San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

San Jose Earthquakes

4 – 0

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Sun 23 Feb 2025 · 03:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 54' Alexandros Katranis

Cristian Espinoza 73' Y

Ian Harkes 81' Y

Mark-Anthony Kaye 87' Y

Y 90' Diego Luna

Overview

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

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

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

2025-02-23 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Real Salt Lake 2024-10-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Feb	Real Salt Lake	H	4–0	W
20 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L
06 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
03 Oct	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W
28 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–3	L
22 Sep	St. Louis City	H	1–2	L

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Feb	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–4	L
20 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–1	W
06 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–0	W
03 Oct	Minnesota United FC	H	0–0	D
29 Sep	Austin FC	A	2–2	D
22 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	3–3	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' We are underway at PayPal Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' A quiet spell here at PayPal Park. San Jose Earthquakes seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. San Jose Earthquakes must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
20' Diogo Goncalves is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
25' Diego Luna has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 20 cards already picked up this season.
28' Goal! Jamar Ricketts scores his 2 goal in 286 matches.
33' The 31-year-old Cristian Espinoza has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 3 assists is a remarkable return.
38' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. will be considering his options from the bench.
43' San Jose Earthquakes are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
46' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Beau Leroux departs to be replaced by Mark-Anthony Kaye.
51' San Jose Earthquakes are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
54' Alexandros Katranis picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
57' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Alexandros Katranis is replaced by Sam Junqua.
62' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
67' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
68' The crowd applauds Josef Martinez as he leaves the pitch. Ousseni Bouda steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
70' Rodrigues makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and San Jose Earthquakes are in front.
73' The referee calls foul for Cristian Espinoza. He receives a card.
74' Ousseni Bouda adds to his 3 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 3-0 — and this changes everything.
77' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 77 minute. Braian Ojeda leaves to be changed by Bode Davis.
81' Ian Harkes was booked on 81.
82' Vitor Costa is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jamar Ricketts at the 82 minute mark.
83' The deadlock is broken! Vitor Costa gets on the scoresheet on 83 minutes.
87' Cristian Arango makes way for Preston Judd at the 87 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
87' That is a card for San Jose Earthquakes. Mark-Anthony Kaye will be fuming at that decision.
90' The referee shows Real Salt Lake player a card on 90.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 4-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

9
Cristian Arango ↓ Preston Judd 87'
42
Daniel
6
Ian Harkes
17
Josef Martinez ↓ Ousseni Bouda 68'
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
23
Hernan Lopez Munoz ↓ Amahl Pellegrino 68'
4
Bruno Wilson
12
Dave Romney
2
Jamar Ricketts ↓ Vitor Costa 82'
34
Beau Leroux ↓ Mark-Anthony Kaye 46'

Bench

24
Nick Lima
14
Mark-Anthony Kaye ↑ 46'
94
Vitor Costa ↑ 82'
36
Earl Edwards Jr.
11
Ousseni Bouda ↑ 68'
7
Amahl Pellegrino ↑ 68'
19
Preston Judd ↑ 87'
5
Daniel Munie

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

10
Diogo Goncalves ↑ 68'
17
Lachlan Brook
31
Mason Stajduhar
29
Sam Junqua ↑ 57'
4
Brayan Vera ↑ 57'
19
Bode Davis ↑ 77'
14
Emeka Eneli ↑ 46'
11
Dominik Marczuk
3
Kobi Henry

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Chris Wondolowski	6
Cristian Espinoza	4
Rubio Rubin	4
Albert Rusnak	3
Damir Kreilach	3
Javier Lopez	3
Jefferson Savarino	3
Jeremy Ebobisse	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2025-02-23 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Real Salt Lake W 2024-10-20 Los Angeles FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-10-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2024-10-03 San Jose Earthquakes 3–2 FC Dallas W 2024-09-28 Montreal Impact FC 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-09-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 St. Louis City L

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-02-23 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Real Salt Lake L 2024-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-10-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2024-10-03 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2024-09-29 Austin FC 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2024-09-22 Real Salt Lake 3–3 Portland Timbers D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.13 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.13 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 62% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes55% Draw24% Real Salt Lake21%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.26

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

78%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

45%

San Jose Earthquakes or Real Salt Lake

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes43% Draw41% Real Salt Lake16%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–0 not predicted

4 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

10.1%

2 – 1

9.5%

2 – 0

8.6%

1 – 0

7.6%

3 – 1

6.7%

3 – 0

2 – 2

5.3%

0 – 0

5.3%

1 – 2

5.1%

3 – 2

3.8%

0 – 1

3.7%

4 – 1

3.6%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	18%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	22%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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