Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Real Salt Lake — Match Stats & Analysis

Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 22 Feb 2026, 00:30 UTCBC Place

Vancouver Whitecaps

1–0Full-time analysis

Real Salt Lake

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Vancouver Whitecaps won 1–0.

Shots: 1310
Shots on target: 52
Possession: 59%41%

Full time

What the match recorded

Vancouver Whitecaps beat Real Salt Lake 1–0. Recorded in this match (Vancouver Whitecaps – Real Salt Lake): shots 13–10, shots on target 5–2, possession 59%–41%, corners 7–5. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots10 shotsVancouver Whitecaps 13 shots, Real Salt Lake 10 shots
Shots on target5 shots2 shotsVancouver Whitecaps 5 shots, Real Salt Lake 2 shots
Possession59%41%Vancouver Whitecaps 59%, Real Salt Lake 41%
Corners7 corners5 cornersVancouver Whitecaps 7 corners, Real Salt Lake 5 corners
Fouls15 fouls15 foulsVancouver Whitecaps 15 fouls, Real Salt Lake 15 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards3 cardsVancouver Whitecaps 2 cards, Real Salt Lake 3 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Vancouver Whitecaps

0Draws

3Real Salt Lake

25 May 2025Real Salt Lake — Vancouver Whitecaps · Major League Soccer2–3

4 May 2025Vancouver Whitecaps — Real Salt Lake · Major League Soccer2–1

20 Oct 2024Real Salt Lake — Vancouver Whitecaps · Major League Soccer2–1

23 Mar 2024Vancouver Whitecaps — Real Salt Lake · Major League Soccer1–2

24 Sept 2023Real Salt Lake — Vancouver Whitecaps · Major League Soccer2–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade D · UnavailableUnavailable — unavailable

Season samples1 / 1home / away teams

Recent samples1 / 1last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 22 Feb 2026, 04:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Unavailable analysis

The retained evidence does not clear the minimum gates.

Sections that would imply a supported comparison are intentionally omitted.