| MATCHUP | San Jose Earthquakes | Real Salt Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Team Records | 7-8-9 | 8-4-11 |
| Where | America First Field, Sandy, Utah | |
| When | Saturday, July 26, 2025 | |
| Time | 09:30 PM EDT | |
| TV | MLS Season Pass | |
In this article, we will formulate a San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake Prediction for this MLS game on Saturday, July 26th, at the America First Field. Let’s take a look at the prediction for this MLS matchup.
Real Salt Lake Preview
Real Salt Lakehas 28 points this season and are sitting on the 10th place of the Western Conference. Real Salt Lakehas an 8-11-4 record this season, while having a 5-5-1 home record. Real Salt Lakeis coming off a 0-1 home defeat by Cincinnati, which ended their previous three-game winning streak. Under is 9-2 in their last 11 games.
Real Salt Lakeis averaging 1.04 goals per game, while allowing 1.26 goals per game. Diego Luna leads Real Salt Lake’s offense this season, with 8 total goals.
San Jose Earthquakes Preview
San Jose has 29 points this season and are sitting on the 9th place of the Western Conference. San Jose has a 7-9-8 record this season and have a 4-6-2 road record. San Jose is coming off a 2-3 road defeat against Seattle, and have three losses in their last four games. Both teams to score – Yes is 8-1 in their last 9 games.
San Jose is averaging 1.92 goals per game, while allowing 1.75 goals per game. Arango Cristian is the top scorer for San Jose this season with 11 total goals.
Why Real Salt Lake will win
- Real Salt Lake has won three of its last four MLS games.
- Real Salt Lake has won three of its last four MLS home games.
- Real Salt Lake has won five of its last seven MLS games as a favorite following a loss.
- San Jose has lost four of its last five MLS away games following a loss.
- San Jose has lost 19 of its last 29 MLS away games.
- The favorite has won four of the last five MLS games between Real Salt Lake and San Jose.
Why San Jose Earthquakes will win
- San Jose has won five of its last six MLS games against Real Salt Lake following a loss.
- San Jose has won three of its last four MLS games against Real Salt Lake.
Total Points Facts
- The ‘Both Teams to Score’ market has failed to hit in each of the last three MLS games between Real Salt Lake and San Jose.
- The ‘Both Teams to Score’ market has failed to hit in each of the last three MLS night games between Real Salt Lake and San Jose.
- The ‘Both Teams to Score’ market has hit in each of San Jose’s last eight MLS games.
- The ‘Under 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in seven of Real Salt Lake’s last eight MLS games.
- The ‘Over 3.5 Goals’ market has hit in each of San Jose’s last three MLS games.
San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake Prediction
In their previous meeting earlier this season, San Jose Earthquakes won 4-0 at home. Both teams are a balanced 4-4-1 in their last 9 overall meetings, and are 3-3 in their last 6 meetings in Salt Lake City. Over is 4-2 in their last 6 meetings.
In this San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake, Real Salt Lake is coming as -110 home favorites. Both teams have almost the same number of points this season, and similar home/away splits. There is also perfect balanced in their recent meetings both overall and in Salt Lake City, but I simply cannot back Real Salt Lake as favorites in this spot. They have a terrible offense, as San Jose scores almost twice as many goals per game this season, and also San Jose destroyed Real Salt Lake in their previous meeting this season by a 4-0 score. I expect the guests to keep this one close, so take the San Jose Earthquakes by +0.5 in this one.