Wednesday , 30 September 2026

San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK ROUND OF 16

MLS · 2026
San Jose Earthquakes
5 – 2
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Tue 28 Jul 2020 · 00:30 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+3' · FT 45+9'
Y 29' Aaron Herrera
Cristian Espinoza 31' Y
Y 37' Corey Baird
Y 66' Justen Glad
R 84' Marcelo Silva
R 90' Kyle Beckerman

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Match Details

  • Referee Rubiel Vazquez
  • Referee Drew Fischer
  • Referee Logan Brown
  • Referee Katie Nesbitt
  • Referee Joe Dickerson
11 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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

8
3
6
San Jose Earthquakes 17 games · Avg 3.1 goals Real Salt Lake
Last 5 meetings
2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake 2019-09-12 Real Salt Lake 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-07-07 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2018-07-29 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Real Salt Lake 2018-06-24 Real Salt Lake 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Jul Real Salt Lake H 5–2 W
20 Jul Chicago Fire FC A 2–0 W
16 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 4–3 W
11 Jul Seattle Sounders FC A 0–0 D
08 Mar Minnesota United FC H 2–5 L
29 Feb Toronto FC H 2–2 D
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 2–5 L
22 Jul Sporting Kansas City H 0–2 L
18 Jul Minnesota United FC H 0–0 D
13 Jul Colorado Rapids SC H 2–0 W
07 Mar New York Red Bulls H 1–1 D
29 Feb Orlando City SC A 0–0 D

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
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

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 15 G 3 A
Timo Werner 6 G 4 A
Ousseni Bouda 6 G 1 A
Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The wait is over. Real Salt Lake get us underway at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
  • 5' The 35-year-old Zac MacMath has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 15' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their trying to find a way past Real Salt Lake's compact .
  • 20' Brazil international Everton Luiz has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 21' A stunning finish from Cristian Espinoza — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 22' Douglas Martinez is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 27' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 29' That is a Yellow card for Real Salt Lake. Aaron Herrera will be fuming at that decision.
  • 31' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a Yellow card on 31.
  • 36' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 37' Corey Baird has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 37.
  • 42' Damir Kreilach needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
  • 46' Real Salt Lake make a change. Donald Toia trudges off to be replaced by Alvin Jones on 46 minutes.
  • 49' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Magnus Eriksson makes no mistake. 2-1!
  • 54' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 59' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 61' Vako Qazaishvili makes no mistake. The score reads 3-1 and San Jose Earthquakes are in front.
  • 66' Real Salt Lake player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 68' The whistle greets Everton Luiz as he departs to be replaced by Kyle Beckerman.
  • 73' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 75' The deadlock is broken! Damir Kreilach gets on the scoresheet on 75 minutes.
  • 76' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Cristian Espinoza has done his job and it is now time for Carlos Fierro to step up.
  • 81' Chris Wondolowski is replacing Andres Rios for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
  • 84' Marcelo Silva picks up a Red card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 86' The deadlock is broken! Chris Wondolowski gets on the scoresheet on 86 minutes.
  • 90' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Judson is withdrawn and Florian Jungwirth gets his opportunity.
  • 90' Kyle Beckerman was booked on 90.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from San Jose Earthquakes to claim maximum points.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

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
Jamar Ricketts 2

Head to Head

2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake 2019-09-12 Real Salt Lake 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-07-07 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2018-07-29 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Real Salt Lake 2018-06-24 Real Salt Lake 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake W 2020-07-20 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-07-11 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-03-08 San Jose Earthquakes 2–5 Minnesota United FC L 2020-02-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Toronto FC D

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake L 2020-07-22 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-07-18 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2020-07-13 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-03-07 Real Salt Lake 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2020-02-29 Orlando City SC 0–0 Real Salt Lake D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.44 San Jose Earthquakes xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.46 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
San Jose Earthquakes58% Draw21% Real Salt Lake21%
Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 3.9
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 90%
10%
± 2.5 73%
27%
± 3.5 54%
46%
± 4.5 35%
65%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw
79%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
42%
San Jose Earthquakes or Real Salt Lake
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
San Jose Earthquakes43% Draw37% Real Salt Lake20%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–2 not predicted
5 – 2
Actual
2 – 1
8.6%
1 – 1
8%
3 – 1
6.8%
2 – 2
6.2%
2 – 0
6.1%
1 – 2
5.2%
3 – 2
5%
3 – 0
4.8%
1 – 0
4.6%
4 – 1
4.2%
0 – 0
3.2%
4 – 2
3.1%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 21% — 79%
-2 21% 17% 62%
-1.5 38% — 62%
-1 38% 20% 42%
-0.5 58% — 42%
+0.5 78% — 22%
+1 78% 12% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 6% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
10% ✓

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