A total of 25 league matches are played and SJ Earthquakes are 10 points in front of LA Galaxy. Who wins?
- LA Galaxy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Any soccer match between LA Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes is called the California Clasico and is considered one of the most historical and intense rivalries in American soccer. As the name suggest, both teams come from Californian cities. It's Northern California vs Southern California with its cultural differences, and this north vs south rivalry also applies to other sports.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for SJ Earthquakes and LA Galaxy.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes have performed here at Stanford Stadium this season with 7 wins from 12 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1.
The fans are hoping that Earthquakes will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Sporting KC (placed 11th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through four league matches. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Gruezo for missing a penalty kick versus Sporting KC in the 90th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Midfielder Monteiro was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.94 (out of ten) in that game. Monteiro hit four key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 30 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Vancouver Whitecaps and winning 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SJ Earthquakes handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Earthquakes as they have a new game in only three days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Minnesota United are visiting.
SJ Earthquakes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stanford Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, SJ Earthquakes have conceded only 9 goals.
LA Galaxy form and stats
LA Galaxy have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-5-6 (12 played).
Galaxy won their last game, 3-0 versus Chicago Fire played at home. Puig got a match rating of 9.03 in that game, top player of the team. Puig scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 110 successful passes (of 123 total).
The game earlier was the Leagues Cup-battle against Vancouver Whitecaps, a home defeat (1-2). We have checked recent matches where LA Galaxy have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
Possible goal fest! This club have played 5 consecutive league games all having three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Houston Dynamo in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting LA Galaxy as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. LA Galaxy struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H match ended Earthquakes - LA Galaxy 2-2, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four SJ Earthquakes victories, two draws and four LA Galaxy wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Espinoza 12 goals |  J. Ebobisse 7 goals |   T. Boyd 5 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 29 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 28 |
| 32 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 37 |
| 88% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 87% |
| 76% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 60% | 58% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 61% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 35% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 13% |
| 60% | 58% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 42% | 57% |
| 32% | 42% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 20% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 58% | 35% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.9 | 6.2 |
| 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 11.2 | 12.8 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 12.4 | 14.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 38% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 17% | 24% |
| 13.9 | 11.1 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 15.2 | 14.2 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 4.7 |
- LA Galaxy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 44 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -2 | 37 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | SJ Earthquakes | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -3 | 35 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Dallas | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Austin | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -13 | 26 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 19 |
