A total of 19 games are finished and SJ Earthquakes are 13 points ahead of LA Galaxy. Who will win?
- LA Galaxy have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Major League Soccer
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.
SJ Earthquakes and LA Galaxy 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.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Stanford Stadium. 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
The Earthquakes club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stanford Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against St. Louis City (placed 2nd). Rodrigues was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.41 out of 10. The defender Rodrigues won 11 of 17 duels.
Heartbreak before that as SJ Earthquakes lost 1-4 at Houston Dynamo'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 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Earthquakes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. SJ Earthquakes have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for LA Galaxy so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose). The last three matches for LA Galaxy have all ended in a draw.
Galaxy has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Colorado Rapids for a 0-0 draw. Midfielder Brugman was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Brugman hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 54 successful passes (of 58 total).
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Sporting KC.We have checked recent matches where LA Galaxy have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Los Angeles FC in just three days.
The attacking power of LA Galaxy when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Galaxy have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also encountered each other previously this campaign: LA Galaxy - SJ Earthquakes 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Earthquakes four wins, one draw and LA Galaxy five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Espinoza 8 goals |  J. Ebobisse 7 goals |  M. Trauco Saavedra 2 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 26 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 29 |
| 85% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 70% | 83% |
| 75% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 78% |
| 65% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 28% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 11% |
| 65% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 30% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 22% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 70% | 44% |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.7 | 6.4 |
| 5.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.3 | 12.3 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.5 | 14.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 35% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 13% | 20% |
| 13.9 | 11.2 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 15.1 | 14.1 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
- LA Galaxy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- LA Galaxy have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SJ Earthquakes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as LA Galaxy have scored away.
| 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 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | St. Louis City | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 6 | Dallas | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Austin | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
