Los Angeles FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Los Angeles FC

2 – 1

Full Time

San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 21 May 2023 · 02:30 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Stipe Biuk 3' 1–0

1–1 53' Miguel Trauco

Carlos Vela pen 90+5' 2–1

Denil Maldonado 29' Y

Y 89' Judson

Y 90' Tanner Beason

Overview

Match Preview

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)

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

2023-05-21 Los Angeles FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC 2022-08-21 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC 2022-05-28 Los Angeles FC 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-10-16 Los Angeles FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
18 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D
14 May	Real Salt Lake	A	3–0	W
06 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
23 Apr	Nashville SC	A	1–1	D
16 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–2	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 May	Los Angeles FC	A	1–2	L
15 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	L
06 May	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
30 Apr	Austin FC	A	2–2	D
23 Apr	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
16 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–0	W

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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Los Angeles FC is hosting San Jose Earthquakes for another epic battle.
3' GOAL! Stipe Biuk fires home to make it 1-0!
5' The referee has no hesitation. Jonathan Mensah is booked for San Jose Earthquakes — Yellow card on 5.
10' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
20' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
25' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
29' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Denil Maldonado.
34' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Ousseni Bouda scoring 2 goals.
39' Judson has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
44' Jackson Yueill, a USA , has 26 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
49' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 49 minutes.
53' Miguel Trauco adds to his 0 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
58' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
63' Another substitution for Los Angeles FC to replace Kwadwo Opoku by Carlos Vela on 63 minute.
64' The crowd applauds Erik Duenas as he leaves the pitch. Timothy Tillman steps in for Los Angeles FC.
65' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Tommy Thompson on, Benjamin Kikanovic off on 65 minutes.
67' Judson gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Jackson Yueill and will look to change the dynamic.
68' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Judson is hanging Jackson Yueill on the field on 68 minute.
73' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Luchi Gonzalez will be considering his options from the bench.
78' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
83' The crowd applauds Jeremy Ebobisse as he leaves the pitch. Ousseni Bouda steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
85' Los Angeles FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nathan Ordaz is hanging Stipe Biuk on the field on 85 minute.
89' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Tanner Beason on 90.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Los Angeles FC 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

21
Miguel Trauco
14
Jackson Yueill ↓ Judson 67'
1
J.T. Marcinkowski
7
Carlos Gruezo
11
Jeremy Ebobisse ↓ Ousseni Bouda 83'
4
Jonathan Mensah
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
3
Paul Marie
28
Benjamin Kikanovic ↓ Tommy Thompson 64'
35
Jamiro Monteiro ↓ Tanner Beason 83'

Bench

93
Judson ↑ 67'
22
Tommy Thompson ↑ 64'
42
Daniel
55
Michael Baldisimo
15
Tanner Beason ↑ 83'
16
Jack Skahan
25
Ousseni Bouda ↑ 83'
20
William Richmond
24
Daniel Munie

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2023-05-21 Los Angeles FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2023-05-18 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-05-14 Real Salt Lake 0–3 Los Angeles FC W 2023-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2023-04-23 Nashville SC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2023-04-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 Los Angeles FC W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-05-21 Los Angeles FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-05-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2023-04-30 Austin FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-04-23 Real Salt Lake 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-04-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.79 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.25 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC51% Draw25% San Jose Earthquakes24%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.04

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

75%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

49%

Los Angeles FC or San Jose Earthquakes

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC36% Draw43% San Jose Earthquakes21%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.8%

2 – 0

7.6%

0 – 0

6.5%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

4.4%

0 – 2

3.7%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	21%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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