Major League Soccer: LA Galaxy welcome SJ Earthquakes in what should be an entertaining football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SJ Earthquakes 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.
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.
LA Galaxy form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 11 Major League Soccer games here at Dignity Health Sports Park for LA Galaxy. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
The Galaxy fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at Dignity Health Sports Park: A 1-2 defeat against Colorado Rapids (placed 4th). Attacking player Víctor Vázquez bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.85 out of 10. Vázquez hit two key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 71 total).
Before that match, a win away at Minnesota United.A decent goal production from Galaxy in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, LA Galaxy have conceded 12 goals.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of SJ Earthquakes playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Earthquakes's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Minnesota United that finished 1-1. Midfielder Judson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Judson dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Vancouver Whitecaps.The attacking power of Earthquakes when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Earthquakes have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the participants played each other earlier this season; SJ Earthquakes - Galaxy 1-3. Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Galaxy won four games, two matches ended in a draw and SJ Earthquakes managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 9 goals |  R. Raveloson 5 goals |   J. López Ramírez 5 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| LA Galaxy | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 31 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 30 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 85% | 82% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 75% |
| 70% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 15% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 60% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 65% |
| 20% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 15% |
| 20% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12.8 | 14.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11.6 | 12.7 |
| 4.7 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 18% | 25% |
- LA Galaxy have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SJ Earthquakes have scored away.
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most points (22) at home in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most scored goals (19) at home in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 27 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Los Angeles FC | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 23 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 10 | Dallas | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 17 |
| 13 | Austin | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |