Each of the last two meetings between Real Salt Lake and San Jose ended 4-3, with each side winning one of those on the road. No matchup in MLS history has seen at least seven goals scored in three straight meetings.
Real Salt Lake has won 12 of its last 15 home MLS matches (D1 L2), including five of six this season (D1). Since this run began in late July, no team has earned more points per match at home than RSL (2.47).
The Earthquakes have lost only one of their last six games (W2 D3) following a scoreless draw against Nashville on Saturday. San Jose has repeated a result in consecutive matches only once all season, losing two straight games on March 12 and 19.
Justin Meram scored his 50th regular season goal in Real Salt Lake’s defeat at Vancouver on June 4. Meram did so in his 309th MLS appearance, only Brad Davis (320) played more games before reaching the 50 regular season goal mark in MLS history.
San Jose’s scoreless draw with Nashville was just its second clean sheet of the season. The Earthquakes haven’t kept consecutive clean sheets since October 2020 and haven’t done so in consecutive away matches since August 2015.
