Real Salt Lake vs San Jose Earthquakes Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form

Over their last 20 matches across all competitions, San Jose have picked up five wins, six draws and nine losses, scoring 29 and conceding 40. Real Salt Lake's record over the same length of sample reads five wins, five draws and ten losses, with 29 scored and 32 conceded.

Real Salt Lake: 20 completed matches; San Jose Earthquakes: 20 completed matches.

Real Salt Lake

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

32

Difference

-3

San Jose Earthquakes

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

40

Difference

-11

The shape of that form matters more than the bare numbers. San Jose are unbeaten in their last five outings, mixing wins with tight draws. Real Salt Lake, by contrast, have gone six matches without a win, including a run of defeats through September.

That gives the away side the better recent rhythm, even though neither defence has looked especially secure.

Comparative Team Statistics: Real Salt Lake vs San Jose Earthquakes

Head-to-head

These two have met twenty times stretching back to 2016, with home advantage flipping fairly evenly across the series. The two most recent meetings split one apiece: Real Salt Lake won 2-1 at home last July, while San Jose won 4-0 on their own patch back in February 2025.

There's no strong pattern of one side dominating this fixture recently, and the history spans several different squads and seasons for both clubs.

League table gap

San Jose sit fifth in the table with 42 points from 26 games, built on 12 wins, six draws and eight defeats. Real Salt Lake are down in 13th with 29 points from the same number of matches, having won eight, drawn five and lost thirteen.

That's a sizeable gap in the standings, with San Jose scoring more (46) and conceding fewer (38) than Real Salt Lake's tally of 37 for and 44 against.

None of that guarantees San Jose can turn their league standing into a good away performance, though.

Team news

Real Salt Lake have a lengthy absentee list right now. J.J. Arias, G. Dillon, J. Glad, D. Luna and A. Piol are all out through injury, while L. De Fougerolles and J. Sanabria are away on international duty. Z. Booth, L. Engel, A. Katranis and D. Zagar are also listed as doubts.

Real Salt Lake:

Penalty cards:

M. Guilavogui x 1 x 6

San Jose Earthquakes:

Best scorers:

P. Judd - 13

Best assist providers:

N. Tsakiris - 7

Penalty cards:

P. Judd x 7

R. Roberts x 7

B. Kikanovic x 7

San Jose's list is shorter by comparison, with N. Adimabua and D. Jones ruled out and a handful of players away internationally. Their main attacking threat remains P. Judd, who has scored 13 goals in 24 appearances this season, with N. Tsakiris supplying seven assists from midfield.

With the match still a few weeks away, some of those absences could well change by kickoff.