San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

San Jose Earthquakes

2 – 0

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Thu 29 Oct 2020 · 02:30 UTC Earthquakes Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'

Y 10' Marcelo Silva

Y 22' Nick Besler

Y 39' Donald Toia

Judson 53' Y

Y 59' Aaron Herrera

Y 63' Damir Kreilach

Andres Rios 63' Y

Andres Rios 64' Y

Andres Rios 67' Y

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Earthquakes Stadium.

San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Armando Villarreal
Referee Ian Anderson
Referee Kevin Stott
Referee Cory Richardson
Referee

17 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.9 goals/game

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

San Jose Earthquakes 17 games · Avg 3.1 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	2–0	W
25 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
19 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–0	D
15 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	4–0	W
12 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	0–3	L
08 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–2	L
25 Oct	FC Dallas	H	0–0	D
15 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	2–1	W
11 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
08 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–2	L
05 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–3	L

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 stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against San Jose Earthquakes and Real Salt Lake has kicked off!
5' Judson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
10' That is a Yellow card for Real Salt Lake. Marcelo Silva will be fuming at that decision.
15' The 31-year-old Nick Lima has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
16' Chris Wondolowski puts San Jose Earthquakes on the lead.
21' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
22' Nick Besler was booked on 22.
27' Douglas Martinez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Real Salt Lake tonight.
32' A quiet spell here at Earthquakes Stadium. San Jose Earthquakes seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
37' Donald Toia is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
39' The referee has no hesitation. Donald Toia is booked for Real Salt Lake — Yellow card on 39.
44' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
49' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 288 games and scored 427 goals.
53' San Jose Earthquakes receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 53.
58' Both keepers have barely been tested. San Jose Earthquakes and Real Salt Lake are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
59' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Aaron Herrera.
61' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Maikel Chang departs to be replaced by Justin Meram.
63' Real Salt Lake player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
64' Andres Rios catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 64.
67' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a Yellow card on 67.
70' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Marcelo Silva is withdrawn and Justen Glad gets his opportunity.
74' Chris Wondolowski doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
79' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
82' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Tommy Thompson comes on to replace Cristian Espinoza.
86' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Kyle Beckerman on, Nedum Onuoha off on 86 minutes.
87' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Corey Baird is withdrawn and Douglas Martinez gets his opportunity.
90' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Chris Wondolowski exits the field as Cade Cowell enters on 90.
The referee brings this contest to a close. San Jose Earthquakes take all three points.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

25
Andres Rios ↓ Vako Qazaishvili 82'
93
Judson
4
Oswaldo Alanis
24
Nick Lima
8
Chris Wondolowski C ↓ Cade Cowell 90'
23
Florian Jungwirth
14
Jackson Yueill
18
J.T. Marcinkowski
27
Marcos Lopez
10
Cristian Espinoza ↓ Tommy Thompson 82'
21
Carlos Fierro ↓ Shea Salinas 70'

Bench

37
Guram Kashia
6
Shea Salinas ↑ 70'
11
Vako Qazaishvili ↑ 82'
96
Luis Felipe
22
Tommy Thompson ↑ 82'
17
Daniel Vega
33
Paul Marie
44
Cade Cowell ↑ 90'
19
Siad Haji

Coach Matias Almeyda

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Pablo Ruiz ↑ 61'
15
Justen Glad ↑ 70'
5
Kyle Beckerman ↑ 86'
9
Justin Meram ↑ 61'
43
Justin Portillo
1
David Ochoa
21
Tate Schmitt
12
Douglas Martinez ↑ 86'
2
Alvin Jones

Coach Freddy Juarez

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

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-10-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Real Salt Lake W 2020-10-25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-10-19 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC D 2020-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–4 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-10-12 Portland Timbers 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-10-08 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-10-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2020-10-25 Real Salt Lake 0–0 FC Dallas D 2020-10-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers W 2020-10-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2020-10-08 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2020-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Los Angeles FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.94 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

0.84 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes to win 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes61% Draw23% Real Salt Lake16%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.78

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

84%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

39%

San Jose Earthquakes or Real Salt Lake

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes44% Draw44% Real Salt Lake12%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

11.3%

1 – 1

10.9%

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

7.9%

3 – 0

7.2%

3 – 1

6.2%

0 – 1

4.4%

1 – 2

4.1%

2 – 2

4 – 0

3.5%

4 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	19%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	24%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

43% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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