Real Salt Lake vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Real Salt Lake

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 25 Aug 2024 · 01:30 UTC America First Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 37' Carlos Gruezo

Lachlan Brook 81' Y

Y 84' Daniel

Overview

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Real Salt Lake vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at America First Field.

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

2024-08-25 Real Salt Lake 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–2	L
21 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	2–3	L
18 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D
14 Jul	Portland Timbers	A	0–3	L
07 Jul	Atlanta United FC	H	5–2	W
04 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	3–2	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	2–0	W
21 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	0–2	L
18 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	0–1	L
14 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–2	L
08 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
04 Jul	St. Louis City	A	0–2	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' What a night it is going to be! Real Salt Lake welcome San Jose Earthquakes for this crunch clash at America First Field.
5' San Jose Earthquakes started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' Benjamin Kikanovic is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
15' 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.
19' A goal from the Argentina international Cristian Espinoza! He fires home on 19 to make it 0-1!
24' San Jose Earthquakes come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
29' Jackson Yueill has been relatively quiet despite scoring 17 goals in his last 286 appearances.
33' GOAL! Amahl Pellegrino fires home to make it 0-2!
37' The referee calls foul for Carlos Gruezo. He receives a card.
42' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Cristian Arango is replaced by Anderson Julio on 42 minute.
46' Niko Tsakiris is replacing Hernan Lopez Munoz for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
51' San Jose Earthquakes have won 429 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
56' Matt Crooks has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 5 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
61' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Braian Ojeda is withdrawn and Nelson Palacio gets his opportunity.
66' Paul Marie is replacing Amahl Pellegrino for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
71' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
72' Michael Baldisimo gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Jackson Yueill and will look to change the dynamic.
74' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 74 minute. Cristian Espinoza leaves to be changed by Benji Michel.
79' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
81' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Lachlan Brook on 81 minutes.
84' It’s a booking for San Jose Earthquakes player. Daniel gets a card.
84' Jack Skahan is replacing Ousseni Bouda for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
89' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Brayan Vera has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
0-2 the final result. Real Salt Lake will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

14
Jackson Yueill ↓ Michael Baldisimo 72'
7
Carlos Gruezo
42
Daniel
94
Vitor Costa
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
23
Hernan Lopez Munoz ↓ Niko Tsakiris 46'
28
Benjamin Kikanovic
17
Ousseni Bouda ↓ Jack Skahan 84'
9
Amahl Pellegrino ↓ Paul Marie 66'
24
Daniel Munie

Bench

Coach Ian Russell

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2024-08-25 Real Salt Lake 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-07-21 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Real Salt Lake L 2024-07-18 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2024-07-14 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake L 2024-07-07 Real Salt Lake 5–2 Atlanta United FC W 2024-07-04 Real Salt Lake 3–2 Houston Dynamo W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2024-08-25 Real Salt Lake 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-07-21 Minnesota United FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-07-18 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Houston Dynamo L 2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-07-08 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-07-04 St. Louis City 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

0 / 4

1.6 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.62 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or San Jose Earthquakes 74% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake38% Draw26% San Jose Earthquakes36%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.22

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

64%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

62%

Real Salt Lake or San Jose Earthquakes

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake28% Draw43% San Jose Earthquakes29%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

1 – 2

8.1%

2 – 1

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 1

5.7%

1 – 0

5.7%

0 – 0

5.6%

0 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

5.1%

1 – 3

4.3%

3 – 1

4.2%

2 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	11%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	18%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	18%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

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