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

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MLS · 2026

Los Angeles Galaxy

3 – 2

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 30 Aug 2020 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Rolf Feltscher 52' Y

Julian Araujo 56' Y

Overview

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Los Angeles Galaxy vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Frank Anderson
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee Victor Rivas
Referee Ricardo Salazar
Referee

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 Galaxy 22 games · Avg 3.4 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-07-13 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-06-30 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-07-01 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-05-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–2	W
22 Aug	Los Angeles FC	A	2–0	W
24 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
19 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	2–6	L
14 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	1–2	L
08 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–1	L

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–3	L
02 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	1–4	L
28 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	5–2	W
20 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–0	W
16 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	4–3	W
11 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		San Jose Earthquakes
#27	Position	#18
22	Points	33
19	Played	18
5 / 7 / 7	W / D / L	10 / 3 / 5
24	Scored	37
29	Conceded	24
-5	GD	+13
1.16	PPG	1.83
26%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

68% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/8

46-60

2/3

61-75

–/4

76+

6/2

■ 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 Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

San Jose Earthquakes

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

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Dignity Health Sports Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Los Angeles Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes.
5' 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.
10' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Emiliano Insua has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
11' The Georgia Vako Qazaishvili breaks the deadlock on 11 minutes. 0-1!
16' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Judson made 282 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
21' San Jose Earthquakes are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
26' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
31' Los Angeles Galaxy currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
33' Assisted by Sebastian Lletget with the perfectly-timed delivery and Daniel Steres makes no mistake. 1-1!
38' San Jose Earthquakes fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
43' Joe Corona has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
48' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 282 games and scored 427 goals.
52' The referee shows Los Angeles Galaxy player a Yellow card on 52.
56' The referee has no hesitation. Julian Araujo is booked for Los Angeles Galaxy — Yellow card on 56.
59' San Jose Earthquakes is taking the lead after the goal scored by Cade Cowell on 59.
62' Los Angeles Galaxy ring the changes. Joe Corona has done his job and it is now time for Jonathan dos Santos to step up.
67' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Cade Cowell has done his job and it is now time for Shea Salinas to step up.
72' Cristian Pavon makes no mistake. The score reads 2-2 and Los Angeles Galaxy are in front.
77' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
81' The crowd applauds Andres Rios as he leaves the pitch. Chris Wondolowski steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
82' Sebastian Lletget doubles the advantage! 3-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
82' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Vako Qazaishvili is replaced by Danny Hoesen.
87' Los Angeles Galaxy is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles Galaxy are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
88' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Sebastian Lletget departs to be replaced by Emil Cuello.
89' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Ethan Zubak trudges off to be replaced by Kai Koreniuk on 89 minutes.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Los Angeles Galaxy to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Dejan Joveljic	6
Jeremy Ebobisse	5
Javier Hernandez	5
Cristian Espinoza	4
Joseph Paintsil	4
Vako Qazaishvili	4
Riqui Puig	3
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-08-22 Los Angeles FC 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-07-24 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2020-07-19 Los Angeles FC 6–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-07-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Portland Timbers L 2020-03-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-08-02 San Jose Earthquakes 1–4 Minnesota United FC L 2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake W 2020-07-20 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-07-11 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.45 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.95 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or San Jose Earthquakes 76% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy34% Draw24% San Jose Earthquakes42%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.4

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

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

58%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

66%

Los Angeles Galaxy or San Jose Earthquakes

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy23% Draw41% San Jose Earthquakes36%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–2 not predicted

3 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

10.3%

1 – 2

8.9%

2 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 2

6.3%

0 – 1

5.9%

1 – 3

5.7%

0 – 0

4.8%

2 – 3

4.2%

1 – 0

4.2%

0 – 3

2 – 0

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	15%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	52%	—	48%
+1	52%	20%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	15%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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