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 34 games · 52 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

20 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

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

San Jose Earthquakes 19 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
#19	Position	#24
52	Points	45
34	Played	34
14 / 10 / 10	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 15
57	Scored	53
51	Conceded	52
+6	GD	+1
1.53	PPG	1.32
41%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts). Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	17 G	3 A
Ousseni Bouda	7 G	1 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	15 G	4 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Earthquakes Stadium will turn into a battlefield for San Jose Earthquakes and Real Salt Lake.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' A moment of madness from Marcelo Silva on 10 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Real Salt Lake will be frustrated.
15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His San Jose Earthquakes side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
16' Goal! Chris Wondolowski scores his 50 goal in 298 matches.
21' It’s high time Freddy Juarez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
22' A moment of madness from Nick Besler on 22 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Real Salt Lake will be frustrated.
27' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Freddy Juarez will be considering his options from the bench.
32' San Jose Earthquakes are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
37' Carlos Fierro is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
39' The referee calls foul for Donald Toia. He receives a Yellow card.
44' USA international J.T. Marcinkowski has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
49' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Justin Meram suffering a number of foals already.
53' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Judson.
58' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
59' A moment of madness from Aaron Herrera on 59 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Real Salt Lake will be frustrated.
61' Justin Meram is replacing Maikel Chang for the Real Salt Lake side.
63' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Damir Kreilach.
64' A meaty challenge results in booking for Andres Rios on 64.
67' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Andres Rios.
70' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Marcelo Silva is replaced by Justen Glad on 70 minute.
74' Against the run of play, Chris Wondolowski has scored! This game has turned on its head.
79' San Jose Earthquakes are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
82' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Tommy Thompson on, Cristian Espinoza off on 82 minutes.
86' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Nedum Onuoha is withdrawn and Kyle Beckerman gets his opportunity.
87' The crowd applauds Corey Baird as he leaves the pitch. Douglas Martinez steps in for Real Salt Lake.
90' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Chris Wondolowski trudges off to be replaced by Cade Cowell on 90 minutes.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from San Jose Earthquakes to claim maximum 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
Damir Kreilach	3
Javier Lopez	3
Jefferson Savarino	3
Albert Rusnak	3
Jamar Ricketts	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

1.8 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

0.9 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes to win 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes58% Draw24% Real Salt Lake18%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.7

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

82%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

42%

San Jose Earthquakes or Real Salt Lake

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes40% Draw45% Real Salt Lake15%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.7%

1 – 0

11.4%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.4%

0 – 0

8.6%

3 – 0

6.3%

3 – 1

5.7%

0 – 1

5.2%

1 – 2

4.7%

2 – 2

4.3%

4 – 0

2.8%

0 – 2

2.7%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	18%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	24%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	11%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

41% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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