Houston Dynamo vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Houston Dynamo

2 – 1

Full Time

San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 31 Mar 2024 · 00:30 UTC PNC Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 9' Paul Marie

R 34' Preston Judd

Adalberto Carrasquilla 45' Y

Y 76' Carlos Akapo

Y 87' Jackson Yueill

Sebastian Ferreira 88' Y

Y 90' Carlos Gruezo

YR 90' Jackson Yueill

Overview

Match Preview

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

Houston Dynamo 27 games · 44 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Houston Dynamo 16 games · Avg 3.2 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2024-03-31 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 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

Recent Form

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
24 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–0	W
17 Mar	Portland Timbers	H	1–0	W
03 Mar	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
25 Feb	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D
22 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	3–1	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Mar	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L
24 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–2	W
17 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L
10 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–2	L
03 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–3	L
25 Feb	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Houston Dynamo		San Jose Earthquakes
#20	Position	#18
44	Points	45
27	Played	27
13 / 5 / 9	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
34	Scored	49
32	Conceded	39
+2	GD	+10
1.63	PPG	1.67
48%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

41% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Houston Dynamo are 20th (44 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

3/4

31-45

7/4

46-60

5/3

61-75

5/3

76+

3/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

12/7

16-30

5/4

31-45

5/6

46-60

6/7

61-75

5/2

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme

14 G

6 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	15 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Houston Dynamo host San Jose Earthquakes — let the battle begin!
1' Brilliant from the ! Bruno Wilson makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 1.
6' Houston Dynamo are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
9' Paul Marie was booked on 9.
14' It is a cagey affair so far. Houston Dynamo in their trying to find a way past San Jose Earthquakes's compact .
19' Supporters expect more eagerness from Sebastian Ferreira, as he is very good at scoring at PNC Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
24' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Houston Dynamo side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
29' It looks like no one’s ball. Houston Dynamo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
34' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a card in front of him.
39' Carlos Gruezo, a Ecuador , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
40' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Tanner Beason comes on to replace Niko Tsakiris.
45' Adalberto Carrasquilla catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 45.
46' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Carlos Gruezo on, Alfredo Morales off on 46 minutes.
51' Ibrahim Aliyu needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 10 Yellow cards this season.
56' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Jamar Ricketts on, Vitor Costa off on 56 minutes.
57' A change in the Houston Dynamo ranks — Erik Sviatchenko exits the field as Brad Smith enters on 57.
62' A quiet spell here at PNC Stadium. San Jose Earthquakes seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
67' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
71' The Houston Dynamo manager makes a substitution. Jan Gregus departs to be replaced by Sebastian Kowalczyk.
76' San Jose Earthquakes receives a card for a hard tackle on 76.
78' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Benjamin Kikanovic departs to be replaced by Jeremy Ebobisse.
81' Sebastian Ferreira adds to his 0 season tally! Houston Dynamo lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
85' GOAL! Franco Escobar scores on 85.
87' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a card on 87.
88' Sebastian Ferreira picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Carlos Gruezo.
90' Another substitution for Houston Dynamo to replace Sebastian Ferreira by Gabriel Segal on 90 minute.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

8
Amine Bassi
12
Steve Clark
20
Adalberto Carrasquilla
6
Artur
2
Franco Escobar
21
Jan Gregus ↓ Sebastian Kowalczyk 71'
28
Erik Sviatchenko ↓ Brad Smith 57'
25
Griffin Dorsey
11
Sebastian Ferreira ↓ Gabriel Segal 90'
31
Micael
18
Ibrahim Aliyu

Bench

Coach Ben Olsen

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

6
Alfredo Morales ↓ Carlos Gruezo 46'
14
Jackson Yueill
94
Vitor Costa ↓ Jamar Ricketts 56'
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
3
Paul Marie ↓ Carlos Akapo 46'
4
Bruno Wilson
25
William Yarbrough
28
Benjamin Kikanovic ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse 78'
30
Niko Tsakiris ↓ Tanner Beason 40'
19
Preston Judd

Bench

29
Carlos Akapo ↑ 46'
22
Tommy Thompson
7
Carlos Gruezo ↑ 46'
11
Jeremy Ebobisse ↑ 78'
55
Michael Baldisimo
15
Tanner Beason ↑ 40'
17
Ousseni Bouda
–
Jamar Ricketts ↑ 56'

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Houston Dynamo Form

2024-03-31 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-03-24 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 Houston Dynamo W 2024-03-17 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Portland Timbers W 2024-03-03 Houston Dynamo 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2024-02-25 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-10-22 Portland Timbers 1–3 Houston Dynamo W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2024-03-31 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-03-24 San Jose Earthquakes 3–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-03-17 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-03-10 San Jose Earthquakes 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-03-03 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2024-02-25 FC Dallas 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.7 Houston Dynamo xG

Expected Goals

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

1.27 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Houston Dynamo52% Draw24% San Jose Earthquakes24%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Houston Dynamo or Draw

76%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

48%

Houston Dynamo or San Jose Earthquakes

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Houston Dynamo34% Draw44% San Jose Earthquakes22%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.9%

2 – 0

7.3%

0 – 0

6.8%

1 – 2

6.8%

2 – 2

5.8%

0 – 1

5.6%

3 – 1

5.1%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 0

4.1%

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Houston Dynamo

Handicap	Houston Dynamo covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	21%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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