Betting preview: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Real Salt Lake should be interesting

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 04.June
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: BC Place Stadium (22120 seats)

The visiting Real Salt Lake side are thought to be odds-on at Vancouver Whitecaps, as the away team hold a 11 point edge from their 14 league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer

This arena has artifical turf, which is not Real Salt Lake's everyday surface at their own arena. When playing on artifical turf Real Salt Lake have performed like this: Played ten matches with the results 1 win, 3 draws and 6 defeats with the goal difference 13-25 (scored/conceded).

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Vancouver Whitecaps have to build on here at BC Place Stadium in the Major League Soccer.

Vancouver enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sporting KC's place. The match ended 1-0 with Cavallini scoring. The forward Cavallini outperformed all others in that game and managed a match rating of 8.03 out of 10. Cavallini scored one goal and hit one key pass.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vancouver Whitecaps have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 1.

A decent goal production from Vancouver Whitecaps in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Vancouver's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Real Salt Lake have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.

Real Salt Lake are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Houston Dynamo (placed 7th). Glad was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.12. The defender Glad scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.

Prior to that result Real Salt Lake won their away game at Montreal Impact. The scoreline was 2-1.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Salt have conceded 13 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two sides are: five wins for Vancouver Whitecaps, zero draws and five wins for Real Salt Lake. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Vancouver WhitecapsL. Cavallini
L. Cavallini
4 goals
Real Salt LakeJ. Glad
J. Glad
3 goals
Real Salt LakeB. Wood
B. Wood
3 goals

Vancouver Whitecaps missing players

Real Salt Lake missing players

Vancouver Whitecaps Real Salt Lake
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 8 14
4 3 1 Won W 0 2 7
2 2 0 Drew D 1 3 4
7 1 0 Lost L 1 3 3
14 9 2 Scored S 0 6 17
23 7 1 Conceded C 1 13 17
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 86%
69% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 64%
69% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 50%
31% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 21%
15% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 14%
54% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 43%
31% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 36%
23% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 62% 36%
 
4.4 3.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.2 5.4
5 4.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.5 4.9
2.2 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 13.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.1 10.6
3.5 5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.7
30% 30% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 33%
 
13.8 12.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13 14.4 12.9
4.7 4.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6.1 5.6
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Real Salt Lake have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Real Salt Lake is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
  • Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Los Angeles FC 14 9 2 3 29 16 8 5 2 1 18 9 6 4 0 2 11 7 13 29
2 Dallas 14 7 4 3 24 13 7 5 1 1 15 6 7 2 3 2 9 7 11 25
3 Real Salt Lake 14 7 4 3 17 17 6 5 1 0 11 4 8 2 3 3 6 13 0 25
4 Austin 14 7 3 4 28 18 7 4 2 1 17 5 7 3 1 3 11 13 10 24
5 LA Galaxy 14 7 2 5 17 15 7 4 0 3 9 9 7 3 2 2 8 6 2 23
6 Nashville SC 14 6 4 4 18 16 4 2 2 0 7 4 10 4 2 4 11 12 2 22
7 Houston Dynamo 14 5 3 6 17 17 8 3 3 2 10 8 6 2 0 4 7 9 0 18
8 Minnesota United 14 5 3 6 15 15 8 3 2 3 10 7 6 2 1 3 5 8 0 18
9 Colorado Rapids 14 5 3 6 16 17 8 5 2 1 12 4 6 0 1 5 4 13 -1 18
10 Portland Timbers 15 3 6 6 21 25 7 2 3 2 12 10 8 1 3 4 9 15 -4 15
11 SJ Earthquakes 14 3 5 6 25 32 8 3 4 1 17 16 6 0 1 5 8 16 -7 14
12 Vancouver Whitecaps 13 4 2 7 14 23 6 3 2 1 9 7 7 1 0 6 5 16 -9 14
13 Seattle Sounders 11 4 1 6 13 15 4 2 0 2 6 5 7 2 1 4 7 10 -2 13
14 Sporting KC 15 3 4 8 13 26 7 3 2 2 7 6 8 0 2 6 6 20 -13 13

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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.