Another action-packed fixture in Major League Soccer as SJ Earthquakes welcome Los Angeles FC

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)

SJ Earthquakes are leaning on their home advantage to support them before this meeting with Los Angeles FC. Who will win?

Insights:
  • SJ Earthquakes have the fewest points (7) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Major League Soccer

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

SJ Earthquakes's results here in the Major League Soccer have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Earthquakes drew their last game, 1-1 away at Portland Timbers (placed 8th). Cristian Espinoza, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.12 (out of 10). Espinoza hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Seattle Sounders.

Earthquakes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Earthquakes defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Los Angeles FC form and stats

Los Angeles FC have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-1-4 (7 played).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Major League Soccer home defeat versus Sporting KC with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Diego Palacios, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.73. Palacios served one assist, hit two key passes and won 7 of 13 duels.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Minnesota United.

The visiting Angeles have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 7 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Angeles in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Earthquakes won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Los Angeles FC has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / one

Top Goalscorers

Los Angeles FCJ. Cifuentes Charcopa
J. Cifuentes Charcopa
5 goals
Los Angeles FCD. Rossi Marachlian
D. Rossi Marachlian
5 goals
Los Angeles FCC. Vela Garrido
C. Vela Garrido
5 goals

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Los Angeles FC missing players

SJ Earthquakes Los Angeles FC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 7 1 Played P 2 7 17
4 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
6 1 0 Drew D 1 1 5
7 4 1 Lost L 0 4 6
19 10 0 Scored S 3 7 23
26 12 2 Conceded C 1 9 23
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 94%
47% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 53%
35% 57% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
12% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
65% 71% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 71%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 24%
29% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 6%
 
5.2 6.3 12 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.9 6
4.6 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.9 5
2.4 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.2 15.4 21 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12 15.5
4.8 4.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.7 4.7
23% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 29%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Los Angeles FC 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes have the fewest points (7) at home in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SJ Earthquakes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting KC 17 10 3 4 33 20 9 5 3 1 17 10 8 5 0 3 16 10 13 33
2 Seattle Sounders 18 9 6 3 26 14 11 5 4 2 18 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 12 33
3 LA Galaxy 17 10 1 6 28 27 9 7 0 2 17 9 8 3 1 4 11 18 1 31
4 Colorado Rapids 15 8 3 4 22 16 8 5 2 1 16 8 7 3 1 3 6 8 6 27
5 Los Angeles FC 17 6 5 6 23 23 10 4 4 2 16 14 7 2 1 4 7 9 0 23
6 Minnesota United 16 6 5 5 19 21 8 5 1 2 10 6 8 1 4 3 9 15 -2 23
7 Real Salt Lake 16 5 6 5 24 17 9 3 4 2 14 9 7 2 2 3 10 8 7 21
8 Portland Timbers 16 6 2 8 20 27 8 5 1 2 12 7 8 1 1 6 8 20 -7 20
9 Dallas 17 4 6 7 21 25 8 3 5 0 16 8 9 1 1 7 5 17 -4 18
10 Houston Dynamo 17 3 9 5 19 23 7 3 4 0 9 6 10 0 5 5 10 17 -4 18
11 SJ Earthquakes 17 4 6 7 19 26 7 2 1 4 10 12 10 2 5 3 9 14 -7 18
12 Austin 16 4 4 8 13 18 7 2 2 3 7 7 9 2 2 5 6 11 -5 16
13 Vancouver Whitecaps 16 3 6 7 18 27 8 3 2 3 8 10 8 0 4 4 10 17 -9 15

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.