Real Salt Lake vs Vancouver Whitecaps — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 9′Vancouver Whitecaps, goal:0–1assist
- 29′Vancouver Whitecaps, goal:0–2assist
- Half-time0 – 2
- 46′Vancouver Whitecaps, substitution:off
- 49′Vancouver Whitecaps, yellow card:
- 52′Vancouver Whitecaps, yellow card:
- 58′Real Salt Lake, substitution:off
- 59′Real Salt Lake, substitution:off
- 59′Real Salt Lake, yellow card:
- 62′Vancouver Whitecaps, substitution:off
- 63′Vancouver Whitecaps, goal:0–3
- 65′Real Salt Lake, substitution:off
- 65′Real Salt Lake, substitution:off
- 66′Vancouver Whitecaps, yellow card:
- 72′Real Salt Lake, yellow card:
- 72′Real Salt Lake, substitution:off
- 80′Vancouver Whitecaps, substitution:off
- 80′Vancouver Whitecaps, substitution:off
- 81′Vancouver Whitecaps, yellow card:
- 87′Vancouver Whitecaps, substitution:off
- 90+1′Vancouver Whitecaps, yellow card:
- Full-time0 – 3
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Vancouver Whitecaps thrash Real Salt Lake with three unanswered goals
Vancouver Whitecaps eased to a 3-0 win away at Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer's Regular Season - 26, extending their strong recent form at America First Field. The result leaves Real Salt Lake mired in 22nd place, while Vancouver sit second in the table after 25 games.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Brian White opened the scoring in the ninth minute, finishing off an assist from Oliver Larraz, before Thomas Müller doubled the lead on 29 minutes with a goal set up by Yadaly Diaby. That gave the visitors a 0-2 cushion at half-time, and the game was effectively settled early. Diaby then turned provider into scorer himself, netting unassisted in the 63rd minute to make it 0-3 and put the contest beyond doubt.
Vancouver controlled proceedings without dominating possession, holding 52 percent of the ball but posting a far superior shot count of 21 to Real Salt Lake's 12, with six shots on target to the hosts' three. Referee Guido Gonzalez booked five Vancouver players and two from Real Salt Lake in a match that never threatened to swing back in the home side's favour.
Diaby was involved in every phase of the win, setting up Müller's goal before adding one of his own late on, and was rated the match's top performer at 8.39.
Vancouver's expected goals figure of 2.19 against Real Salt Lake's 1.16 reflected the visitors' greater threat throughout the match.
Vancouver Whitecaps won 3–0 away against Real Salt Lake (half-time 0–2).
Real Salt Lake met Vancouver Whitecaps in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 26). Kick-off was Sunday, 20 September 2026, 01:30 UTC at America First Field. Referee: Guido Gonzalez. Attendance: 20,574.
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Key moments
- 9' Goal: Brian White (assist: Oliver Larraz) — 0–1
- 29' Goal: Thomas Müller (assist: Yadaly Diaby) — 0–2
- 63' Goal: Yadaly Diaby — 0–3
Starting line-ups
Real Salt Lake (3-4-3)
Vancouver Whitecaps (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Real Salt Lake 35%, the draw 28%, Vancouver Whitecaps 37%. It finished Real Salt Lake 0–3 Vancouver Whitecaps.
Vancouver Whitecaps' rating edge outweighs Real Salt Lake's home ground — Vancouver Whitecaps are the stronger side on our strength rating, and their control of the ball on top gives Vancouver Whitecaps the lean. The draw at 28% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Vancouver Whitecaps at 37%?
Vancouver Whitecaps sit 144 points higher on our strength rating — 1529 to 1674. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,189 such games. Vancouver Whitecaps hold 8 more possession points (59 to 51 in recent games) across a 144-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 75–150-point rating gap won 42.6% of 8,693 such games where the class table expected 41.2%. The 300 most similar past games finished 31–31–38.
Why only 37%?
Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.8% vs 30.2%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.3% of 5,175 games vs 44.9% across all 100,303 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why the draw at 28%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 25,116. The control factor adds 1.1 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Vancouver Whitecaps scored +0.49 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,876 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Real Salt Lake are missing 5 regular starters — Juan Arias, Diego Luna, Morgan Guilavogui — about 46% of their usual starting-XI weight. Our measured receipt covers one-sided absences only, and the picture here isn't one-sided — both squads are short. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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