Home advantage could prove decisive in SJ Earthquakes - Toronto battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 26.March
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Avaya Stadium (18000 seats)

This looks to be another engrossing meeting at Avaya Stadium in the Major League Soccer. SJ Earthquakes is in 7th place and host Toronto in 8th spot. Learn more about the game here!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

Perfect Major League Soccer season at home so far for SJ Earthquakes 2 wins from 2 appearances.

SJ Earthquakes are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Saint Louis City (after extra-time). Espinoza, an attacker, was the best performer for the side in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.63 (out of 10). Espinoza hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.

Ahead of that match, SJ Earthquakes won a home game hosting Colorado Rapids (after extra-time) (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Earthquakes handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the SJ Earthquakes at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Toronto form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Toronto with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Impressive finishing from Osorio and Kaye secured the home win 2-0 against Inter Miami (after extra-time) in their previous game. Those three points felt nice as this club had gone three league games without winning. Midfielder Osorio was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Osorio scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Columbus Crew (after extra-time).

Toronto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

{3 goals} so far away for Toronto, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

SJ Earthquakes have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Toronto.

Top Goalscorers

SJ EarthquakesJ. Ebobisse
J. Ebobisse
2 goals
TorontoM. Kaye
M. Kaye
2 goals
TorontoF. Bernardeschi
F. Bernardeschi
2 goals

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Toronto missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SJ Earthquakes Toronto
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
4 3 0 Scored S 0 3 6
6 1 0 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 2
6.2 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6.2
2.2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 16.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.5 7.5
4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 4
25% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 38%
 
13.2 6.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 13
3.8 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 4.5
SJ Earthquakes Last season Toronto
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
8 7   Won W   2 9
11 6   Drew D   4 7
15 4   Lost L   11 18
52 31   Scored S   19 49
69 27   Conceded C   37 66
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
85% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 85%
68% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 68%
50% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 44%
32% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
68% 76%   BTTS BTTS   47% 62%
12% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 9%
24% 6%   Failed to Score F T   47% 32%
 
5.5 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
5 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5
1.9 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
1 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
13.4 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 11.1
4.4 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.1
35% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 35%
 
14.2 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   17.1 14.8
5.6 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.6 5.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint Louis City 4 4 0 0 11 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 3 7 12
2 Los Angeles FC 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 7
3 Seattle Sounders 4 2 1 1 6 1 3 2 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 7
4 Dallas 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
5 Minnesota United 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 7
6 Austin 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6
7 SJ Earthquakes 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 6
8 Portland Timbers 4 1 0 3 5 10 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 8 -5 3
9 Houston Dynamo 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 3
10 Real Salt Lake 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 3
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 2
12 LA Galaxy 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 2
13 Sporting KC 4 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 2
14 Colorado Rapids 4 0 1 3 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -6 1
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 4 9 66 38 17 13 2 2 39 15 17 8 2 7 27 23 28 67
2 Austin 34 16 8 10 65 49 17 8 6 3 42 23 17 8 2 7 23 26 16 56
3 Dallas 34 14 11 9 48 37 17 10 4 3 28 15 17 4 7 6 20 22 11 53
4 Nashville SC 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 6 6 5 30 21 17 7 5 5 22 20 11 50
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 8 12 58 51 17 8 4 5 35 25 17 6 4 7 23 26 7 50
6 Minnesota United 34 14 6 14 48 51 17 8 5 4 27 20 17 6 1 10 21 31 -3 48
7 Real Salt Lake 34 12 11 11 43 45 17 9 5 3 27 15 17 3 6 8 16 30 -2 47
8 Portland Timbers 34 11 13 10 53 53 17 8 6 3 28 19 17 3 7 7 25 34 0 46
9 Colorado Rapids 34 11 10 13 46 57 17 10 5 2 29 15 17 1 5 11 17 42 -11 43
10 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 7 15 40 57 17 10 3 4 25 20 17 2 4 11 15 37 -17 43
11 Seattle Sounders 34 12 5 17 47 46 17 9 3 5 29 19 17 3 2 12 18 27 1 41
12 Sporting KC 34 11 7 16 42 54 17 9 2 6 25 17 17 2 5 10 17 37 -12 40
13 Houston Dynamo 34 10 6 18 43 56 17 6 5 6 24 22 17 4 1 12 19 34 -13 36
14 SJ Earthquakes 34 8 11 15 52 69 17 7 6 4 31 27 17 1 5 11 21 42 -17 35

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 Saint Louis City 4 4 0 0 11 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 3 7 12
2 Los Angeles FC 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 7
3 Seattle Sounders 4 2 1 1 6 1 3 2 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 7
4 Dallas 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
5 Minnesota United 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 7
6 Austin 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6
7 SJ Earthquakes 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 6
8 Portland Timbers 4 1 0 3 5 10 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 8 -5 3
9 Houston Dynamo 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 3
10 Real Salt Lake 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 3
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 2
12 LA Galaxy 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 2
13 Sporting KC 4 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 2
14 Colorado Rapids 4 0 1 3 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -6 1

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