Colorado Rapids have travelled here for an absorbing duel against the home team SJ Earthquakes. Read up on the fixture with this in-depth Major League Soccer preview!
Colorado Rapids have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
The hosts won their first Major League Soccer game here at Avaya Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for SJ Earthquakes last season were 7 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from 17 games.
The SJ Earthquakes regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Vancouver Whitecaps and win 2-1. Manager Covelo felt very clever after Akapo scored the winning goal against Vancouver Whitecaps, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Rodrigues was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.12 out of 10. The defender Rodrigues hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Earthquakes lost 1-2 at Atlanta United's place.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 SJ Earthquakes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.
At Avaya Stadium, SJ Earthquakes has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Major League Soccer ended in defeat. Last season Colorado Rapids had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 1, drew 5 and lost 11.
The attacking players of Colorado have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Colorado Rapids delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sporting KC (placed 10th) in their previous fixture. Yarbrough had red hot gloves after the game against Sporting KC, shaping the outcome of the game with eleven saves made. Yarbrough (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 9.85. Yarbrough topped it up with a clean sheet.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Seattle Sounders wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.We have checked recent matches where Colorado have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 6 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Colorado Rapids have the goal stats of 0-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): SJ Earthquakes won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Colorado Rapids managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ebobisse 2 goals |  C. Akapo Martínez 1 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 7 | 11 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 20 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 11.5 |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 13.5 | 7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 15.5 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| SJ Earthquakes | Last season | Colorado Rapids | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 13 | ||
| 52 | 31 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 69 | 27 | Conceded | C | 42 | 57 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 85% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 68% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 53% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 18% | ||
| 68% | 76% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 62% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 26% | ||
| 24% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 18% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13.4 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | ||
| 14.2 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Saint Louis City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Austin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 38 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 28 | 67 |
| 2 | Austin | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 56 |
| 3 | Dallas | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 53 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 50 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 50 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 31 | -3 | 48 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -2 | 47 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 0 | 46 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 57 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 42 | -11 | 43 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 57 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | -17 | 43 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 47 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 41 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 54 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 37 | -12 | 40 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 34 | -13 | 36 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 69 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 42 | -17 | 35 |
