Get ready for Minnesota United - SJ Earthquakes! Despite the season performances so far this game should be cracking!
- Minnesota United is in the best form (4-2-0)
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (20) in Major League Soccer
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for SJ Earthquakes, who are travelling more than 3200 kilometers to play this game.
Minnesota United form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Minnesota United have to build on here at Allianz Field in the Major League Soccer. It’s been three wins in a row for Minnesota United here at Allianz Field, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Tyler Miller not having conceded a league goal in 202 minutes.
It's back home for Minnesota United, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Portland Timbers away with the result 1-0. Adrien Hunou found the net in that victory. Bakaye Dibassy, defender, was given a rating of 7.72/10 in that game, top of the team. Dibassy won 3 of 6 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Austin in a game that was won 2-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Minnesota matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from three games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Minnesota United as they are travelling to their away game against Colorado Rapids in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
The Minnesota fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. Minnesota United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Allianz Field in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, SJ Earthquakes, who have the most conceded goals (20) in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.
The manager M. Almeyda was unhappy after their last game, a Major League Soccer match played at their home ground Avaya Stadium. Earthquakes suffered a 1-3 loss to LA Galaxy (placed 3rd). Midfield player Eric Remedi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.3/10. Remedi hit one key pass and had 75 successful passes (of 82 total).
A 0-5 defeat away at Orlando City before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Earthquakes playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, zero draws and four home wins.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, SJ Earthquakes rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - zero - five (Minnesota wins - draws - SJ Earthquakes wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Cowell 3 goals |  R. Lod 2 goals |  A. Hunou 2 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| Minnesota United | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 60% | 40% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 40% | 60% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 20% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | 6 |
| 4.7 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.9 | 18.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.2 | 14.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 26% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 9% | 20% |
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Minnesota United is in the best form (4-2-0)
- SJ Earthquakes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (20) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | Austin | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Dallas | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 7 |