This match features two teams living in the basement of the Major League Soccer, Colorado Rapids holding 11th place and SJ Earthquakes lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for SJ Earthquakes, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
Colorado Rapids have collected 6 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 1-3-1. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
A strong away win for Colorado against LA Galaxy the last match, as Cole Bassett and Jonathan Lewis were on target. Prior to that, an away loss at Dallas.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Colorado handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and four defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Sporting KC in only four days. This game is also played here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
The Colorado fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
Playing away, SJ Earthquakes, who have the most conceded goals (29) in Major League Soccer, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on M. Almeyda, the SJ Earthquakes manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
SJ Earthquakes's previous game was their home loss versus Portland Timbers (1-4). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Portland Timbers.
Earthquakes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the SJ Earthquakes manager M. Almeyda as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Los Angeles FC.
Earthquakes has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. The SJ Earthquakes defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was SJ Earthquakes - Colorado 1-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Colorado four wins, three draws and SJ Earthquakes three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Wondolowski 5 goals |   K. Kamara 3 goals |  J. Lewis 3 goals |
Colorado Rapids missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| Colorado Rapids | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| 20 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 18 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 86% |
| 58% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 42% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 33% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 79% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 | 73 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 82 | 202 |
| 56 | 18 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 32 | 72 |
| 36% | 39% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 32% |
- All of Colorado Rapids's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colorado Rapids have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Colorado Rapids have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Colorado Rapids have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Colorado Rapids haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SJ Earthquakes has the most conceded goals (18) away in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes has the most conceded goals (29) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes has the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes has the the worst goal difference (-12) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SJ Earthquakes is in the worst form (0-3-2)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 21 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Dallas | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 15 |
| 6 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Los Angeles FC | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Real Salt Lake | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 11 |