Houston Dynamo vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Houston Dynamo

4 – 1

Full Time

San Jose Earthquakes

Thu 22 Jun 2023 · 00:30 UTC PNC Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Amine Bassi 3' 1–0

Corey Baird 5' 2–0

2–1 41' Carlos Akapo

Thor Ulfarsson 77' 3–1

Thor Ulfarsson 89' 4–1

Erik Sviatchenko 37' Y

Y 38' Jeremy Ebobisse

Y 50' Ousseni Bouda

Y 67' Judson

Y 81' Jackson Yueill

Y 85' Jack Skahan

Hector Herrera 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Houston Dynamo vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at PNC Stadium.

Houston Dynamo 18 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Houston Dynamo 14 games · Avg 3.6 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2023-06-22 Houston Dynamo 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-04-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2022-07-18 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Houston Dynamo 2022-04-10 Houston Dynamo 4–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-07-25 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Houston Dynamo

Recent Form

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	H	4–1	W
15 Jun	Los Angeles FC	A	1–0	W
11 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	4–0	W
04 Jun	St. Louis City	A	0–3	L
01 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–6	L
28 May	Austin FC	H	2–1	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jun	Houston Dynamo	A	1–4	L
18 Jun	Portland Timbers	H	0–0	D
11 Jun	Philadelphia Union	H	2–1	W
04 Jun	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–0	D
01 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–0	W
28 May	FC Dallas	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Houston Dynamo		San Jose Earthquakes
#19	Position	#18
32	Points	33
18	Played	18
10 / 2 / 6	W / D / L	10 / 3 / 5
27	Scored	37
24	Conceded	24
+3	GD	+13
1.78	PPG	1.83
56%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

79% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

42% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Houston Dynamo are 19th (32 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

3/3

61-75

4/2

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/6

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/2

46-60

6/6

61-75

4/1

76+

7/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme

8 G

4 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	11 G	2 A
Ousseni Bouda	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. San Jose Earthquakes get us underway at PNC Stadium.
3' Amine Bassi does the damage! The net is bulging and Houston Dynamo surge ahead!
5' Brilliant from the ! Corey Baird makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 5.
10' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' Jackson Yueill is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
25' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
35' San Jose Earthquakes fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
37' That is a card for Houston Dynamo. Erik Sviatchenko will be fuming at that decision.
38' Jeremy Ebobisse picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
41' The deadlock is broken! Carlos Akapo gets on the scoresheet on 41 minutes.
46' The energy levels are beginning to show. might look to freshen things up shortly.
48' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Benjamin Kikanovic exits the field as Ousseni Bouda enters on 48.
50' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Ousseni Bouda.
55' Houston Dynamo have won 391 goals from 278 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
60' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
65' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
67' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a card in front of him.
72' Benjamin Kikanovic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 16 goals in his last 282 appearances.
74' Fresh legs for Houston Dynamo! Thor Ulfarsson comes on to replace Ibrahim Aliyu.
77' Goal! Thor Ulfarsson scores his 7 goal in 278 matches.
81' Jackson Yueill catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 81.
81' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Judson departs to be replaced by Jack Skahan.
82' Houston Dynamo make a change. Amine Bassi trudges off to be replaced by Griffin Dorsey on 82 minutes.
85' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a card on 85.
86' That looks like a foul for a card for Hector Herrera.
89' Against the run of play, Thor Ulfarsson has scored! This game has turned on its head.
The points are shared — Houston Dynamo 4-1 San Jose Earthquakes. Honours even.

Lineups

Houston Dynamo Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

29
Carlos Akapo ↓ Tommy Thompson 74'
93
Judson ↓ Jack Skahan 81'
14
Jackson Yueill
11
Jeremy Ebobisse
42
Daniel
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
3
Paul Marie
15
Tanner Beason
28
Benjamin Kikanovic ↓ Ousseni Bouda 48'
30
Niko Tsakiris

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Ferreira	4
Tomas Martinez	3
Jackson Yueill	3
Preston Judd	3
Thor Ulfarsson	3
Cristian Espinoza	2
Mauro Manotas	2
Vako Qazaishvili	2

Head to Head

Houston Dynamo Form

2023-06-22 Houston Dynamo 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2023-06-15 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Houston Dynamo W 2023-06-11 Houston Dynamo 4–0 Los Angeles FC W 2023-06-04 St. Louis City 3–0 Houston Dynamo L 2023-06-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6–2 Houston Dynamo L 2023-05-28 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Austin FC W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-06-22 Houston Dynamo 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-06-18 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2023-06-11 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Philadelphia Union W 2023-06-04 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-06-01 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2023-05-28 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 FC Dallas D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.06 Houston Dynamo xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.36 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Houston Dynamo54% Draw23% San Jose Earthquakes23%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.42

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Houston Dynamo or Draw

77%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

46%

Houston Dynamo or San Jose Earthquakes

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Houston Dynamo39% Draw40% San Jose Earthquakes21%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

3 – 1

6.2%

1 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

6.1%

1 – 2

0 – 0

4.7%

3 – 0

4.7%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

3.8%

4 – 1

Actual

Asian Handicap — Houston Dynamo

Handicap	Houston Dynamo covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	16%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	21%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	13%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.