San Jose Earthquakes vs Atlanta United FC, 2018

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MLS · 2018

San Jose Earthquakes

3 – 4

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Atlanta United FC

Thu 20 Sep 2018 · 03:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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San Jose Earthquakes vs Atlanta United FC — MLS .

San Jose Earthquakes 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Atlanta United FC 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee C. Blanchard
Referee Drew Fischer
Referee Alejandro Mariscal
Referee Matthew Nelson

7 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 11.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

San Jose Earthquakes 4 games · Avg 4.0 goals Atlanta United FC

Last 5 meetings

2018-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 3–4 Atlanta United FC

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Sep	Atlanta United FC	H	3–4	L
16 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–5	L
02 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
30 Aug	FC Dallas	H	4–3	W
26 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–3	L
19 Aug	Toronto FC	H	1–1	D

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	4–3	W
15 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	3–0	W
02 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	1–3	L
25 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	2–1	W
19 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–1	W
04 Aug	Toronto FC	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Atlanta United FC
#17	Position	#14
32	Points	11
15	Played	14
10 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 9
34	Scored	14
15	Conceded	23
+19	GD	-9
2.13	PPG	0.79
67%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

14% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 17th (32 pts). Atlanta United FC are 14th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

4/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Atlanta United FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

–/2

31-45

1/1

46-60

2/2

61-75

1/4

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for San Jose Earthquakes and Atlanta United FC.
5' San Jose Earthquakes seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Shea Salinas is clearly more than just a goal scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.
15' Atlanta United FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' 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 Julian Gressel suffering a number of foals already.
35' San Jose Earthquakes is showing some good football. However, San Jose Earthquakes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
40' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
45' J.T. Marcinkowski is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Atlanta United FC tonight.
50' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Ezequiel Barco has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
55' Hector Villalba needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
60' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
65' Both keepers have barely been tested. San Jose Earthquakes and Atlanta United FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
70' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
75' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
80' San Jose Earthquakes are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Atlanta United FC's shape.
85' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with San Jose Earthquakes winning 100% of all matches.
90' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their trying to find a way past Atlanta United FC's compact .
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steve Ralston

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Eric Remedi
2
Franco Escobar ↓ Kevin Kratz 71'
1
Brad Guzan
7
Josef Martinez
18
Jeff Larentowicz ↓ Ezequiel Barco 46'
3
Michael Parkhurst C
5
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
15
Hector Villalba ↓ Brandon Vazquez 87'
16
Chris McCann
24
Julian Gressel
10
Miguel Almiron

Bench

Coach Gerardo Martino

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Josef Martinez	2
Josef Martinez	2
Vako Qazaishvili	1
Brad Guzan	1
Nick Lima	1
Thiago Almada	1
Danny Hoesen	1
Jeremy Ebobisse	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.55 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

2.08 Atlanta United FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 83% + Both teams to score 80%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes43% Draw22% Atlanta United FC35%

Actual: Atlanta United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes80% 0% No20%

Avg goals/match: 4.63

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	83%	17%
± 3.5	66%	34%
± 4.5	48%	52%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

64%

Draw or Atlanta United FC

57%

San Jose Earthquakes or Atlanta United FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes38% Draw35% Atlanta United FC27%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted

3 – 4

Actual

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 1

6.5%

1 – 1

5.9%

3 – 2

5.5%

3 – 1

5.4%

1 – 2

5.4%

2 – 3

4.5%

3 – 3

3.8%

1 – 3

3.7%

4 – 2

3.6%

4 – 1

3.5%

2 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Atlanta United FC covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	14%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	18%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	14%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	9%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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

San Jose Earthquakes vs Atlanta United FC, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

Atlanta United FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Clean Sheet