San Jose Earthquakes vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Colorado Rapids SC

Sun 5 Sep 2021 · 02:00 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 4' Lalas Abubakar

Eric Remedi 61' Y

Y 81' Nicolas Mezquida

Oswaldo Alanis 84' Y

Y 85' Jack Price

Y 86' Jack Price

Overview

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San Jose Earthquakes vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at PayPal Park.

San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 27 games · 36 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

San Jose Earthquakes 16 games · Avg 2.4 goals Colorado Rapids SC

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2021-07-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-09-24 Colorado Rapids SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-09-06 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-08-11 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–1	L
21 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–1	W
18 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	1–1	D
14 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–0	D
08 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
05 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	1–1	D

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–0	W
29 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
22 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
18 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–1	W
15 Aug	Houston Dynamo	A	3–1	W
08 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Colorado Rapids SC
#18	Position	#22
45	Points	36
27	Played	27
13 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	11 / 3 / 13
49	Scored	38
39	Conceded	38
+10	GD	+0
1.67	PPG	1.33
48%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 22nd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

3/4

46-60

6/1

61-75

3/7

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	15 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

7 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. San Jose Earthquakes kicks off things out of here…
4' The referee calls foul for Lalas Abubakar. He receives a Yellow card.
6' Another substitution for San Jose Earthquakes to replace Jeremy Ebobisse by Cade Cowell on 6 minute.
11' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
16' The energy levels are beginning to show. Matias Almeyda might look to freshen things up shortly.
21' A quiet spell here at PayPal Park. San Jose Earthquakes seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
26' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Colorado Rapids SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
31' San Jose Earthquakes are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
36' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Colorado Rapids SC that had 280 games and scored 400 goals.
41' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
46' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Luciano Abecasis is replaced by Cristian Espinoza.
51' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
56' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His San Jose Earthquakes side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
61' Eric Remedi catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 61.
62' Chris Wondolowski gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Tanner Beason and will look to change the dynamic.
63' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Chris Wondolowski comes on to replace Tanner Beason.
68' San Jose Earthquakes have won 430 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
72' Another change for Colorado Rapids SC made on 72 minute. Collen Warner leaves to be changed by Nicolas Mezquida.
77' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
78' Andres Rios is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cade Cowell at the 78 minute mark.
81' A meaty challenge results in booking for Nicolas Mezquida on 81.
84' Oswaldo Alanis has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 84.
85' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jack Price.
86' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jack Price.
88' The supporters are chanting for Dominique Badji. He replaces Michael Barrios on 88 minute.
89' Brilliant from the ! Dominique Badji makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 89.
90' Steven Beitashour is replacing Lucas Esteves for the Colorado Rapids SC side.
90' Dominique Badji does the damage! The net is bulging and Colorado Rapids SC surge ahead!
0-1 the final result. San Jose Earthquakes will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

93
Judson
4
Oswaldo Alanis
9
Javier Lopez ↓ Carlos Fierro 72'
6
Shea Salinas ↓ Paul Marie 63'
14
Jackson Yueill
1
J.T. Marcinkowski
11
Jeremy Ebobisse ↓ Cade Cowell 6'
5
Eric Remedi
2
Luciano Abecasis ↓ Cristian Espinoza 46'
13
Nathan
15
Tanner Beason ↓ Chris Wondolowski 62'

Bench

25
Andres Rios
8
Chris Wondolowski ↑ 62'
22
Tommy Thompson
10
Cristian Espinoza ↑ 46'
17
Daniel Vega
3
Paul Marie ↑ 63'
44
Cade Cowell ↑ 6'
7
Carlos Fierro ↑ 72'
16
Jack Skahan

Coach Matias Almeyda

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Michael Barrios ↓ Dominique Badji 88'
2
Keegan Rosenberry
19
Jack Price
4
Danny Wilson
26
Cole Bassett
6
Lalas Abubakar ↓ Drew Moor 6'
32
Collen Warner ↓ Nicolas Mezquida 72'
52
Braian Galvan
9
Andre Shinyashiki ↓ Jonathan Lewis 63'
66
Lucas Esteves ↓ Steven Beitashour 90'
22
William Yarbrough

Bench

8
Dominique Badji ↑ 88'
1
Clint Irwin
3
Drew Moor ↑ 6'
33
Steven Beitashour ↑ 90'
20
Nicolas Mezquida ↑ 72'
7
Jonathan Lewis ↑ 63'

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cole Bassett	4
Rafael Navarro	3
Diego Rubio	3
Nathan	2
Kellyn Acosta	2
Cristian Espinoza	2
Cristian Arango	2
Vako Qazaishvili	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-08-21 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-08-18 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2021-08-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-08-08 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2021-08-05 Portland Timbers 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2021-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-08-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2021-08-22 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2021-08-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-08-15 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-08-08 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.24 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.38 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Colorado Rapids SC 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes32% Draw29% Colorado Rapids SC39%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.62

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

60%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

68%

San Jose Earthquakes or Colorado Rapids SC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes24% Draw48% Colorado Rapids SC28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.4%

0 – 0

9.3%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.3%

1 – 0

2 – 1

7.4%

0 – 2

6.8%

2 – 0

5.5%

2 – 2

5.2%

1 – 3

3.8%

3 – 1

3.1%

0 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	18%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	20%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	12%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

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