This game was marked in the calendar a long time ago by club members of both contenders, as it's the first Major League Soccer match of the season. Both SJ Earthquakes and New York RB are aiming for a positive start to their season.
New York RB have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
The season before, SJ Earthquakes's league stats were 10 wins, 11 draws and 13 losses, producing 10th place in the Major League Soccer. From these 34 matches they scored 46 goals and conceded 54. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season SJ Earthquakes produced 5-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 24 conceded.
SJ Earthquakes have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; SJ Earthquakes scored 9 goals and let in 3 goals during these four games.
New York RB form and stats
Let's have a look at how New York RB performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 20/22 goals scored/conceded.
New York RB played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In these three matches New York RB scored 3 and conceded 9 goals.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Earthquakes wins - draws - New York RB wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.SJ Earthquakes missing players
New York RB missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SJ Earthquakes | Last season | New York RB | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 46 | 25 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 54 | 24 | Conceded | C | 23 | 34 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 82% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 60% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 34% | ||
| 35% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 14% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 9% | ||
| 65% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 49% | ||
| 15% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 37% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 23% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 14 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 15 | 13.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Austin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Colorado Rapids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Real Salt Lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 61 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 60 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 58 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 56 | 52 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 55 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | -2 | 49 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 49 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 54 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 1 | 48 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -4 | 48 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 45 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 41 |
| 11 | Dallas | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 47 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 35 | -9 | 33 |
| 12 | Austin | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 31 | -21 | 31 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 32 | -18 | 30 |