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

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MLS · 2024

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

Match Preview

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

Real Salt Lake 17 games · 27 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

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
#21	Position	#18
27	Points	33
17	Played	18
8 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	10 / 3 / 5
29	Scored	37
25	Conceded	24
+4	GD	+13
1.59	PPG	1.83
47%	Win %	56%

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 21st (27 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/4

76+

4/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/6

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/2

46-60

6/6

61-75

4/1

76+

7/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

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

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	11 G	2 A
Ousseni Bouda	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Real Salt Lake is hosting San Jose Earthquakes for another epic battle.
5' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' Michael Baldisimo has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
19' GOAL! Cristian Espinoza fires home to make it 0-1!
24' Over 24 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
29' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and San Jose Earthquakes are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
33' Amahl Pellegrino makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and San Jose Earthquakes are in front.
37' It’s a booking for San Jose Earthquakes player. Carlos Gruezo gets a card.
42' The crowd applauds Cristian Arango as he leaves the pitch. Anderson Julio steps in for Real Salt Lake.
46' Niko Tsakiris has so much to prove this time. He replaces Hernan Lopez Munoz on 46 minute.
51' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
56' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
61' The supporters are chanting for Nelson Palacio. He replaces Braian Ojeda on 61 minute.
66' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Paul Marie on, Amahl Pellegrino off on 66 minutes.
71' Real Salt Lake 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.
72' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Jackson Yueill is replaced by Michael Baldisimo.
74' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 74 minute. Cristian Espinoza leaves to be changed by Benji Michel.
79' 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.
81' Lachlan Brook catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 81.
84' San Jose Earthquakes receives a card for a hard tackle on 84.
84' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 84 minute. Ousseni Bouda leaves to be changed by Jack Skahan.
89' San Jose Earthquakes fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Jefferson Savarino	3
Albert Rusnak	3
Damir Kreilach	3
Javier Lopez	3
Jackson Yueill	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

1.65 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.64 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or San Jose Earthquakes 74% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake38% Draw26% San Jose Earthquakes36%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.29

Actual: No — clean sheet

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

64%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

62%

Real Salt Lake or San Jose Earthquakes

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake29% Draw42% San Jose Earthquakes29%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

2 – 1

1 – 2

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 0

5.4%

0 – 1

5.4%

0 – 0

5.3%

2 – 0

5.1%

0 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

4.4%

1 – 3

4.3%

3 – 2

3.6%

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%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	18%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

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