📏 Form Guide

Real Salt Lake

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Real Salt Lake will be looking for an improved result here after the 1-0 MLS defeat last time out to Colorado Rapids.

In that match, Real Salt Lake managed 59% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Colorado Rapids got 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Djordje Mihailović (70') was the scorer for Colorado Rapids.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Real Salt Lake haven’t conceded. The reality is that Real Salt Lake have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 6 goals on the way.

Vancouver Whitecaps

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In the game prior to this, Vancouver Whitecaps drew 2-2 in the Canadian Championship tie with Valour.

For Vancouver Whitecaps, the goals were scored by Sam Adekugbe (6') and Ali Ahmed (80'). Rocco Romeo (38') was the scorer for Valour.

Looking at their form, and Vancouver Whitecaps have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in all. At the back, Vancouver Whitecaps have been far from perfect. We will just have to see if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 21/08/2022 shows us that Real Salt Lake have won 4 of these and Vancouver Whitecaps 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A combined total of 17 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them from Claret and Cobalt and 7 created by Caps. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was MLS match day 16 on 04/05/2025 when the final score was Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 Real Salt Lake.

That time, Vancouver Whitecaps managed 55% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Jayden Nelson (20') and Tristan Blackmon (70').

At the other end, Real Salt Lake got 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. Diego Luna (96') was the scorer.

The referee was Malik Badawi.

🗞️ Team News: Real Salt Lake

We are thinking that Claret and Cobalt will possibly go for a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, handing starts to Rafael Cabral, Noel Caliskan, Brayan Vera, Justen Glad, Alexandros Katranis, Pablo Ruiz, Emeka Eneli, Dominik Marczuk, Zavier Gozo, Diego Luna and William Agada.

📋 Team News: Vancouver Whitecaps

Vancouver Whitecaps manager Jesper Sørensen has a number of players out of action. Daniel Ríos (Foot injury) and Ryan Gauld (Knee injury) miss out here.

We are inclined to think that Caps seem most likely to utilise a 4-3-3 formation, going with Yohei Takaoka, Edier Ocampo, Tristan Blackmon, Bjoern Inge Utvik, Sam Adekugbe, Sebastian Berhalter, Pedro Vite, Ralph Priso-Mbongue, Ali Ahmed, Brian White and Jayden Nelson.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Vancouver Whitecaps and Real Salt Lake may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. We’re therefore anticipating a close game with a 1-1 draw at full-time.

Peter Guest, 01:02 25/05/2025