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

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MLS · 2023

Los Angeles FC

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 9 Jul 2023 · 02:30 UTC Banc of California Stadium 22,033 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 30' Cristian Espinoza

Denis Bouanga pen 37' 1–1

Y 22' Jonathan Mensah

Y 27' Carlos Gruezo

R 56' Daniel

Y 90' J.T. Marcinkowski

Overview

Match Preview

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

Los Angeles FC 19 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Lukasz Szpala (USA)
Assistant 1 Mike Rottersman
Assistant 2 Kevin Klinger (USA)

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

Los Angeles FC 21 games · Avg 4.1 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2023-07-09 Los Angeles FC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes 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

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–1	D
05 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	L
02 Jul	FC Dallas	A	0–2	L
25 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–3	L
22 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
18 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–1	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D
02 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–2	D
25 Jun	St. Louis City	H	1–2	L
22 Jun	Houston Dynamo	A	1–4	L
18 Jun	Portland Timbers	H	0–0	D
11 Jun	Philadelphia Union	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		San Jose Earthquakes
#17	Position	#18
34	Points	33
19	Played	18
10 / 4 / 5	W / D / L	10 / 3 / 5
35	Scored	37
19	Conceded	24
+16	GD	+13
1.79	PPG	1.83
53%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

86% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

5/2

31-45

7/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/2

76+

4/5

■ 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)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	8 G	2 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

San Jose Earthquakes

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

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Banc of California Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Los Angeles FC and San Jose Earthquakes are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
10' A quiet spell here at Banc of California Stadium. San Jose Earthquakes seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
15' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
20' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
22' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a card in front of him.
27' Controversy at the stadium! Carlos Gruezo argues furiously but the card stands.
30' The deadlock is broken! Cristian Espinoza gets on the scoresheet on 30 minutes.
35' Tanner Beason is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles FC tonight.
37' A stunning finish from Denis Bouanga — that came from absolutely nowhere!
42' Los Angeles FC are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against San Jose Earthquakes's 3-5-2 shape.
47' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
52' Over 52 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
56' That looks like a foul for a card for Daniel.
58' Ilie Sanchez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Timothy Tillman at the 58 minute mark.
59' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Paul Marie is withdrawn and J.T. Marcinkowski gets his opportunity.
64' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles FC that had 289 games and scored 582 goals.
69' Miguel Trauco has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 385 appearances.
72' Carlos Vela is replacing Kellyn Acosta for the Los Angeles FC side.
77' named a 4-3-3 earlier, and opted for a 3-5-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
81' Benjamin Kikanovic is replacing Jeremy Ebobisse for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
86' Nathan Ordaz has so much to prove this time. He replaces Stipe Biuk on 86 minute.
90' J.T. Marcinkowski picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

29
Carlos Akapo
21
Miguel Trauco
7
Carlos Gruezo
11
Jeremy Ebobisse ↓ Benjamin Kikanovic 81'
42
Daniel
4
Jonathan Mensah
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
3
Paul Marie ↓ J.T. Marcinkowski 59'
15
Tanner Beason
16
Jack Skahan

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Denis Bouanga	9
Cristian Espinoza	6
Carlos Vela	6
Diego Rossi	5
Benjamin Kikanovic	4
Cristian Arango	4
Daniel Musovski	3
Chris Wondolowski	3

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2023-07-09 Los Angeles FC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2023-07-02 FC Dallas 2–0 Los Angeles FC L 2023-06-25 Los Angeles FC 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-06-22 Los Angeles FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2023-06-18 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Los Angeles FC W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-07-09 Los Angeles FC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-07-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-06-25 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 St. Louis City L 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.75 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.31 San Jose Earthquakes xG

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

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC47% Draw26% San Jose Earthquakes27%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.06

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

72%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

53%

Los Angeles FC or San Jose Earthquakes

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC34% Draw44% San Jose Earthquakes22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 0

7.5%

2 – 0

7.1%

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 1

5.3%

3 – 1

5.3%

3 – 0

4.1%

0 – 2

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	21%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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