Real Salt Lake vs SJ Earthquakes betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Major League Soccer match on August 24th, 2024

Today is a betting day for the match between Real Salt Lake vs SJ Earthquakes 2024. Soccer fans are increasingly keeping an eye on the USA Major League Soccer, which is especially good for sports bettors. In addition, it is a league that presents many opportunities to profit from online betting.

As we already mentioned, this time, our betting tip goes to the match Real Salt Lake vs SJ Earthquakes in a game by the Western Conference match that takes place on August 24th, 2024 at 01:30h (UTC) at Rio Tinto Stadium.

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Introduction to the Real Salt Lake vs SJ Earthquakes betting tip 2024

The teams recent results always give a good indication of what to expect before a soccer match. In light of this, we see that in the last five matches the Real Salt Lake has achieved more consistent results than the SJ Earthquakes.

Sometimes, good indicators about a match can also be given by an analysis of the most recent history between the two teams. In this case, Real Salt Lake have won 4 times while SJ Earthquakes has 5 wins in the last 10 meetings. This recent history can give us an idea about the trend for this upcoming game.

And since we mentioned the recent history factor, it is worth pointing out that it is always good to consider the relevant history in the league, so for this match, we must mention that Real Salt Lake has 1 Major League Soccer win, while the SJ Earthquakes has won the competition 2 times.

So by the tradition factor, we can expect that the SJ Earthquakes team will enforce its winning record and play aggressively.

Details about the Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake ended up losing the last match they played. The match against Colorado Rapids, valid for Major League Soccer, ended with a score of 3-2 in favor of the rivals.

Being in 3rd place in the Western Conference in this Major League Soccer, the Real Salt Lake have so far collected 44 points, by securing 12 wins and having suffered 5 losses in total, in addition to 8 draws.

Even though they are not at the top of the conference, this placement guarantees a spot in the first round of the MLS playoffs as well as a place in the Leagues CUP.

Real Salt Lake Numbers

After -1 matches, Real Salt Lake shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 51 goals and conceded 34.

In this season, the individual highlight is Chicho Arango that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 17 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Real Salt Lake achieved in several matches.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Teams with ball possession above 50% usually have some control over their opponents. With this in mind, the Real Salt Lake team tries to achieve an average ball possession of 55.04% to control the game.

Real Salt Lake featured Player

Many of the team’s positive results in the competition have been possible thanks to Z. MacMath. The Real Salt Lake goalkeeper has had exceptional performances this season and was instrumental in many moments.

Details about SJ Earthquakes

The SJ Earthquakes arrives for this game in the similar condition as their rivals. Because the team also comes from a defeat for this duel. In a game of Major League Soccer, the team of L. Gonzalez, which played in the 4-2-3-1 scheme, faced Minnesota United and the score ended 2-0.

The SJ Earthquakes is coming into this Real Salt Lake vs SJ Earthquakes 2024 match with 14 points, in 14th place in the Western Conference in the Major League Soccer, in in a campaign that has a total of 4 wins and 19 losses, in addition to 2 draws.

Given this, SJ Earthquakes must try everything to win the match and move up the league table because their current place is not enough to compete for anything this season.

SJ Earthquakes records

The goal difference is on the negative side for SJ Earthquakes, which after -1 rounds has conceded 61 but has only scored 31.

The league statistics reveal that SJ Earthquakes maintains an average possession rate of 43.8%, which implies a more reactive style of play. This can be advantageous for the team while playing as the visitors, where the home team generally takes the initiative and creates spaces that the visitors can use for counterattacks.

Individually, the team's primary offensive highlight so far in the competition is Amahl Pellegrino. The Attacker has already scored 5 goals in the current season and has helped SJ Earthquakes come away with a positive result on several occasions.

With an average of 1.24 goals scored per game, the team doesn't have one of the best attacks in the championship, but it's also not one of the worst in the competition. This is why the defense must be careful to avoid giving in to bad luck.

Good markets to bet on Real Salt Lake vs SJ Earthquakes

Betting on goals

SJ Earthquakes has an average of 1.24 goals scored, while Real Salt Lake concedes on average 1.36 goals per match. With this and with the fact that the under 2.5 market usually gives good returns in Major League Soccer, a good bet would be to place this bet at Bet365. The odds of 3.1 are pretty attractive.

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