San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

San Jose Earthquakes

2 – 1

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Sun 17 Sep 2023 · 02:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Jeremy Ebobisse 2' 1–0

Rodrigues 15' 2–0

2–1 44' Cristian Arango

Y 13' Brayan Vera

Y 69' Cristian Arango

Overview

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San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at PayPal Park.

San Jose Earthquakes 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

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 2021-10-30 Real Salt Lake 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
09 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	0–0	D
03 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	1–1	D
31 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–3	L
27 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–3	L
21 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
03 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–0	W
31 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
27 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	0–3	L
16 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	3–1	W
13 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Real Salt Lake
#17	Position	#18
32	Points	26
15	Played	14
10 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	8 / 2 / 4
34	Scored	26
15	Conceded	19
+19	GD	+7
2.13	PPG	1.86
67%	Win %	57%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 17th (32 pts). Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

4/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at PayPal Park. San Jose Earthquakes are looking to make home advantage count against Real Salt Lake.
2' Magnificent from Jeremy Ebobisse! That is 68 goals in 287 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
7' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. will be considering his options from the bench.
12' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Diego Luna made 280 appearances and scored 26 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
13' Poor challenge from Brayan Vera. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
15' Rodrigues adds to his 0 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' Carlos Akapo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
30' 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.
35' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
40' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
44' Cristian Arango makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Real Salt Lake are in front.
49' USA international Andrew Brody has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
54' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
59' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
64' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Carlos Gomez is hanging Diego Luna on the field on 64 minute.
69' Real Salt Lake player sees a card in front of him.
74' Niko Tsakiris, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
78' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Niko Tsakiris is withdrawn and Judson gets his opportunity.
83' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
88' 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.
89' Real Salt Lake make a change. Cristian Arango trudges off to be replaced by Damir Kreilach on 89 minutes.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for San Jose Earthquakes players.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

Bench

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

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
Rodrigues	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2023-09-09 D.C. United SC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-09-03 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2023-08-31 San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2023-08-27 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-08-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W

Real Salt Lake Form

2023-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2023-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2023-08-31 Portland Timbers 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2023-08-27 Real Salt Lake 0–3 Houston Dynamo L 2023-07-16 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York Red Bulls W 2023-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Real Salt Lake D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.02 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.42 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes51% Draw23% Real Salt Lake26%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.44

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

75%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

49%

San Jose Earthquakes or Real Salt Lake

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes38% Draw41% Real Salt Lake21%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

6.6%

1 – 2

6.3%

2 – 2

6.3%

3 – 1

1 – 0

5.9%

0 – 0

4.6%

3 – 0

4.3%

3 – 2

4.3%

0 – 1

3.9%

0 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	20%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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