Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 Real Salt Lake — Result, Statistics & Match Review — USA - Major League, 4 May 2025

📅04/05/2025 · 🕒04:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 2-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
46%
1.75
Draw
25%
3.64
Away
29%
4.04
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
44%
2.07
Over 2.5
56%
1.68
Both Teams to Score
Yes
54%
1.68
No
46%
2.06
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
21%
3.79
2-3 Goals
40%
1.81
4-5 Goals
25%
3.02
6+ Goals
14%
9.68
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
2.25
1/2
9%
35.0
1/X
8%
13.65
X/1
18%
4.48
X/2
6%
9.42
X/X
11%
5.47
2/1
10%
22.0
2/2
14%
7.08
2/X
5%
15.0
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
46%
Home Win
54%
-7.3pp
25%
Draw
24%
+0.0pp
29%
Away Win
22%
+7.3pp
44%
Under 2.5
44%
-0.3pp
56%
Over 2.5
56%
+0.3pp
54%
BTTS Yes
56%
-2.0pp
46%
BTTS No
44%
+2.0pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Vancouver Whitecaps EU Bookmakers 57%
Head to Head
AWAY Real Salt Lake EU Bookmakers 25%
-4% / -4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +7% / +7%
1.96/1.17 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.35/1.76
+9% / -7% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +25% / -3%
52% Ball Possession 48%
13 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
361 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 332 · 78%
29.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.2
22.3 Crosses 16.1
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.1
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Vancouver Whitecaps
1W-1D-4L
AWAY Real Salt Lake
1.17 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
1.17 xG 1.01
49% Ball Possession 51%
11 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 6
355 Passes 378
82% Pass Accuracy 83%
25 Box Touches 18
22 Crosses 23
2 Yellow Cards 2
20.10.2024 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps ABD
24.03.2024 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps 1-2 HT 1-0 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake ABD
24.09.2023 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake 2-1 HT 0-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps ABD
26.02.2023 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps 1-2 HT 1-0 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake ABD
21.08.2022 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake 1-1 HT 0-0 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps ABD
05.06.2022 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 HT 1-0 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake ABD
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Vancouver Whitecaps
2-1
AWAY Real Salt Lake
3.07 xG 1.59
55% Ball Possession 45%
23 Total Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 3
9 Corners 5
440 Passes 345
88% Pass Accuracy 86%
25 Box Touches 20
15 Crosses 19
1 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Vancouver Whitecaps vs Real Salt Lake
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Vancouver Whitecaps edged past Real Salt Lake 2-1. Half-time: 1-0.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Vancouver Whitecaps as the likeliest winner at 46%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (56%) came in.

On the day, Vancouver Whitecaps had 55% of the ball to Real Salt Lake's 45%, shots finished 23-11, expected goals 3.07 to 1.59 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Vancouver Whitecaps's control.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Real Salt Lake led the recent series with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.17 goals for Vancouver Whitecaps and 1.67 for Real Salt Lake.

What was the final score of Vancouver Whitecaps vs Real Salt Lake?

Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 Real Salt Lake in the USA - Major League on 04/05/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Vancouver Whitecaps vs Real Salt Lake?

Before kick-off our model rated a Vancouver Whitecaps win the most likely single outcome at about 46%, with the full match-result split Vancouver Whitecaps 46%, draw 25%, Real Salt Lake 29%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Vancouver Whitecaps), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Vancouver Whitecaps) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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