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San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake prediction and preview

31 Oct 2026, 21:00 UTC · Avaya Stadium, San Jose

The PunterPick prediction

BTTS YesOdds 1.44Market probability 66%

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

San Jose Earthquakes host Real Salt Lake in the Major League Soccer (USA) on 31 Oct 2026, 21:00 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is BTTS Yes — both teams to score. It was published at odds of 1.44, which the bookmaker market rated at about 66% once the bookmaker margin is removed.

Going into the match, San Jose Earthquakes had won 3, drawn 6 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches, scoring 15 and conceding 14. Real Salt Lake had won 4, drawn 1 and lost 5 of their last 10, with 14 scored and 14 conceded.

Both teams scored in 8 of San Jose Earthquakes's last 10 and 5 of Real Salt Lake's last 10; 5 and 7 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home San Jose Earthquakes averaged 1.80 goals scored and 1.87 conceded across 15 matches; away from home Real Salt Lake averaged 1.00 scored and 1.80 conceded across 15.

Our team-strength model expects about 1.39 goals from San Jose Earthquakes and 1.75 from Real Salt Lake. From that it rates a home win at 30%, a draw at 25% and an away win at 45%, against 41%, 24% and 35% implied by the 1X2 prices. For the published pick itself the model gives 63%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between San Jose Earthquakes (green) and Real Salt Lake (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Recent form29% – 71%
Attack33% – 67%
Defence38% – 62%
Head-to-head50% – 50%
Goals67% – 33%
Overall strength45% – 54%

Form before the match

TeamLast 5ScoredConcededBTTSO2.5
San Jose EarthquakesDLDDD1.501.4080%50%
Real Salt LakeWWWDL1.401.4050%70%

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

Recent meetings

Other markets we priced

MarketOur probabilityOdds
Double Chance 1275%1.22
1st Half Over 0.5 Goals74%1.25
BTTS 1st Half - No72%1.30
BTTS Yes66%1.44
Over 2.5 Goals64%1.48
Under 3.5 Goals56%1.67
1st Half Under 1.5 Goals56%1.67
Over 10.5 Corners54%1.73

Probabilities are derived from bookmaker prices with the margin removed. They are estimates, not guarantees.

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