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

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MLS · 2021

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

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

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
#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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Los Angeles Galaxy is hosting San Jose Earthquakes for another epic battle.
5' Marcos Lopez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles Galaxy tonight.
10' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
15' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Reid Roberts scoring 1 goals.
20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Los Angeles Galaxy side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
25' Los Angeles Galaxy are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
29' Controversy at the stadium! Judson argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
34' Supporters expect more eagerness from Eric Remedi, as he is very good at scoring at Dignity Health Sports Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
39' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jonathan Bond suffering a number of foals already.
43' Jonathan dos Santos is having his name booked by the referee on 43.
48' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Cade Cowell has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
49' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles Galaxy. Julian Araujo will be fuming at that decision.
53' Fresh legs for Los Angeles Galaxy! Adam Saldana comes on to replace Jonathan dos Santos.
58' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
62' Chris Wondolowski gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Cade Cowell and will look to change the dynamic.
63' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. Efrain Alvarez is withdrawn and Victor Vazquez gets his opportunity.
67' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Carlos Fierro exits the field as Andres Rios enters on 67.
70' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Tanner Beason makes it 1-0.
74' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Siad Haji is hanging Cristian Espinoza on the field on 74 minute.
79' San Jose Earthquakes come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
81' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Kevin Cabral trudges off to be replaced by Ethan Zubak on 81 minutes.
84' Controversy at the stadium! Sacha Kljestan argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
89' Javier Hernandez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
The final score is 1-0.

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
Jeremy Ebobisse	5
Vako Qazaishvili	4
Joseph Paintsil	4
Cristian Espinoza	4
Riqui Puig	3
Nick Lima	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

1.25 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.46 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or San Jose Earthquakes 74% + Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy39% Draw26% San Jose Earthquakes35%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.71

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	15%	85%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

65%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

61%

Los Angeles Galaxy or San Jose Earthquakes

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy24% Draw47% San Jose Earthquakes29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.1%

0 – 1

8.7%

0 – 0

8.6%

1 – 2

8.5%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

7.3%

0 – 2

6.9%

2 – 2

5.4%

2 – 0

5.1%

1 – 3

4.2%

0 – 3

3.3%

3 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	17%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	20%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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