Major League Soccer game preview: SJ Earthquakes vs Los Angeles FC

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)

Struggling SJ Earthquakes will hope to pull off an upset when they greet top team Los Angeles FC in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 13th vs 1st and the home crowd will have not-so-high expectations.

Insights:
  • SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (53) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Major League Soccer

The visiting Los Angeles FC played their last game only four days ago, a Major League Soccer match.

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

4-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for SJ Earthquakes so far this season.

No payout for SJ Earthquakes in their previous match, an away game at Dallas that ended in defeat 1-4. The attacking player Ebobisse won the honour of being "man of the match" for SJ Earthquakes with the rating of 7.33/10. Ebobisse scored one goal and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).

A 3-3 draw away before that, with Austin the opponent.

Take note: 12 of the latest 15 league matches from this football club have had goals from both sides.

A decent goal production from Earthquakes in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 12 league matches. SJ Earthquakes have conceded 22 from these games.

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Los Angeles FC form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses in the Major League Soccer. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus SJ Earthquakes.

Los Angeles FC have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau. It's been 258 minutes since they last conceded in Major League Soccer.

Angeles are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against DC United. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Cherundolo when Opoku scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute. The attacker Rodríguez got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Rodríguez hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that, Los Angeles FC secured a home win against Charlotte with the score 5-0.

Los Angeles FC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 11 games.

Head 2 Head

Earthquakes and Los Angeles FC have duelled earlier this season: Los Angeles FC - SJ Earthquakes 3-2. Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): SJ Earthquakes won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Los Angeles FC managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one

Top Goalscorers

SJ EarthquakesJ. Ebobisse
J. Ebobisse
14 goals
Los Angeles FCC. Arango Duque
C. Arango Duque
12 goals
Los Angeles FCC. Vela Garrido
C. Vela Garrido
8 goals

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Los Angeles FC missing players

SJ Earthquakes Los Angeles FC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 1 Played P 3 11 25
5 4 0 Won W 1 7 18
9 5 1 Drew D 0 1 3
11 3 0 Lost L 2 3 4
40 22 2 Scored S 2 20 54
53 22 2 Conceded C 3 11 24
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 91% 92%
72% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 60%
56% 58% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 36%
36% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 20%
72% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 55% 60%
8% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 32%
24% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 18% 8%
 
5.8 6.7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 6.1
4.8 4.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6 4.9
1.8 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.2 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 16.1 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 12.6 15.8
4.6 5.2 12 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.7 5.8
35% 35% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 37%
 
14 11.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 12.9 11.5
6.2 5.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.5 3.4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Los Angeles FC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the the best goal difference (+30) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the the best goal difference (+9) away 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.
  • Los Angeles FC is in the best form (6-0-0) in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (53) in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • SJ Earthquakes is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 25 18 3 4 54 24 14 11 2 1 34 13 11 7 1 3 20 11 30 57
2 Austin 25 14 6 5 54 34 12 6 4 2 32 18 13 8 2 3 22 16 20 48
3 Dallas 26 10 9 7 38 28 13 7 3 3 22 12 13 3 6 4 16 16 10 39
4 Minnesota United 25 11 5 9 40 35 12 5 4 3 20 14 13 6 1 6 20 21 5 38
5 Real Salt Lake 25 10 7 8 33 34 12 7 3 2 19 11 13 3 4 6 14 23 -1 37
6 LA Galaxy 24 10 3 11 37 34 13 7 1 5 25 18 11 3 2 6 12 16 3 33
7 Portland Timbers 26 7 12 7 42 40 13 5 6 2 22 15 13 2 6 5 20 25 2 33
8 Nashville SC 26 8 9 9 34 36 12 3 5 4 17 17 14 5 4 5 17 19 -2 33
9 Seattle Sounders 25 10 2 13 32 31 13 7 1 5 21 15 12 3 1 8 11 16 1 32
10 Colorado Rapids 24 8 7 9 35 37 13 7 4 2 22 12 11 1 3 7 13 25 -2 31
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 25 8 6 11 29 44 12 6 3 3 16 15 13 2 3 8 13 29 -15 30
12 Houston Dynamo 25 7 4 14 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 17 12 3 0 9 13 25 -11 25
13 SJ Earthquakes 25 5 9 11 40 53 12 4 5 3 22 22 13 1 4 8 18 31 -13 24
14 Sporting KC 26 6 5 15 26 48 12 4 2 6 12 15 14 2 3 9 14 33 -22 23

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