Real Salt Lake vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Real Salt Lake

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 23 Apr 2023 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Pablo Ruiz 45' Y

Overview

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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

2023-04-23 Real Salt Lake 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2022-07-31 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Real Salt Lake 2022-06-19 Real Salt Lake 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-10-30 Real Salt Lake 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–4 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–1	W
16 Apr	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
09 Apr	Charlotte FC	H	3–1	W
01 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–4	L
26 Mar	St. Louis City	H	0–4	L
12 Mar	Austin FC	H	1–2	L

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Apr	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
16 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–0	W
08 Apr	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
02 Apr	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
26 Mar	Toronto FC	H	0–0	D
19 Mar	St. Louis City	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' Three points are at stake. Real Salt Lake host San Jose Earthquakes — let the battle begin!
5' It’s high time Luchi Gonzalez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
20' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
25' Anderson Julio makes way for Daniel Musovski at the 25 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
30' It looks like no one’s ball. Real Salt Lake is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
32' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 32 minute. Brayan Vera leaves to be changed by Bryan Oviedo.
33' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Brayan Vera is replaced by Bryan Oviedo.
38' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 38 minutes.
39' What composure from Jasper Loeffelsend! The international strokes it home. 1-0.
40' Jasper Loeffelsend does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
45' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Pablo Ruiz gets a Yellow card.
49' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Cristian Espinoza makes no mistake. 2-1!
54' Jefferson Savarino does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
59' The 26-year-old Braian Ojeda has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
64' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and San Jose Earthquakes are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
65' Another substitution for San Jose Earthquakes to replace Cade Cowell by Benjamin Kikanovic on 65 minute.
70' Real Salt Lake currently sit 25 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
75' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
80' Carlos Gomez does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
82' Maikel Chang Ramirez gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Rubio Rubin and will look to change the dynamic.
84' Ousseni Bouda is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jackson Yueill at the 84 minute mark.
89' San Jose Earthquakes is showing some good football. However, San Jose Earthquakes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Real Salt Lake take all three points.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

7
Pablo Ruiz
15
Justen Glad
30
Marcelo Silva
10
Jefferson Savarino
18
Zac MacMath
4
Brayan Vera ↓ Bryan Oviedo 32'
29
Anderson Julio ↓ Daniel Musovski 25'
14
Rubio Rubin ↓ Maikel Chang Ramirez 82'
19
Bode Davis ↓ Emeka Eneli 82'
28
Jasper Loffelsend ↓ Braian Ojeda 82'
11
Carlos Gomez

Bench

3
Bryan Oviedo ↑ 32'
8
Damir Kreilach
9
Justin Meram
6
Braian Ojeda ↑ 82'
17
Daniel Musovski ↑ 25'
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↑ 82'
24
Tomas Gomez
26
Diego Luna
25
Emeka Eneli ↑ 82'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

21
Miguel Trauco ↑ 84'
93
Judson ↑ 84'
22
Tommy Thompson
42
Daniel
55
Michael Baldisimo
15
Tanner Beason
16
Jack Skahan
28
Benjamin Kikanovic ↑ 65'
25
Ousseni Bouda ↑ 84'

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Chris Wondolowski	6
Cristian Espinoza	4
Rubio Rubin	4
Javier Lopez	3
Jefferson Savarino	3
Albert Rusnak	3
Damir Kreilach	3
Danny Hoesen	2

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2023-04-23 Real Salt Lake 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2023-04-16 FC Dallas 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2023-04-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Charlotte FC W 2023-04-01 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Real Salt Lake L 2023-03-26 Real Salt Lake 0–4 St. Louis City L 2023-03-12 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Austin FC L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-04-23 Real Salt Lake 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-04-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-04-08 New York Red Bulls 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-04-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2023-03-26 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Toronto FC D 2023-03-19 St. Louis City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.03 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.69 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake47% Draw23% San Jose Earthquakes30%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.72

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

70%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

53%

Real Salt Lake or San Jose Earthquakes

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake35% Draw39% San Jose Earthquakes26%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.2%

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

6.8%

2 – 2

6.8%

3 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

4.6%

1 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

3.9%

1 – 3

3.8%

0 – 0

3.7%

0 – 1

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	19%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	16%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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