weekend, though the Caps are on such a roll that they should find a way to stay in this match after their emotional victory days ago. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Vancouver Whitecaps win with a probability of 60.65%. A draw had a probability of 20.2% and a win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 19.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Vancouver Whitecaps win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.84%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.76%) and 1-0 (8.17%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.18%), while for a Real Salt Lake win it was 1-2 (5.16%).

Result
Vancouver WhitecapsDrawReal Salt Lake
60.65% (1.003 1) 20.25% (-0.341 -0.34) 19.1% (-0.665 -0.66)
Both teams to score 59.57% (0.042000000000002 0.04)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
63.38% (0.593 0.59)36.62% (-0.596 -0.6)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
41.23% (0.645 0.64)58.77% (-0.647 -0.65)
Vancouver Whitecaps Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
88.27% (0.461 0.46)11.73% (-0.463 -0.46)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
63.13% (0.977 0.98)36.87% (-0.98 -0.98)
Real Salt Lake Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
67.48% (-0.30800000000001 -0.31)32.51% (0.306 0.31)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
30.96% (-0.348 -0.35)69.04% (0.346 0.35)
Score Analysis
    Vancouver Whitecaps 60.65%
    Real Salt Lake 19.1%
    Draw 20.25%
Vancouver WhitecapsDrawReal Salt Lake
2-1 @ 9.84% (-0.012 -0.01)
2-0 @ 8.76% (0.062999999999999 0.06)
1-0 @ 8.17% (-0.09 -0.09)
3-1 @ 7.03% (0.119 0.12)
3-0 @ 6.26% (0.157 0.16)
3-2 @ 3.95% (0.034 0.03)
4-1 @ 3.77% (0.13 0.13)
4-0 @ 3.35% (0.143 0.14)
4-2 @ 2.12% (0.056 0.06)
5-1 @ 1.61% (0.084 0.08)
5-0 @ 1.44% (0.086 0.09)
5-2 @ 0.91% (0.04 0.04)
Other @ 3.45%
Total : 60.65%
1-1 @ 9.18% (-0.179 -0.18)
2-2 @ 5.53% (-0.053 -0.05)
0-0 @ 3.81% (-0.113 -0.11)
3-3 @ 1.48% (0.0010000000000001 0)
Other @ 0.25%
Total : 20.25%
1-2 @ 5.16% (-0.145 -0.15)
0-1 @ 4.28% (-0.164 -0.16)
0-2 @ 2.41% (-0.113 -0.11)
2-3 @ 2.07% (-0.038 -0.04)
1-3 @ 1.93% (-0.071 -0.07)
0-3 @ 0.9% (-0.051 -0.05)
Other @ 2.35%
Total : 19.1%

How you voted: Vancouver vs Salt Lake

Vancouver Whitecaps
60.0%
Draw
10.0%
Real Salt Lake
30.0%
10
Head to Head
Oct 20, 2024 2am
Salt Lake
2-1
Vancouver
Luna (73'), Boehmer (83' og.)
Brown (29'), Katranis (33')
Gauld (58')
Picault (13'), Blackmon (70'), Adekugbe (72'), Ahmed (85'), Berhalter (90+2')
Mar 23, 2024 11.30pm
Vancouver
1-2
Salt Lake
Kreilach (33')
Julio (70'), Katranis (76')
Katranis (47'), Vera (90+6'), MacMath (90+9')
Sep 24, 2023 2.30am
Salt Lake
2-1
Vancouver
Vera (47'), Glad (65')
Brody (74'), Palacio (81'), Vera (90+4')
White (17')
Raposo (90+14'), Adekugbe (90+11')
Feb 26, 2023 3.30am
rhs 2.0
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Eastern Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Columbus Crew117311810824
2Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia1171321101122
3FC CincinnatiCincinnati117131513222
4Inter MiamiInter Miami106312011921
5Charlotte FCCharlotte FC116141812619
6Nashville SCNashville115242014617
7Orlando City114521812617
8New York City FCNY City115241313017
9New England RevolutionNew England1051497216
10New York Red BullsNY Red Bulls114341213-115
11Chicago Fire113441822-413
12DC United113351323-1012
13Atlanta UnitedAtlanta112451220-810
14Toronto11146816-87
15CF MontrealMontreal11038516-113

Western Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Vancouver WhitecapsVancouver118212281426
2Minnesota UnitedMinnesota Utd115421510519
3Portland TimbersPortland115332119218
4Los Angeles FCLos Angeles115241716117
5Seattle SoundersSeattle114431713416
6Colorado RapidsColorado114431516-116
7Austin FCAustin11515713-616
8Dallas114341419-515
9San Jose EarthquakesEarthquakes114162420413
10Real Salt LakeSalt Lake114071217-512
11St Louis City11245812-410
12Houston DynamoHouston112451016-610
13Sporting Kansas CityKansas102171621-57
14Los Angeles GalaxyLA Galaxy10037820-123
15San Diego FC00000000


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