VANCOUVER. Real Salt Lake succeeded in reverse the score against Vancouver Whitecaps to win 2-1. It was Vancouver Whitecaps to strike first with a goal of Antonio Hidalgo at the 33′. Then it was a goal in the 70′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Alexandros Katranis gave the win to Real Salt Lake in the 76′ minute.
The match was played at the BC Place Stadium stadium in Vancouver on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Chris Grabas. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 8 Total 23
- 3 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 12
- 1 Shots blocked 7
- 68 Attack 143
- 23 Dangerous attack 74
- 88 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Vancouver Whitecaps was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Real Salt Lake that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Real Salt Lake had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Salt Lake won the match.
Vancouver Whitecaps shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake shot 23 times, 5 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Vancouver Whitecaps didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake received 3 yellow cards (Zac MacMath, Brayan Vera and Alexandros Katranis).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, Vancouver Whitecaps stays with 7 points like St. Louis City, Portland Timbers, Los Angeles FC, Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Real Salt Lake will has 7 points like Vancouver Whitecaps, St. Louis City, Portland Timbers, Los Angeles FC and Houston Dynamo to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Vancouver Whitecaps will play away against Los Angeles FC on the 10th of November with a 7-5 head to head statistic in favor of Los Angeles FC (4 draws).
Vancouver Whitecaps – Formation
Vancouver Whitecaps
86'
33'
Vancouver Whitecaps started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Vanni Sartini decided to play with the following team: Yohei Takaoka , Mathías Laborda , Ranko Veselinović , Tristan Blackmon , Javain Brown , Alessandro Schöpf , Pedro Vite , Ryan Raposo , Brian White , Ryan Gauld and Antonio Hidalgo .
The home team had on the bench: Belal Halbouni , Ralph Priso-Mbongue, Luís Martins , Björn Inge Utvik , Sebastian Berhalter , Joe Bendik, Ali Ahmed , Levonte Johnson and Isaac Boehmer.
Vancouver Whitecaps could not rely on the presence of Ali Ahmed (injured).
Substitutions
Vancouver Whitecaps made 5 changes: Brian White for Ali Ahmed (56′), Alessandro Schöpf for Sebastian Berhalter (66′), Javain Brown for Luís Martins (66′), Antonio Hidalgo for Levonte Johnson (74′) and Ryan Raposo for Björn Inge Utvik (86′).
Player of the match: Ryan Gauld
The player that probably impressed the most for Vancouver Whitecaps was Ryan Gauld.
His rating is with 42 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
90'
Real Salt Lake started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: Zac MacMath , Andrew Brody , Justen Glad , Brayan Vera , Alexandros Katranis , Braian Ojeda , Emeka Eneli , Bode Davis , Cristian Arango , F. Barajas and Anderson Julio .
They had on the bench: Bryan Oviedo , Nelson Palacio , Maikel Chang , Erik Holt, Tomas Gomez, Matt Crooks , Marcelo Silva, Daron Iskenderian and Zavier Gozo.
Real Salt Lake could not rely on the presence of Bryan Oviedo (injured), Maikel Chang (injured) and Marcelo Silva (injured).
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 5 changes: Alexandros Katranis for Bryan Oviedo (85′), Anderson Julio for Maikel Chang (84′), Justen Glad for Marcelo Silva (90′), Bode Davis for Matt Crooks (86′) and F. Barajas for Nelson Palacio (90′).
Player of the match: F. Barajas
The player that probably impressed the most for Real Salt Lake was F. Barajas even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 31 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 7. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- New England – Chicago Fire – 1-1
- New York RB – Inter Miami – 4-0
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Real Salt Lake – 1-2
- Charlotte – Columbus Crew – 2-0
- Cincinnati – New York City – 1-0
- Orlando City – Austin – 2-0
- Toronto – Atlanta United – 2-0
