Lopez Munoz and the San Jose Earthquakes host Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake (14-7-11, third in the Western Conference) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (6-23-3, 15th in the Western Conference)

San Jose, California; Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Real Salt Lake +108, San Jose +210, Draw +273; over/under is 3.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Hernan Lopez Munoz leads the San Jose Earthquakes into a matchup with Real Salt Lake following a two-goal outing against Dallas.

The Earthquakes are 5-19-3 against Western Conference opponents. The Earthquakes have scored 40 goals while allowing 74 for a -34 goal differential.

RSL is 10-6-9 against Western Conference opponents. RSL ranks fourth in the MLS with 62 goals led by Christian Arango with 17.

The matchup Saturday is the second meeting this season between the two teams. The Earthquakes won the last game 2-0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Amahl Pellegrino has seven goals and two assists for the Earthquakes. Jeremy Ebobisse has scored two goals over the past 10 games.

Arango has scored 17 goals and added six assists for RSL. Anderson Julio has three goals and two assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Earthquakes: 2-7-1, averaging 1.0 goal, 2.9 shots on goal and 4.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game.

RSL: 2-4-4, averaging 1.4 goals, 5.0 shots on goal and 4.6 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.0 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Earthquakes: Preston Judd (injured), Ousseni Bouda (injured), Benjamin Kikanovic (injured), JT Marcinkowski (injured), Michael Baldisimo (injured).

RSL: Jose Kevin Bonilla (injured), Pablo Ruiz (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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