Vancouver Whitecaps vs Real Salt Lake Prediction, 5/3/2025 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Real Salt Lake
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Location: BC Place in Vancouver, BC
TV: MLS Season Pass
BC Place in Vancouver, BC is the location where RSL (4-0-6) will try to beat the Whitecaps (7-2-1) on Saturday. The Whitecaps are priced at -144 and RSL is at +120. The betting total is set at 3. The starting goalkeepers will be Yohei Takaoka for Vancouver and Rafael Cabral for Salt Lake.
The Whitecaps rank 3rd for expected goals with 18.5, and the expected goals against are at 9.0. The Whitecaps have allowed 7 goals while allowing 0.70 goals per 90, and opposing clubs have accounted for 23 SoT on them. Their goal differential is currently at 13 by means of 20 goals scored in addition to 7 goals allowed. They have compiled 5 shut outs, giving them a rate of 50.0% on the year. Vancouver Whitecaps FC has accumulated 16 saves and also have earned a save% of 69.6% on the campaign. Vancouver has amassed 22 yellow cards so far this year. Over the course of the season, this club is sitting with an average of 2.30 pts/match (23 pts) and also are ranked 2nd in MLS with 15 assists.
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The Claret and Cobalt sport an average of 1.2 pts per contest while recording 5 assists and 3 red cards. RSL has tallied a clean sheet percentage of 20.0% so far this year as well as 27 yellow card warnings. Real Salt Lake is 21st concerning goals allowed with 15, and their goal differential is -4. So far this season, RSL has a save percentage of 66.7% (45 SoT against), and they also are ranked 21st in Major League Soccer with 12 points. The club's goals against/90 minutes is 1.50 in addition to 29 saves, and they have amassed 2 clean sheets. Real Salt Lake has compiled 11 goals and the squad's goals expected this season is at 13.1.
The man defending the goal for Vancouver will be Yohei Takaoka. Takaoka has seen the pitch for a total of 6,840 mins and has 195 stops so far in his career. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.30 (99 goals conceded) and his save percentage is 66.1%. The keeper born in Japan has faced 295 shots sent his way in 76 starting assignments. Takaoka (32-22-22 mark in his career) has earned 20 shutouts, which leaves him with a 26.3%% clean sheet rate.
Rafael Cabral will be residing in front of the goal for Salt Lake. In his career, Cabral has conceded 15 goals and has racked up 29 saves in 10 starting assignments. He holds a save percentage of 64.4% and his clean sheet rate sits at 20.0%%. He has conceded 1.50 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a mark of 4-0-6. Cabral has accumulated 2 shutouts while seeing 45 shots against him in 900 minutes in his career.
Brian White is one footballer who can be a force on the pitch for Vancouver. The forward representing the United States has totaled 67 goals in 11,906 professional minutes. White has been a starter in 140 outings during his pro soccer career and he has earned 0.51 goals per 90 mins. He has 15 assists while earning 149 points in his pro soccer career.
Salt Lake has a guy in Diego Luna, who has been known to frustrate defenses. He is averaging 0.33 goals per 90 mins and has started 51 outings so far in his career. The midfielder from the United States has been on the field for 4,379 minutes and has earned 16 goals. He has 41 pts during his career and has helped on a goal 9 times.
Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Real Salt Lake (-144)
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