SJ Earthquakes look to Avaya Stadium supporters for inspiration before Minnesota United match

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 08.March
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Avaya Stadium (18000 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Major League Soccer game of the season. SJ Earthquakes look forward to welcoming Minnesota United in front of their home support.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

The first Major League Soccer game here at Avaya Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season SJ Earthquakes's home game statistics were 10 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 17 games.

The spoils were shared in SJ Earthquakes's previous game, also at home. Visiting Toronto travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Portland Timbers.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Toronto as Oswaldo Alanís's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SJ Earthquakes handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and two defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from SJ Earthquakes's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

Last season, SJ Earthquakes's league statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 55. Playing at home last season SJ Earthquakes managed 10-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 20 conceded.

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Minnesota United form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.

Two travels in a row for Minnesota United, whose manager A. Heath could celebrate last time after the Major League Soccer win against Portland Timbers. A loss against LA Galaxy was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Minnesota United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of ten matches.

It's early days yet, but Minnesota United has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Let's have a look at how Minnesota United performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 8 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 10 with 23/30 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): SJ Earthquakes won five games, zero matches ended with a draw and Minnesota United has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / two

Top Goalscorers

Minnesota UnitedK. Molino
K. Molino
2 goals
SJ Earthquakes
A. Ríos
1 goals
SJ EarthquakesO. Alanís Pantoja
O. Alanís Pantoja
1 goals

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Minnesota United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SJ Earthquakes Minnesota United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 3 3
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 7
7 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
4 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 11 0 Total Shots T S 0 10 10
5 5 0 Shots on Target S O 0 4 4
40% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 75%
SJ Earthquakes Last season Minnesota United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 35
13 10   Won W   5 15
5 2   Drew D   2 8
16 5   Lost L   10 12
52 32   Scored S   23 53
55 20   Conceded C   30 45
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
85% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 66%
76% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 46%
44% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 29%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 23%
65% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 51%
21% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 31%
18% 18%   Failed to Score F T   41% 26%
 
6.7 7.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 4.7
4.7 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   7.4 6.1
2.2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.7
5 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
594 304   Total Shots T S   189 479
207 114   Shots on Target S O   69 151
25% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Minnesota United 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Sporting KC 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Dallas 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Colorado Rapids 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Seattle Sounders 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Los Angeles FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 SJ Earthquakes 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Houston Dynamo 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 LA Galaxy 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Real Salt Lake 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nashville SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Portland Timbers 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 34 21 9 4 85 37 17 13 3 1 48 20 17 8 6 3 37 17 48 72
2 Seattle Sounders 34 16 8 10 52 49 17 11 4 2 34 21 17 5 4 8 18 28 3 56
3 Minnesota United 34 15 8 11 52 43 17 10 6 1 29 13 17 5 2 10 23 30 9 53
4 Real Salt Lake 34 16 5 13 46 41 17 12 1 4 31 15 17 4 4 9 15 26 5 53
5 LA Galaxy 34 16 3 15 58 59 17 11 1 5 36 25 17 5 2 10 22 34 -1 51
6 Portland Timbers 34 14 7 13 52 49 17 8 4 5 29 20 17 6 3 8 23 29 3 49
7 Dallas 34 13 9 12 54 46 17 10 6 1 38 16 17 3 3 11 16 30 8 48
8 SJ Earthquakes 34 13 5 16 52 55 17 10 2 5 32 20 17 3 3 11 20 35 -3 44
9 Colorado Rapids 34 12 6 16 58 63 17 9 2 6 36 29 17 3 4 10 22 34 -5 42
10 Houston Dynamo 34 12 4 18 49 59 17 10 4 3 31 19 17 2 0 15 18 40 -10 40
11 Sporting KC 34 10 8 16 49 67 17 7 4 6 30 30 17 3 4 10 19 37 -18 38
12 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 8 10 16 37 59 17 5 5 7 16 23 17 3 5 9 21 36 -22 34

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Minnesota United 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Sporting KC 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Dallas 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Colorado Rapids 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Seattle Sounders 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Los Angeles FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 SJ Earthquakes 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Houston Dynamo 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 LA Galaxy 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Real Salt Lake 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nashville SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Portland Timbers 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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