Los Angeles Galaxy vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Los Angeles Galaxy

1 – 0

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sat 29 May 2021 · 23:00 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 29' Judson

Jonathan dos Santos 43' Y

Julian Araujo 49' Y

Sacha Kljestan 84' Y

Overview

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

Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 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 Galaxy 23 games · Avg 3.3 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–4 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-10-04 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	W
22 May	Portland Timbers	A	0–3	L
15 May	Austin FC	H	2–0	W
09 May	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
03 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–3	L
25 Apr	New York Red Bulls	H	3–2	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–1	L
23 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–3	L
16 May	Portland Timbers	H	0–2	L
13 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–1	L
08 May	Real Salt Lake	A	2–1	W
02 May	D.C. United SC	H	4–1	W

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		San Jose Earthquakes
#23	Position	#18
36	Points	45
28	Played	27
9 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
37	Scored	49
44	Conceded	39
-7	GD	+10
1.29	PPG	1.67
32%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

6/9

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/5

76+

9/6

■ 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 Galaxy

Marco Reus	7 G	7 A
Klauss	7 G
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Los Angeles Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes get this one started.
5' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Paul Marie has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Los Angeles Galaxy winning 50% of all matches.
15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Los Angeles Galaxy side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
20' J.T. Marcinkowski has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 7 cards already picked up this season.
25' Chris Wondolowski is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
29' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Judson will be fuming at that decision.
34' Supporters expect more eagerness from Cristian Espinoza, as he is very good at scoring at Dignity Health Sports Park with 2 goals in the last 1 games.
39' Both keepers have barely been tested. Los Angeles Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
43' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jonathan dos Santos.
48' Daniel Steres has been relatively quiet despite scoring 13 goals in his last 286 appearances.
49' Los Angeles Galaxy receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 49.
53' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Jonathan dos Santos departs to be replaced by Adam Saldana.
58' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
62' Chris Wondolowski is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cade Cowell at the 62 minute mark.
63' Victor Vazquez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Efrain Alvarez on 63 minute.
67' The supporters are chanting for Andres Rios. He replaces Carlos Fierro on 67 minute.
70' Tanner Beason does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles Galaxy surge ahead!
74' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Cristian Espinoza departs to be replaced by Siad Haji.
79' 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.
81' It is a substitution in Los Angeles Galaxy team. Kevin Cabral is replaced by Ethan Zubak on 81 minute.
84' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles Galaxy. Sacha Kljestan will be fuming at that decision.
89' Los Angeles Galaxy looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Joseph Paintsil scoring 2 goals.
Los Angeles Galaxy celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

1
Jonathan Bond
14
Javier Hernandez
9
Kevin Cabral ↓ Ethan Zubak 81'
8
Jonathan dos Santos ↓ Adam Saldana 53'
5
Daniel Steres
16
Sacha Kljestan
26
Efrain Alvarez ↓ Victor Vazquez 63'
2
Julian Araujo
20
Nick DePuy
25
Cameron Dunbar ↓ Samuel Grandsir 63'
19
Jorge Villafana

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

25
Andres Rios ↑ 67'
6
Shea Salinas ↑ 62'
8
Chris Wondolowski ↑ 62'
26
Eric Calvillo
2
Luciano Abecasis
17
Daniel Vega
3
Paul Marie ↑ 62'
19
Siad Haji ↑ 74'
28
Benjamin Kikanovic

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2021-05-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-05-22 Portland Timbers 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-05-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Austin FC W 2021-05-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2021-05-03 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-04-25 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 New York Red Bulls W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-05-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-05-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-05-16 San Jose Earthquakes 0–2 Portland Timbers L 2021-05-13 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-05-08 Real Salt Lake 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-05-02 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 D.C. United SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.33 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.37 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or San Jose Earthquakes 73% + Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy41% Draw27% San Jose Earthquakes32%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.7

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

68%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

59%

Los Angeles Galaxy or San Jose Earthquakes

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy26% Draw47% San Jose Earthquakes27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.2%

0 – 0

8.7%

0 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

8.1%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

7.8%

0 – 2

6.2%

2 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

5.4%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 1

3.5%

0 – 3

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	19%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	19%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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