Major League Soccer

Feb 26, 2023 at 3.30am UK

BC Place Stadium

Vancouver
1 - 2
Salt Lake

Brown (24')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Glad (70'), Kreilach (72', 73')

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

Last Game: Minnesota Utd 2-0 Vancouver
Sunday, October 9 at 10pm in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Real Salt Lake

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Austin 2-2 Salt Lake (3-1 pen.)
Sunday, October 16 at 8pm in MLS Playoffs

Goals
for

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 42.22%. A win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 31.82% and a draw had a probability of 26%.

The most likely scoreline for a Vancouver Whitecaps win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.21%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.84%) and 2-0 (7.31%). The likeliest Real Salt Lake win was 0-1 (8.62%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.34%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.5% likelihood.

Result
Vancouver Whitecaps	Draw	Real Salt Lake
42.22% ( -0.03)	25.96% ( -0.01)	31.82% ( 0.04)

Both teams to score 53.39% (

0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.18% (

0.04)

50.82% (

-0.04)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.29% (

0.04)

72.7% (

-0.04)

Vancouver Whitecaps Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.13%

23.87% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.93%

58.06% (

-0)

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.14% (

0.05)

29.86% (

-0.05)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.04% (

0.06)

65.95% (

-0.06)

Score Analysis

Vancouver Whitecaps 42.22%

Real Salt Lake 31.82%

Draw 25.96%

Vancouver Whitecaps	Draw	Real Salt Lake
1-0 @ 10.21% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 8.84% ( -0) 2-0 @ 7.31% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 4.22% ( -0) 3-0 @ 3.49% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 2.55% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.51% 4-0 @ 1.25% ( -0) 4-2 @ 0.91% ( 0) Other @ 1.91% Total : 42.22%	1-1 @ 12.34% 0-0 @ 7.13% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.34% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 1.03% ( 0) Other @ 0.12% Total : 25.96%	0-1 @ 8.62% ( -0) 1-2 @ 7.46% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 5.21% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 3% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 2.15% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 2.1% ( 0) 1-4 @ 0.91% ( 0) Other @ 2.38% Total : 31.82%