Major League Soccer: Real Salt Lake expected to win home game against Vancouver Whitecaps

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 20.September
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium (20008 seats)

Real Salt Lake are welcoming Vancouver Whitecaps for another important game after their 0-5 result against 10th-placed Colorado Rapids.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only three days ago.

This pitch has grass, which is not Vancouver Whitecaps's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Vancouver Whitecaps have performed like this: Played 34 matches resulting in 8 wins, 9 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 40-70 (scored/conceded).

These teams have little in common geographically as Vancouver Whitecaps have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

Real Salt Lake have collected 9 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 2-3-2.

The Real Salt Lake fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at Rio Tinto Stadium: A 0-5 defeat against Colorado Rapids (placed 10th). Before that, Real Salt Lake had a home game versus Los Angeles FC which ended with a victory 3-0.

As you see from the result above, Salt suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Salt, as the Major League Soccer home game vs LA Galaxy is only four days away.

The Salt fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Real Salt Lake have conceded 10 goals.

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

There's been little loot from Vancouver Whitecaps's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Major League Soccer. Vancouver Whitecaps, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in Major League Soccer, only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on M. Dos Santos, the Vancouver manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Impressive finishing from C. Dájome and F. Montero (2) secured the home win 3-1 against Montreal Impact in their previous game. Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Montreal Impact.

Vancouver has another fixture away, a Major League Soccer game, against Los Angeles FC in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Goals are few and far between in Vancouver's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. Vancouver have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (Real Salt Lake wins - draws - Vancouver Whitecaps wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real Salt LakeD. Kreilach
D. Kreilach
6 goals
Vancouver WhitecapsC. Dájome Arboleda
C. Dájome Arboleda
3 goals
SaltA. Rusnák
A. Rusnák
2 goals

Real Salt Lake missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

Real Salt Lake Vancouver Whitecaps
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 7 2 Played P 0 7 12
3 2 1 Won W 0 2 4
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 2 1 Lost L 0 4 7
18 8 2 Scored S 0 3 15
24 10 5 Conceded C 0 9 23
83% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 92%
83% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 75%
58% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 58%
50% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 42%
33% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
42% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 42%
33% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 25%
42% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 71% 42%
 
4.7 3.7 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.7 3.1
4.9 4.3 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.9 7.9
2.3 2.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
146 82 19 Total Shots T S 0 50 99
54 26 7 Shots on Target S O 0 18 39
33% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 38%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Real Salt Lake has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vancouver Whitecaps have scored away.
  • Real Salt Lake have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps has the fewest scored goals (15) in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps has the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting KC 11 6 2 3 21 15 6 3 1 2 12 10 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 20
2 Seattle Sounders 10 5 3 2 23 10 7 4 2 1 17 6 3 1 1 1 6 4 13 18
3 Minnesota United 11 5 2 4 21 17 3 2 0 1 8 4 8 3 2 3 13 13 4 17
4 Dallas 10 4 4 2 16 10 7 4 2 1 13 6 3 0 2 1 3 4 6 16
5 Los Angeles FC 11 4 3 4 25 24 8 4 3 1 24 15 3 0 0 3 1 9 1 15
6 LA Galaxy 10 4 3 3 16 15 5 2 1 2 8 6 5 2 2 1 8 9 1 15
7 Portland Timbers 11 4 3 4 19 23 6 2 1 3 10 14 5 2 2 1 9 9 -4 15
8 Houston Dynamo 11 3 5 3 18 17 4 2 2 0 6 2 7 1 3 3 12 15 1 14
9 Real Salt Lake 11 3 5 3 16 19 7 2 3 2 8 10 4 1 2 1 8 9 -3 14
10 Colorado Rapids 11 3 4 4 18 20 5 1 3 1 7 9 6 2 1 3 11 11 -2 13
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 11 4 0 7 15 23 5 2 0 3 12 14 6 2 0 4 3 9 -8 12
12 SJ Earthquakes 11 2 5 4 16 27 5 0 4 1 6 9 6 2 1 3 10 18 -11 11

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.