Los Angeles Galaxy vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Los Angeles Galaxy

4 – 3

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San Jose Earthquakes

Mon 22 Apr 2024 · 00:15 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Joseph Paintsil 7' Y

Y 45' Cristian Espinoza

Y 54' Carlos Gruezo

Y 65' Vitor Costa

Eriq Zavaleta 70' R

Riqui Puig 70' Y

Y 76' Jack Skahan

Overview

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

Los Angeles Galaxy 31 games · 40 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 30 games · 48 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	30	67
2	Internacional CF Miami	30	55
3	New England Revolution	30	52
4	Chicago Fire FC	30	48
5	Charlotte FC	30	47
6	Philadelphia Union	30	46
7	Orlando City SC	30	41
8	FC Cincinnati	30	39
9	Toronto FC	30	36
10	New York Red Bulls	30	36
11	Columbus Crew SC	30	35
12	New York City FC	30	34
13	D.C. United SC	30	33
14	Atlanta United FC	30	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	30	25
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	30	55
17	St. Louis City	30	51
18	FC Dallas	30	51
19	San Jose Earthquakes	30	48
20	Houston Dynamo	30	47
21	Los Angeles FC	31	46
22	Seattle Sounders FC	30	42
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	31	40
24	Colorado Rapids SC	30	39
25	Real Salt Lake	30	36
26	San Diego FC	30	34
27	Portland Timbers	30	34
28	Minnesota United FC	30	34
29	Austin FC	30	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	30	22

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2024-04-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-03-03 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-08-31 San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-07-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-05-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	H	4–3	W
14 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–1	W
06 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	1–2	L
31 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
24 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	3–2	W
17 Mar	St. Louis City	H	3–3	D

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–4	L
14 Apr	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–3	L
07 Apr	Austin FC	A	3–4	L
31 Mar	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L
24 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–2	W
17 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		San Jose Earthquakes
#23	Position	#19
40	Points	48
31	Played	30
10 / 10 / 11	W / D / L	13 / 9 / 8
43	Scored	52
52	Conceded	42
-9	GD	+10
1.29	PPG	1.60
32%	Win %	43%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

23% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (40 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (48 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

5/7

16-30

5/6

31-45

7/12

46-60

4/6

61-75

3/5

76+

10/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

12/7

16-30

5/5

31-45

5/7

46-60

7/7

61-75

6/2

76+

9/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Klauss	9 G
Marco Reus	8 G	8 A
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	16 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Los Angeles Galaxy vs San Jose Earthquakes — let the football do the talking.
5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
7' Joseph Paintsil picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
12' Los Angeles Galaxy currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
14' Gabriel Pec is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 3 goals this season for the .
19' Rodrigues is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
24' GOAL! Joseph Paintsil scores on 24.
29' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' Maya Yoshida makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Los Angeles Galaxy are in front.
32' GOAL! Rodrigues scores on 32. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza
37' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
42' Ousseni Bouda has been relatively quiet despite scoring 9 goals in his last 291 appearances.
45' The referee calls foul for Cristian Espinoza. He receives a card.
46' Jeremy Ebobisse is ready to make an impact after coming on for Preston Judd at the 46 minute mark.
51' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
54' A moment of madness from Carlos Gruezo on 54 minutes earns him a card. San Jose Earthquakes will be frustrated.
56' Riqui Puig adds to his 0 season tally! Los Angeles Galaxy lead 4-1 — and this changes everything.
57' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Amahl Pellegrino is replaced by Benjamin Kikanovic on 57 minute.
58' Benjamin Kikanovic does the damage! The net is bulging and San Jose Earthquakes surge ahead!
61' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Eriq Zavaleta is hanging Martin Caceres on the field on 61 minute.
65' The referee has no hesitation. Vitor Costa is booked for San Jose Earthquakes — card on 65.
66' Mauricio Cuevas has so much to prove this time. He replaces Edwin Cerrillo on 66 minute.
70' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Eriq Zavaleta on 70 minutes.
72' Jeremy Ebobisse adds to his 1 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 4-3 — and this changes everything.
76' Jack Skahan was booked on 76.
77' Alfredo Morales has so much to prove this time. He replaces Carlos Gruezo on 77 minute.
82' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 291 games and scored 439 goals.
85' The crowd applauds Gabriel Pec as he leaves the pitch. Daniel Aguirre steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
87' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 87 minute. Vitor Costa leaves to be changed by Ousseni Bouda.
4-3 the final result. San Jose Earthquakes will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

21
Diego Fagundez ↑ 66'
15
Eriq Zavaleta ↑ 61'
14
John Nelson
35
Novak Micovic
27
Miguel Berry ↑ 85'
18
Jonathan Perez
37
Daniel Aguirre ↑ 85'
19
Mauricio Cuevas ↑ 66'
30
Gino Vivi

Coach Greg Vanney

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

29
Carlos Akapo
14
Jackson Yueill
7
Carlos Gruezo ↓ Alfredo Morales 77'
94
Vitor Costa ↓ Ousseni Bouda 87'
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
15
Tanner Beason
25
William Yarbrough
30
Niko Tsakiris ↓ Jack Skahan 57'
9
Amahl Pellegrino ↓ Benjamin Kikanovic 57'
19
Preston Judd ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse 46'

Bench

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

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
Ousseni Bouda	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2024-04-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–3 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-04-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2024-04-06 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2024-03-31 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-03-24 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2024-03-17 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 St. Louis City D

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2024-04-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-04-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–3 Colorado Rapids SC L 2024-04-07 Austin FC 4–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-03-31 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-03-24 San Jose Earthquakes 3–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-03-17 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.22 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.91 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Both teams to score 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy52% Draw20% San Jose Earthquakes28%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes75% 0% No25%

Avg goals/match: 4.13

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

73%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

48%

Los Angeles Galaxy or San Jose Earthquakes

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy35% Draw37% San Jose Earthquakes28%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–3 not predicted

4 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

7.6%

2 – 1

7.4%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.4%

3 – 1

5.4%

3 – 2

5.1%

2 – 3

4.4%

2 – 0

4.1%

1 – 3

3 – 3

3.3%

1 – 0

3.2%

0 – 2

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	13%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	18%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	15%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	10%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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