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

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MLS · 2021

Real Salt Lake

3 – 4

Full Time

San Jose Earthquakes

Sat 30 Oct 2021 · 19:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 27' Oswaldo Alanis

Y 45' Jackson Yueill

Justen Glad 48' Y

Y 58' Judson

Y 75' Cristian Espinoza

Overview

Match Preview

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

Real Salt Lake 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Real Salt Lake 17 games · Avg 3.1 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-30 Real Salt Lake 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–4 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–4	L
28 Oct	FC Dallas	A	2–1	W
24 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L
17 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W
02 Oct	Austin FC	A	1–2	L
30 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	4–3	W
28 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	0–2	L
24 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D
21 Oct	Austin FC	H	4–0	W
16 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L
03 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		San Jose Earthquakes
#27	Position	#18
32	Points	45
27	Played	27
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
40	Scored	49
44	Conceded	39
-4	GD	+10
1.19	PPG	1.67
33%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

5/6

16-30

4/5

31-45

5/5

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/7

76+

6/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

12/7

16-30

5/4

31-45

5/6

46-60

6/7

61-75

5/2

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	11 G	3 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	15 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Real Salt Lake launch into their encounter with San Jose Earthquakes.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nick Besler, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
10' Real Salt Lake is taking the lead after the goal scored by Albert Rusnak on 10.
15' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' Damir Kreilach has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 21 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
25' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against San Jose Earthquakes's shape.
27' San Jose Earthquakes receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 27.
32' Real Salt Lake are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
37' GOAL! Carlos Fierro scores on 37.
42' Justin Meram has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
45' Jackson Yueill picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
48' Chris Wondolowski does the damage! The net is bulging and San Jose Earthquakes surge ahead!
48' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Justen Glad.
53' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
58' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Judson on 58 minutes.
60' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Jack Skahan trudges off to be replaced by Eric Remedi on 60 minutes.
62' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Justin Meram is withdrawn and Maikel Chang Ramirez gets his opportunity.
67' Nathan is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
69' Brilliant from the ! Cade Cowell makes it 1-3 with a superb finish on 69.
70' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Andres Rios trudges off to be replaced by Jeremy Ebobisse on 70 minutes.
73' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Rubio Rubin is replaced by Anderson Julio on 73 minute.
75' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Cristian Espinoza.
78' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Tanner Beason comes on to replace Judson.
79' Jackson Yueill makes no mistake. The score reads 1-4 and San Jose Earthquakes are in front.
80' Jackson Yueill has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 80 minutes.
83' The whistle greets Damir Kreilach as he departs to be replaced by Bobby Wood.
85' What composure from Maikel Chang Ramirez! The international strokes it home. 2-5.
90' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
Real Salt Lake will have plenty to reflect on. San Jose Earthquakes were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

8
Damir Kreilach ↓ Bobby Wood 83'
15
Justen Glad
11
Albert Rusnak
22
Aaron Herrera
13
Nick Besler
2
Andrew Brody ↓ Jonathan Menendez 62'
9
Justin Meram ↓ Maikel Chang Ramirez 62'
1
David Ochoa
20
Erik Holt
14
Rubio Rubin ↓ Anderson Julio 73'
6
Ruiz ↓ Everton 62'

Bench

7
Bobby Wood ↑ 83'
3
Ashtone Morgan
18
Zac MacMath
10
Jonathan Menendez ↑ 62'
43
Justin Portillo
29
Anderson Julio ↑ 73'
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↑ 62'
4
Donny Toia
25
Everton ↑ 62'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

11
Jeremy Ebobisse ↑ 70'
5
Eric Remedi ↑ 60'
10
Cristian Espinoza ↑ 70'
17
Daniel Vega
3
Paul Marie
19
Siad Haji
15
Tanner Beason ↑ 78'
28
Benjamin Kikanovic ↑ 70'

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-10-30 Real Salt Lake 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-10-28 FC Dallas 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2021-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2021-10-17 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-10-02 Austin FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-09-30 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-10-30 Real Salt Lake 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-10-28 Portland Timbers 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-10-24 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-10-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Austin FC W 2021-10-16 Los Angeles FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-10-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.04 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.16 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake36% Draw24% San Jose Earthquakes40%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.2

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	78%	22%
± 3.5	59%	41%
± 4.5	41%	59%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

60%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

64%

Real Salt Lake or San Jose Earthquakes

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake30% Draw37% San Jose Earthquakes33%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted

3 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

7.4%

1 – 2

2 – 2

6.9%

2 – 1

6.6%

2 – 3

1 – 3

3 – 2

4.7%

3 – 1

4.4%

0 – 2

3.6%

3 – 3

3.4%

2 – 0

3.2%

0 – 1

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	11%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	16%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	17%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	12%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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