Evenly matched teams: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Real Salt Lake match preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 03:30 (UTC)
Venue: BC Place Stadium (22120 seats)

Vancouver Whitecaps and Real Salt Lake fans have their most valued supporter shirts and scarves on for this first game week of a new Major League Soccer campaign. GO!

This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not Real Salt Lake's normal surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on artifical turf Real Salt Lake have performed like this: Played ten matches with the outcome 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats with the goal numbers 11-22 (scored/conceded).

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

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats

The season before, Vancouver Whitecaps's league results were 12 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 10th place in the Major League Soccer. From these 34 matches they scored {40 goals} and conceded 57. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Vancouver Whitecaps managed 10-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 20 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Vancouver Whitecaps perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vancouver Whitecaps as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Vancouver Whitecaps has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Vancouver Whitecaps, who have participated in seven training matches. Vancouver have won 3 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 2 games.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

Let's have a look at how Real Salt Lake performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {45 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 16/30 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Real Salt Lake playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Real Salt Lake win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Real Salt Lake have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from three fixtures.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vancouver Whitecaps five wins, one draw and Real Salt Lake four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Vancouver Whitecaps Real Salt Lake
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Vancouver Whitecaps Last season Real Salt Lake
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 35
12 10   Won W   3 12
7 3   Drew D   7 12
15 4   Lost L   8 11
40 25   Scored S   18 45
57 20   Conceded C   32 47
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
82% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 77%
62% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 57%
29% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 26%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 11%
56% 53%   BTTS BTTS   61% 54%
26% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 29%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   39% 29%
 
4.5 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.4
4.9 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.7
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
3 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
11.4 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 12.4
3.8 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
31% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 30%
 
13.5 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   15.8 12.7
4.1 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.9 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Minnesota United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Saint Louis City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SJ Earthquakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 34 21 4 9 66 38 17 13 2 2 39 15 17 8 2 7 27 23 28 67
2 Austin 34 16 8 10 65 49 17 8 6 3 42 23 17 8 2 7 23 26 16 56
3 Dallas 34 14 11 9 48 37 17 10 4 3 28 15 17 4 7 6 20 22 11 53
4 Nashville SC 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 6 6 5 30 21 17 7 5 5 22 20 11 50
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 8 12 58 51 17 8 4 5 35 25 17 6 4 7 23 26 7 50
6 Minnesota United 34 14 6 14 48 51 17 8 5 4 27 20 17 6 1 10 21 31 -3 48
7 Real Salt Lake 34 12 11 11 43 45 17 9 5 3 27 15 17 3 6 8 16 30 -2 47
8 Portland Timbers 34 11 13 10 53 53 17 8 6 3 28 19 17 3 7 7 25 34 0 46
9 Colorado Rapids 34 11 10 13 46 57 17 10 5 2 29 15 17 1 5 11 17 42 -11 43
10 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 7 15 40 57 17 10 3 4 25 20 17 2 4 11 15 37 -17 43
11 Seattle Sounders 34 12 5 17 47 46 17 9 3 5 29 19 17 3 2 12 18 27 1 41
12 Sporting KC 34 11 7 16 42 54 17 9 2 6 25 17 17 2 5 10 17 37 -12 40
13 Houston Dynamo 34 10 6 18 43 56 17 6 5 6 24 22 17 4 1 12 19 34 -13 36
14 SJ Earthquakes 34 8 11 15 52 69 17 7 6 4 31 27 17 1 5 11 21 42 -17 35

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Minnesota United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Saint Louis City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SJ Earthquakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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