Sunday , 16 August 2026

San Jose Earthquakes vs Austin FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
San Jose Earthquakes
4 – 0
Full Time
Austin FC
Thu 21 Oct 2021 · 02:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Nathan 25' Y
Y 39' Jhohan Romana
Y 45' Alexander Ring
Marcos Lopez 81' Y

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Austin FC — MLS at PayPal Park.

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

4
6
2
San Jose Earthquakes 12 games · Avg 4.1 goals Austin FC
Last 5 meetings
2021-10-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Austin FC 2021-09-19 Austin FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-06-20 Austin FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Oct Austin FC H 4–0 W
16 Oct Los Angeles FC A 1–3 L
03 Oct Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–3 L
30 Sep Seattle Sounders FC H 1–3 L
26 Sep Los Angeles FC H 2–0 W
19 Sep Austin FC A 4–3 W
Austin FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Oct San Jose Earthquakes A 0–4 L
17 Oct Minnesota United FC H 0–1 L
02 Oct Real Salt Lake H 2–1 W
30 Sep Colorado Rapids SC A 0–3 L
27 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–0 W
19 Sep San Jose Earthquakes H 3–4 L

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes Austin FC
#18 Position #29
33 Points 17
18 Played 18
10 / 3 / 5 W / D / L 4 / 5 / 9
37 Scored 22
24 Conceded 36
+13 GD -14
1.83 PPG 0.94
56% Win % 22%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season
28% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts). Austin FC are 29th (17 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Austin FC
0-15
5/3
16-30
1/3
31-45
2/3
46-60
1/4
61-75
1/1
76+
6/13
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 11 G 2 A
Ousseni Bouda 5 G 1 A
Austin FC
Myrto Uzuni 6 G
Christian Ramirez 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — San Jose Earthquakes and Austin FC get this one started.
  • 5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Matias Almeyda will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 10' San Jose Earthquakes are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 20' Paraguay international Rodney Redes has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 25' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Nathan.
  • 30' The 32-year-old Julio Cascante has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 35' Supporters expect more eagerness from Zan Kolmanic, as he is very good at scoring at PayPal Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 39' Poor challenge from Jhohan Romana. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 44' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 45' Controversy at the stadium! Alexander Ring argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 46' Austin FC make a change. Cecilio Dominguez trudges off to be replaced by Rodney Redes on 46 minutes.
  • 47' Javier Lopez adds to his 0 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 52' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 54' Benjamin Kikanovic has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 54 minutes.
  • 57' Another substitution for San Jose Earthquakes to replace Tommy Thompson by Paul Marie on 57 minute.
  • 58' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Chris Wondolowski is hanging Andres Rios on the field on 58 minute.
  • 60' Chris Wondolowski is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 64' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Jeremy Ebobisse is replaced by Cade Cowell on 64 minute.
  • 69' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Austin FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 70' A tactical swap from Austin FC — Daniel Pereira on, Sebastian Driussi off on 70 minutes.
  • 75' Austin FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 80' Austin FC ring the changes. Diego Fagundez has done his job and it is now time for Kekuta Manneh to step up.
  • 81' The referee calls foul for Marcos Lopez. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 85' What composure from Carlos Fierro! The Mexico international strokes it home. 4-0.
  • 90' Nathan needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 17 Yellow cards this season.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 4-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

Austin FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Josh Wolff

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Sebastian Driussi 7
Jeremy Ebobisse 6
Javier Lopez 4
Cristian Espinoza 2
Jon Gallagher 2
Preston Judd 2
Benjamin Kikanovic 2
Owen Wolff 2

Head to Head

2021-10-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Austin FC 2021-09-19 Austin FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-06-20 Austin FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-10-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Austin FC W 2021-10-16 Los Angeles FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-10-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-09-30 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-09-26 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Los Angeles FC W 2021-09-19 Austin FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes W

Austin FC Form

2021-10-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Austin FC L 2021-10-17 Austin FC 0–1 Minnesota United FC L 2021-10-02 Austin FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2021-09-30 Colorado Rapids SC 3–0 Austin FC L 2021-09-27 Austin FC 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-09-19 Austin FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
3 San Jose Earthquakes xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.83 Austin FC xG
I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes to win 74% + Over 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct
San Jose Earthquakes74% Draw16% Austin FC10%
Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 3.83
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 72%
28%
± 3.5 52%
48%
± 4.5 33%
67%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw
90%
Draw or Austin FC
26%
San Jose Earthquakes or Austin FC
84%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
San Jose Earthquakes60% Draw32% Austin FC8%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
10%
3 – 0
9.7%
2 – 1
8%
3 – 1
7.8%
4 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
6.6%
1 – 1
6.1%
4 – 1
5.9%
5 – 0
4.3%
5 – 1
3.6%
3 – 2
3.2%
2 – 2
3.2%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push Austin FC covers
-2.5 40% — 60%
-2 40% 21% 39%
-1.5 61% — 39%
-1 61% 19% 21%
-0.5 79% — 21%
+0.5 93% — 7%
+1 93% 5% 2%
+1.5 98% — 2%
+2 98% 2% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
44% ✗
Austin FC keeps clean sheet
6% ✓

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