Real Salt Lake journey to SJ Earthquakes and Stanford Stadium loaded with optimism, but the home side is not easy meat. More info on the fixture here!
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Real Salt Lake have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes have collected 26 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 7-5-2.
An away draw last time out for SJ Earthquakes, facing DC United in a game that ended 0-0. Earthquakes's goalie Daniel played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against DC United with a stunning eight saves. Daniel, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.84 out of 10 in that game. Daniel topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, SJ Earthquakes hosted Minnesota United and drew the game 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SJ Earthquakes handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
There will be little rest for SJ Earthquakes after this match as they are travelling to Portland Timbers for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.
The Earthquakes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, SJ Earthquakes have conceded only 13 goals.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Salt had fun at their own home (Stanford Stadium) last time out, beating Colorado Rapids 2-0. Vera and Arango scored. Vera was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.32. The defender Vera scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 3 of 7 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Portland Timbers wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.We have checked recent matches where Real Salt Lake have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 22 games were 7 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats.
Take note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dallas in just four days.
Real Salt Lake are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 19 goals have been conceded by Real Salt Lake in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have played earlier this season: Real Salt Lake - Earthquakes 3-1. SJ Earthquakes-Real Salt Lake H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: SJ Earthquakes five wins, Real Salt Lake four wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Espinoza 12 goals |  J. Ebobisse 8 goals |   J. Savarino Quintero 6 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 32 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 38 |
| 36 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 39 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 85% |
| 75% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 85% | 81% |
| 57% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | 70% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 41% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 69% | 56% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 15% | 26% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 23% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.7 | 13.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.5 | 14.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 36% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| 14.2 | 11.4 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 13.4 | 11.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most points (21) away in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 48 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 41 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 40 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 37 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -4 | 37 |
| 9 | Dallas | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 10 | Austin | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 44 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -10 | 33 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -2 | 32 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 30 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -23 | 19 |
