It's advantage LA Galaxy so far with their 3rd position in the Major League Soccer table, welcoming SJ Earthquakes who are placed 7th.
- LA Galaxy have won all their matches at home so far.
- SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Major League Soccer
Any soccer match between 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.
LA Galaxy and SJ Earthquakes should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
LA Galaxy form and stats
Perfect Major League Soccer season at home so far for LA Galaxy 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Galaxy are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Portland Timbers. Goalkeeper Jonathan Bond got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.23 out of ten. Bond stopped the opponent with six saves. Jonathan Bond had a busy but productive day in the Portland Timbers match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
Ahead of that match, Galaxy won a home game hosting Austin (2-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Galaxy have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won ten times, drawn one and lost three.
Goals decide football matches and LA Galaxy are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. On the other hand, LA Galaxy have conceded 3 goals.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Major League Soccer, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Major League Soccer, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss). Recent form does not give SJ Earthquakes much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. LA Galaxy will be a tough nut to crack.
Earthquakes failed to get anything from their last game, a Major League Soccer home match vs Sporting KC (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-3. Midfield player Javier López was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.6/10. López scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Portland Timbers.We have checked recent matches where Earthquakes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, two draws and four defeats.
SJ Earthquakes have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Galaxy-SJ Earthquakes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: LA Galaxy two wins, SJ Earthquakes six wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 7 goals |   J. Yueill 2 goals | C. Cowell 2 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| LA Galaxy | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 11.5 | 14.6 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 50% | 58% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 30% | 32% |
- All of LA Galaxy's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of SJ Earthquakes's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- LA Galaxy have won all their matches at home so far.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SJ Earthquakes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- SJ Earthquakes have scored in all their away matches so far.
- SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes 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 | Seattle Sounders | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Colorado Rapids | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Dallas | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Austin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Minnesota United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 6 |