Match Report
Real Salt Lake and SJ Earthquakes went into the game level on 41 points, 9th against 10th in the table. On recent form SJ Earthquakes sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 10th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.12/1.44 for Real Salt Lake and 1.76/1.85 for SJ Earthquakes (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.5.
A win had eluded SJ Earthquakes for 6 matches, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Over the last five, Real Salt Lake had taken 10 of 15 points to SJ Earthquakes's 3.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 3 for Real Salt Lake, 3 for SJ Earthquakes and 1 drawn, at 3.14 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 29% of those meetings.
America First Field in Sandy, capacity 20,213, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Real Salt Lake: Jamar Ricketts (57' og), Braian Ojeda (81') · SJ Earthquakes: Josef Martínez (51')