Saturday , 14 November 2026

Real Salt Lake vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
Real Salt Lake
1 – 2
Full Time
San Jose Earthquakes
Sat 8 May 2021 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Damir Kreilach 1' Y
Y 21' Eric Remedi
Albert Rusnak 49' Y
Albert Rusnak 50' Y
Justin Meram 50' Y
Nick Besler 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

6
4
9
Real Salt Lake 19 games · Avg 3.1 goals San Jose Earthquakes
Last 5 meetings
2021-05-08 Real Salt Lake 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-10-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Real Salt Lake 2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake 2019-09-12 Real Salt Lake 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-07-07 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 May San Jose Earthquakes H 1–2 L
01 May Sporting Kansas City H 3–1 W
25 Apr Minnesota United FC A 2–1 W
08 Nov Sporting Kansas City H 0–2 L
02 Nov Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 L
29 Oct San Jose Earthquakes A 0–2 L
San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 May Real Salt Lake A 2–1 W
02 May D.C. United SC H 4–1 W
24 Apr FC Dallas H 3–1 W
17 Apr Houston Dynamo A 1–2 L
22 Nov Sporting Kansas City A 3–3 D
08 Nov Seattle Sounders FC A 1–4 L

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes
#24 Position #19
45 Points 52
34 Played 34
13 / 6 / 15 W / D / L 14 / 10 / 10
53 Scored 57
52 Conceded 51
+1 GD +6
1.32 PPG 1.53
38% Win % 41%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
9/7
16-30
5/7
31-45
6/6
46-60
8/7
61-75
7/7
76+
8/11
■ Scored ■ Conceded
San Jose Earthquakes
0-15
14/7
16-30
6/7
31-45
6/7
46-60
7/8
61-75
6/3
76+
10/16
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 15 G 4 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 17 G 3 A
Ousseni Bouda 7 G 1 A
Timo Werner 6 G 4 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Real Salt Lake to score. At the same time, San Jose Earthquakes does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 1' Damir Kreilach catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 1.
  • 6' Justen Glad is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
  • 11' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and San Jose Earthquakes are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 16' San Jose Earthquakes seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 21' Controversy at the stadium! Eric Remedi argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 26' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 31' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 36' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 41' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 41.
  • 43' Goal! Rubio Rubin scores his 14 goal in 300 matches.
  • 44' Rubio Rubin adds to his 0 season tally! Real Salt Lake lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 49' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Albert Rusnak gets a Yellow card.
  • 50' Poor challenge from Albert Rusnak. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 55' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 60' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 65' Florian Jungwirth has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 298 appearances.
  • 66' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Marcos Lopez is replaced by Luciano Abecasis on 66 minute.
  • 71' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 72' The crowd applauds Tanner Beason as he leaves the pitch. Chris Wondolowski steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
  • 77' Andres Rios, a Argentina , has 1 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 79' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Justin Meram departs to be replaced by Maikel Chang Ramirez.
  • 80' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Douglas Martinez is hanging Rubio Rubin on the field on 80 minute.
  • 83' GOAL! Chris Wondolowski scores on 83.
  • 86' Nick Besler catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 86.
  • 87' The United States Chris Wondolowski breaks the deadlock on 87 minutes. 2-2!
  • 87' Judson is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cristian Espinoza at the 87 minute mark.
  • It finishes all square. Real Salt Lake and San Jose Earthquakes share the spoils 1-2.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Chris Wondolowski 6
Cristian Espinoza 4
Rubio Rubin 4
Jefferson Savarino 3
Albert Rusnak 3
Damir Kreilach 3
Javier Lopez 3
Jackson Yueill 2

Head to Head

2021-05-08 Real Salt Lake 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-10-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Real Salt Lake 2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake 2019-09-12 Real Salt Lake 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-07-07 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-05-08 Real Salt Lake 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-05-01 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-04-25 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2020-11-08 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-11-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2020-10-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Real Salt Lake L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-05-08 Real Salt Lake 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-05-02 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 D.C. United SC W 2021-04-24 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 FC Dallas W 2021-04-17 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-11-08 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.57 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.71 San Jose Earthquakes xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or San Jose Earthquakes 74% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake33% Draw26% San Jose Earthquakes41%
Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.28
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 63%
37%
± 3.5 41%
59%
± 4.5 24%
76%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
59%
Draw or San Jose Earthquakes
67%
Real Salt Lake or San Jose Earthquakes
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake27% Draw42% San Jose Earthquakes31%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 1
7.6%
2 – 2
6.5%
0 – 1
5.7%
0 – 2
5.5%
0 – 0
5.3%
1 – 0
5.2%
1 – 3
4.7%
2 – 0
4.6%
3 – 1
4%
2 – 3
3.7%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 10% 83%
-1.5 17% — 83%
-1 17% 17% 66%
-0.5 34% — 66%
+0.5 60% — 40%
+1 60% 19% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 12% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.