This match features two teams living in the basement of the Major League Soccer, Los Angeles FC holding 9th place and SJ Earthquakes lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Los Angeles FC, who have the most scored goals (24) at home in Major League Soccer, have collected 15 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 4-3-1. Los Angeles FC has recorded two wins in a row here at Banc of California Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Los Angeles FC faced defeat in their previous match, away at Seattle Sounders (0-3). Ahead of that match, Angeles won a home game hosting Portland Timbers (4-2).
Angeles are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 15 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew three and lost three.
Angeles are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Banc of California Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 24 goals in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Angeles defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, SJ Earthquakes, who have the most conceded goals (33) in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Earthquakes's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Home advantage was not enough for SJ Earthquakes in their previous game, as they lost their Major League Soccer-match, hosting Portland Timbers, 1-6. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Portland Timbers.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Portland Timbers was particularly ugly (1-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Earthquakes played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected five times.
SJ Earthquakes has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. There are big problems for the Earthquakes defense as they have conceded 18 goals in 6 away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Angeles - SJ Earthquakes 5-1. Los Angeles FC-SJ Earthquakes H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Angeles six wins, SJ Earthquakes one win, zero draws. six of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Rossi Marachlian 12 goals |  B. Wright-Phillips 6 goals |   C. Wondolowski 5 goals |
Los Angeles FC missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| Los Angeles FC | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 30 | 24 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| 29 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 18 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 86% |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 86% |
| 79% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 43% | 62% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 64% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 79% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 29% | 12% | 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 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 223 | 147 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 82 | 199 |
| 83 | 54 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 32 | 69 |
| 36% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 33% |
- Los Angeles FC has the most points from losing position (9) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC has the most scored goals (24) at home in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SJ Earthquakes have scored away.
- Los Angeles FC 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 (33) 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 conceded goals in the second half (19) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes has the the worst goal difference (-16) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SJ Earthquakes is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | Portland Timbers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 15 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -16 | 11 |