Los Angeles FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Mon 28 Sep 2020 · 02:30 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+6'

Y 34' Andres Rios

Y 75' Shea Salinas

Y 83' Cristian Espinoza

Francisco Ginella 90' Y

Overview

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Los Angeles FC vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at Banc of California Stadium.

Los Angeles FC 28 games · 41 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee C. Blanchard
Referee Victor Rivas
Referee Silviu Petrescu
Referee

14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

Los Angeles FC 22 games · Avg 4.1 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-28 Los Angeles FC 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-09-03 Los Angeles FC 5–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-08-22 Los Angeles FC 4–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-03-30 San Jose Earthquakes 0–5 Los Angeles FC 2018-09-22 Los Angeles FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–2	L
24 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	6–0	W
19 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–3	L
14 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	4–2	W
10 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	0–3	L
07 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–3	L

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	2–1	W
24 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–5	L
20 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–6	L
17 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D
14 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D
11 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–7	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		San Jose Earthquakes
#21	Position	#18
41	Points	45
28	Played	27
11 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
43	Scored	49
30	Conceded	39
+13	GD	+10
1.46	PPG	1.67
39%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

86% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

46% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Los Angeles FC are 21st (41 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

6/5

31-45

9/4

46-60

4/5

61-75

4/5

76+

6/6

■ 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)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	14 G	5 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

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' Los Angeles FC have kicked off against San Jose Earthquakes. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Ousseni Bouda scoring 2 goals.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from J.T. Marcinkowski, as he is very good at scoring at Banc of California Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. San Jose Earthquakes needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
20' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
25' Eduard Atuesta has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 27 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
30' Los Angeles FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
34' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Andres Rios.
39' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
44' Cristian Espinoza, a Argentina , has 44 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
45' The deadlock is broken! Mark-Anthony Kaye gets on the scoresheet on 45 minutes.
50' The home supporters are growing impatient. Los Angeles FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
55' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Los Angeles FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
60' Jose Cifuentes has been relatively quiet despite scoring 17 goals in his last 15 appearances.
63' Shea Salinas gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Marcos Lopez and will look to change the dynamic.
67' A tactical swap from Los Angeles FC — Daniel Musovski on, Bradley Wright-Phillips off on 67 minutes.
68' The crowd applauds Carlos Fierro as he leaves the pitch. Cade Cowell steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
73' Eric Calvillo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
74' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Eric Calvillo is hanging Judson on the field on 74 minute.
75' Shea Salinas catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 75.
80' GOAL! Shea Salinas scores on 80.
83' Cristian Espinoza picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
84' Andy Najar is replacing Mark-Anthony Kaye for the Los Angeles FC side.
89' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 89 minutes.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Francisco Ginella is booked for Los Angeles FC — Yellow card on 90.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for San Jose Earthquakes players.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios
66
Bradley Wright-Phillips ↓ Daniel Musovski 67'
20
Eduard Atuesta C
9
Diego Rossi
7
Latif Blessing
5
Dejan Jakovic
14
Mark-Anthony Kaye ↓ Andy Najar 84'
4
Eddie Segura
23
Pablo Sisniega
17
Brian Rodriguez
11
Jose Cifuentes ↓ Francisco Ginella 68'

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

25
Andres Rios
93
Judson ↓ Eric Calvillo 74'
24
Nick Lima
8
Chris Wondolowski C ↓ Vako Qazaishvili 63'
23
Florian Jungwirth
14
Jackson Yueill
18
J.T. Marcinkowski
27
Marcos Lopez ↓ Shea Salinas 63'
10
Cristian Espinoza
21
Carlos Fierro ↓ Cade Cowell 68'
15
Tanner Beason

Bench

6
Shea Salinas ↑ 63'
11
Vako Qazaishvili ↑ 63'
96
Luis Felipe
22
Tommy Thompson
26
Eric Calvillo ↑ 74'
17
Daniel Vega
33
Paul Marie
44
Cade Cowell ↑ 68'
19
Siad Haji

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Denis Bouanga	10
Cristian Espinoza	6
Carlos Vela	6
Diego Rossi	5
Cristian Arango	4
Benjamin Kikanovic	4
Chris Wondolowski	3
Adama Diomande	3

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2020-09-28 Los Angeles FC 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-09-24 Los Angeles FC 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-09-19 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Los Angeles FC L 2020-09-14 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-10 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC L 2020-09-07 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Los Angeles FC L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-09-28 Los Angeles FC 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-09-24 Colorado Rapids SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers L 2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2020-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2020-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 7–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.62 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.08 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Los Angeles FC to win 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC62% Draw20% San Jose Earthquakes18%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.7

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

82%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

38%

Los Angeles FC or San Jose Earthquakes

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC51% Draw36% San Jose Earthquakes13%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.9%

2 – 0

8.6%

1 – 1

7.8%

3 – 1

7.7%

3 – 0

7.3%

1 – 0

6.2%

4 – 1

5.1%

2 – 2

4.8%

4 – 0

4.7%

3 – 2

4.2%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	29%	—	71%
-2	29%	20%	52%
-1.5	48%	—	52%
-1	48%	21%	31%
-0.5	69%	—	31%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	8%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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