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Major League Soccer

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

Vancouver
2 - 1
Salt Lake

Nelson (20', 20'), Blackmon (70', 70')
Rios (64'), Rios (64')
FT(HT: 2-0)
Luna (90+6' pen., 90+6' pen.)
Ojeda (22'), Ojeda (22'), Glad (50'), Glad (50'), Luna (61'), 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

Vancouver Whitecaps

All competitions
Major League Soccer
Last Game: Inter Miami 1-3 Vancouver
Thursday, May 1 at 1am in CONCACAF Champions League

Real Salt Lake

All competitions
Last Game: San Diego 1-3 Salt Lake
Sunday, April 27 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer

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%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Vancouver Whitecaps in this match.

Result
Vancouver WhitecapsDrawReal Salt Lake
60.65% (0.072000000000003 0.07)20.25% (-0.023 -0.02)19.1% (-0.052999999999997 -0.05)
Both teams to score 59.57% (-0.013999999999996 -0.01)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
63.38% (0.024000000000001 0.02)36.62% (-0.027999999999999 -0.03)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
41.23% (0.027999999999999 0.03)58.77% (-0.030999999999999 -0.03)
Vancouver Whitecaps Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
88.27% (0.024999999999991 0.02)11.73% (-0.028 -0.03)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
63.13% (0.058 0.06)36.87% (-0.061 -0.06)
Real Salt Lake Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
67.48% (-0.038000000000011 -0.04)32.51% (0.035000000000004 0.04)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
30.96% (-0.039999999999999 -0.04)69.04% (0.039000000000001 0.04)
Score Analysis
    Vancouver Whitecaps 60.65%
    Real Salt Lake 19.1%
    Draw 20.25%
Vancouver WhitecapsDrawReal Salt Lake
2-1 @ 9.84% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
2-0 @ 8.76% (0.0079999999999991 0.01)
1-0 @ 8.17% (-0.0019999999999989 -0)
3-1 @ 7.03% (0.008 0.01)
3-0 @ 6.26% (0.013 0.01)
3-2 @ 3.95% (0.00099999999999989 0)
4-1 @ 3.77% (0.008 0.01)
4-0 @ 3.35% (0.011 0.01)
4-2 @ 2.12% (0.0030000000000001 0)
5-1 @ 1.61% (0.0050000000000001 0.01)
5-0 @ 1.44% (0.006 0.01)
5-2 @ 0.91% (0.002 0)
Other @ 3.45%
Total : 60.65%
1-1 @ 9.18% (-0.010999999999999 -0.01)
2-2 @ 5.53% (-0.0060000000000002 -0.01)
0-0 @ 3.81% (-0.0049999999999999 -0)
3-3 @ 1.48% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
Other @ 0.25%
Total : 20.25%
1-2 @ 5.16% (-0.010999999999999 -0.01)
0-1 @ 4.28% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
0-2 @ 2.41% (-0.008 -0.01)
2-3 @ 2.07% (-0.004 -0)
1-3 @ 1.93% (-0.006 -0.01)
0-3 @ 0.9% (-0.004 -0)
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%
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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')
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Mar 23, 2024 11.30pm
Vancouver
1-2
Salt Lake
Kreilach (33')
Julio (70'), Katranis (76')
Katranis (47'), Vera (90+6'), MacMath (90+9')
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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')
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Feb 26, 2023 3.30am
Vancouver
1-2
Salt Lake
Kreilach (73')
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Aug 21, 2022 3am
Salt Lake
1-1
Vancouver
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8Dallas144551522-717
9Austin FCAustin14527817-917
10St Louis City143471118-713
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