SANDY. SJ Earthquakes had a close win over Real Salt Lake. Real Salt Lake lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Rio Tinto Stadium stadium in Sandy on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 15,553 spectators.​ The referee was Jon Freemon who had the assistance of Chantal Boudreau and Jeremy Hanson. The 4th official was Ramy Touchan. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.7 degrees Celsius or 65.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Salt Lake had a strong ball possession 60% while SJ Earthquakes was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Real Salt Lake was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, SJ Earthquakes was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Real Salt Lake shot 19 times, 3 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, SJ Earthquakes shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Real Salt Lake received 1 yellow card (J. Glad). Talking about the opposition, SJ Earthquakes received 4 yellow cards (C. Espinoza, Judson, J. Yueill and A. Oswaldo).

Standings

After this match, Real Salt Lake will stay with 41 points like Minnesota United to stay in the 10th place. On the other side, SJ Earthquakes will have 33 points to stay in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake will host Portland Timbers on the 4th of November with a 11-11 head to head record.

SJ Earthquakes will host Dallas on the 7th of November with a 11-7 head to head stats in favor of SJ Earthquakes (17 draws).

Real Salt Lake – Formation

Real Salt Lake started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Pablo Andrés Mastroeni decided to play with the following team: David Ochoa (5.5), Aaron Herrera (6.5), Erik Holt (5.9), Justen Glad (6.6), Andrew Brody (6.9), Pablo Ruiz (7.3), Nick Besler (6.3), Justin Meram (7.3), Albert Rusnák (9.0), Rubio Rubin (6.7) and Damir Kreilach (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Zac MacMath, Jonathan Menéndez (6.3), Donny Toia, Maikel Chang (7.2), Justin Portillo, Anderson Julio (7.1), Bobby Wood (6.4), Ashtone Morgan and Everton Luiz (6.6).

Substitutions

Real Salt Lake made 5 changes: P. Ruiz for E. Luiz (62′), J. Meram for M. Chang (62′), A. Brody for J. Menendez (62′), R. Rubin for A. A. Julio Santos (73′) and D. Kreilach for B. Wood (83′).

Best player: Albert Rusnák​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Salt Lake was Albert Rusnák.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 52 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

SJ Earthquakes – Formation

SJ Earthquakes started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

Regarding the opposition, Omar Zarif played with: James Marcinkowski (7.6), Jack Skahan (6.7), Nathan Cardoso (6.9), Oswaldo Alanís (6.2), Marcos López (6.7), Judson (6.3), Carlos Fierro (7.2), Jackson Yueill (7.1), Cade Cowell (7.1), Chris Wondolowski (7.9) and Andy Rios (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Paul Marie, Eric Remedi (6.1), Siad Haji, Tanner Beason (6.4), Jeremy Ebobisse (6.7), Daniel Vega, Benjamin Kikanovic (6.5) and Cristian Espinoza (6.4).

Substitutions

SJ Earthquakes made 5 changes: J. Skahan for E. Remedi (60′), A. Rios for J. Ebobisse (70′), C. Fierro for C. Espinoza (70′), C. Cowell for B. Kikanovic (70′) and Judson for T. Beason (78′).

Best player: Chris Wondolowski​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for SJ Earthquakes was Chris Wondolowski.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 20 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Inter Miami – New York City – 1-3
• Real Salt Lake – SJ Earthquakes – 3-4
• New York RB – Montreal Impact – 1-0
• Atlanta United – Toronto – 1-1
• DC United – Columbus Crew – 1-3