The season has been rough for SJ Earthquakes so far, while LA Galaxy have done well. Will the away team take a new scalp at Stanford Stadium?
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (17) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Earthquakes and LA Galaxy.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for SJ Earthquakes, who have the most conceded goals (17) in Major League Soccer, at their home stadium (Stanford Stadium) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. With SJ Earthquakes having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager M. Almeyda.
Stress levels are on the rise for Earthquakes's attacking players as they have now played 356 minutes without scoring in a league game. J. Lopez was their last goal scorer.
In their previous game, the manager M. Almeyda led his SJ Earthquakes to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Orlando City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stanford Stadium. Midfielder Judson was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.12 (out of ten) in that game. Judson hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 51 successful passes (of 57 total). SJ Earthquakes were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Austin the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Earthquakes handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and two defeats.
Earthquakes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stanford Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Earthquakes defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
LA Galaxy play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Vancouver Whitecaps (placed 13th). Sacha Kljestan got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Kljestan hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total). Efrain Alvarez came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Vancouver Whitecaps last time out, making the manager G. Vanney feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when Efrain Alvarez scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Vancouver Whitecaps.
A loss against Seattle Sounders was the result prior to that, in a home game.We have checked recent matches where Galaxy have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, one draw and six defeats.
The visiting Galaxy have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. Galaxy have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
LA Galaxy - SJ Earthquakes 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. SJ Earthquakes-LA Galaxy H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: SJ Earthquakes five wins, LA Galaxy three wins, two draws. seven 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 |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 40% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 6.1 | 7.2 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 15.8 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.8 | 10.9 |
| 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| 20% | 33% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 41% |
- All of LA Galaxy's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- LA Galaxy have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SJ Earthquakes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (17) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (8) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- SJ Earthquakes is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 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 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Austin | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Dallas | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 7 |