It's ground zero in Major League Soccer - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how SJ Earthquakes and Toronto did in their pre-season friendlies!
Toronto have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; SJ Earthquakes scored 7 goals and let in 8 goals during these three games.
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.
Toronto form and stats
Toronto played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In these five matches Toronto scored 8 and conceded 7 goals.
Let's have a look at how Toronto performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 7 and lost 6 with 23/26 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
SJ Earthquakes-Toronto H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: SJ Earthquakes four wins, Toronto three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).SJ Earthquakes missing players
Toronto missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Toronto | ||||||
| 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 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SJ Earthquakes | Last season | Toronto | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 20 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 52 | 32 | Scored | S | 28 | 67 | ||
| 55 | 20 | Conceded | C | 31 | 58 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 66% | ||
| 44% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 42% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 18% | ||
| 65% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 74% | ||
| 21% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 13% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 594 | 304 | Total Shots | T S | 213 | 489 | ||
| 207 | 114 | Shots on Target | S O | 88 | 199 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Houston Dynamo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 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 | 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 |