Saturday , 14 November 2026

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

MLS · 2023
Real Salt Lake
3 – 1
Full Time
San Jose Earthquakes
Sun 23 Apr 2023 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Pablo Ruiz 45' 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
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#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' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Rio Tinto Stadium!
  • 5' San Jose Earthquakes are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 10' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pablo Mastroeni will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 15' San Jose Earthquakes fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 20' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. San Jose Earthquakes seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 25' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio is replaced by Daniel Musovski.
  • 30' Justen Glad has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 2 cards already picked up this season.
  • 32' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 32 minute. Brayan Vera leaves to be changed by Bryan Oviedo.
  • 33' Bryan Oviedo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Brayan Vera on 33 minute.
  • 38' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 39' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Jasper Loeffelsend makes it 1-0.
  • 40' Jasper Loeffelsend is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 45' Pablo Ruiz has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 45.
  • 49' A goal from the Argentina international Cristian Espinoza! He fires home on 49 to make it 2-1!
  • 54' What a strike from Jefferson Savarino! The score is 3-1.
  • 59' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 64' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 298 games and scored 448 goals.
  • 65' The whistle greets Cade Cowell as he departs to be replaced by Benjamin Kikanovic.
  • 70' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 75' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 80' What a strike from Carlos Gomez! The score is 4-1.
  • 82' Maikel Chang Ramirez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Rubio Rubin on 82 minute.
  • 84' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Jackson Yueill trudges off to be replaced by Ousseni Bouda on 84 minutes.
  • 89' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 89.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

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
Ousseni Bouda 2

Head to Head

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

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
2.09 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.57 San Jose Earthquakes xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake50% Draw23% San Jose Earthquakes27%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes69% 0% No31%
Avg goals/match: 3.66
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 70%
30%
± 3.5 49%
51%
± 4.5 30%
70%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
73%
Draw or San Jose Earthquakes
50%
Real Salt Lake or San Jose Earthquakes
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake37% Draw39% San Jose Earthquakes24%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.3%
2 – 1
8.5%
2 – 2
6.6%
1 – 2
6.4%
3 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
5.7%
1 – 0
4.9%
3 – 2
4.6%
3 – 0
3.9%
0 – 0
3.9%
0 – 1
3.5%
2 – 3
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5 14% — 86%
-2 14% 15% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 20% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 15% 14%
+1.5 86% — 14%
+2 86% 8% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
22% ✓
San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

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