10th- against 7th position might not seem all that tempting to look into. But look: We have the facts that makes SJ Earthquakes - Real Salt Lake (even) more engaging!
- SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither SJ Earthquakes nor Real Salt Lake as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Real Salt Lake, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes have collected 12 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 3-3-5.
An away draw last time out for Earthquakes, facing Dallas in a game that ended 1-1. Defender Oswaldo Alanís got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Alanís scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels. The Earthquakes goalkeeper James Marcinkowski was crucial in the match against Dallas last time out, making six saves.
Preceding that match was the home game against Colorado Rapids that was lost 0-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Earthquakes handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and two defeats.
The manager M. Almeyda will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Austin in only three days.
Earthquakes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Earthquakes have conceded 15 goals.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Real Salt Lake have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-2-7 (11 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Salt in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Houston Dynamo.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Real Salt Lake, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Los Angeles FC (placed 8th). Albert Rusnák, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.04. Rusnák served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 57 successful passes (of 64 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Dallas.We have checked recent matches where Salt have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were two victories, four draws and eight defeats.
A new game in only three days for Salt, the Major League Soccer home match versus Seattle Sounders. Busy days.
Real Salt Lake find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Salt have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Real Salt Lake - SJ Earthquakes 1-2 was the score in these contenders' last H2H game, played this season. Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Earthquakes won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Real Salt Lake have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  D. Kreilach 9 goals |  A. Rusnák 6 goals | A. Julio Santos 6 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
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| SJ Earthquakes | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 32 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 91% |
| 74% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | 78% |
| 43% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 82% | 70% |
| 26% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 45% | 39% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 17% |
| 65% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 73% | 70% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 18% | 22% |
| 30% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | 17% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.8 | 7.5 | 6.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 13.5 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.7 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 26% | 32% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | 36% |
- Real Salt Lake have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Salt Lake have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home 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 | Seattle Sounders | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 45 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 43 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 37 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 33 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Los Angeles FC | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 27 |
| 11 | Dallas | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 22 |
| 13 | Austin | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -13 | 19 |