The San Jose Earthquakes and Real Salt Lake square off in a Round of 16 knockout stage game in the MLS is Back Tournament Monday at 8:30 p.m. ET at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Fla. Below, we analyze the San Jose-Real Salt Lake sports betting odds and lines at BetMGM while providing MLS betting tips and picks around this matchup.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake: Key injuries
San Jose Earthquakes
- D Marcos Lopez (appendectomy) questionable
Real Salt Lake
- M Christopher Garcia (non-soccer injury) out
- GK David Ochoa (thumb) out
- D Nedem Onuoha (personal) out
- M Albert Rusnak (hip) questionable
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San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake: MLS odds, betting lines and picks
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 4:23 a.m. ET.
Prediction
San Jose Earthquakes 1, Real Salt Lake 0
Moneyline (ML)
SAN JOSE (+110) has been rolling along, and is expected to dump Real Salt Lake (+250). The Earthquakes rolled up six goals in Group B stage play, going 2-0-1 with a plus-3 goal differential. RSL limped through Group D play with a win, a draw and a loss, pumping in two goals while conceding two. RSL’s defensive play will it in the match, but the Earthquakes will be able to do enough to bounce Salt Lake from the bubble.
Over/Under (O/U)
UNDER 2.5 (+105) is an attractive play, as Real Salt Lake has played suffocating defense throughout this tournament. RSL’s offense isn’t tremendous, which is a great recipe for Under plays. The past four meetings in this series have each hit the Under, too, including two 1-0 results and a scoreless draw in the previous three.
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