Faithful supporters haven’t celebrated many wins this season, with SJ Earthquakes withering away in the 10th place. The guesting Los Angeles FC will believe to defend their higher league position in this fixture.
- SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Major League Soccer
SJ Earthquakes and Los Angeles FC 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
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Major League Soccer this season. SJ Earthquakes have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here. SJ Earthquakes are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.
Earthquakes are returning here after visiting Austin in a Major League Soccer game and winning with a 4-3 scoreline. Cristian Espinoza, Javier López (2) and Marcos López scored the goal(s). The force was strong with Earthquakes in their previous game playing Austin. It looked dark when they went behind 1-3 but thanks to goals from Cristian Espinoza, Javier López (2) and Marcos López the match ended with a very strong 4-3 win. A goal frenzy last time out for Earthquakes, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Austin. Fun stuff to watch! James Marcinkowski loved the game against Austin. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-3 victory. Javier López (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.43/10. López scored two goals and hit three key passes.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Real Salt Lake (3-4).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Earthquakes, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Seattle Sounders is only four days away.
SJ Earthquakes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Earthquakes have conceded 19 from these games.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Los Angeles FC so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
Angeles lost away at Portland Timbers (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Attacker Cristian Arango got a player rating of 7.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Arango scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Austin at their stadium, the result 2-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Angeles are hosting Portland Timbers in the Major League Soccer only four days away.
Los Angeles FC have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 12 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Angeles have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Earthquakes and Los Angeles FC have met previously this season: SJ Earthquakes - Los Angeles FC 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Earthquakes four wins, zero draws and Los Angeles FC six victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. López Ramírez 10 goals |   D. Rossi Marachlian 6 goals | C. Arango Duque 6 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Los Angeles FC missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 38 |
| 38 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 36 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 48% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 64% |
| 32% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 16% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 68% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 72% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 20% |
| 28% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 4.9 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 13.6 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 14.8 | 16.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 29% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 24% | 29% |
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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
| 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 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 46 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 45 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 25 | -3 | 38 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -6 | 37 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -2 | 34 |
| 8 | Los Angeles FC | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 30 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 11 | Dallas | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -5 | 27 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | Austin | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 19 |