San Jose Earthquakes vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
San Jose Earthquakes vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at PayPal Park.
- San Jose Earthquakes 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Jun FC Cincinnati H 2–4 L 31 May New York City FC A 1–5 L 26 May Austin FC H 1–1 D 19 May Orlando City SC H 0–1 L 16 May Portland Timbers A 2–4 L 12 May Colorado Rapids SC A 3–2 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Jun San Jose Earthquakes A 4–2 W 29 May Nashville SC H 0–2 L 25 May Toronto FC A 4–3 W 18 May St. Louis City H 3–1 W 15 May Atlanta United FC H 1–0 W 11 May Columbus Crew SC A 2–1 W Season Stats
San Jose Earthquakes FC Cincinnati #17 Position #7 32 Points 20 15 Played 15 10 / 2 / 3 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 34 Scored 36 15 Conceded 37 +19 GD -1 2.13 PPG 1.33 67% Win % 33% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this seasonSan Jose Earthquakes are 17th (32 pts). FC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
San Jose Earthquakes0-157/316-302/231-453/146-604/461-753/–76+7/3■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to PayPal Park that hosts another battle between San Jose Earthquakes and FC Cincinnati.
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 10' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Cincinnati is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yuya Kubo made 292 appearances and scored 18 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 25' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 30' 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.
- 35' Obinna Nwobodo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 40' It’s high time Pat Noonan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 45' San Jose Earthquakes started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
- 50' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Cincinnati that had 223 games and scored 302 goals.
- 53' Goal! Pavel Bucha scores his 8 goal in 166 matches.
- 57' GOAL! Hernan Lopez Munoz scores on 57. Assisted by Vitor Costa
- 62' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 62 minutes.
- 64' The FC Cincinnati manager makes a substitution. Sergio Santos departs to be replaced by Yuya Kubo.
- 66' It’s gonna be a card for Kevin Kelsy.
- 71' Jeremy Ebobisse needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 4 Yellow cards this season.
- 72' Sensational shot from Cristian Espinoza. San Jose Earthquakes is back in the lead.
- 75' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Amahl Pellegrino is replaced by Jack Skahan.
- 76' Gerardo Valenzuela is replacing Nick Hagglund for the FC Cincinnati side.
- 78' What an equalizer from Yuya Kubo!
- 80' Yuya Kubo puts FC Cincinnati on the lead.
- 84' Another substitution for FC Cincinnati to replace Luca Orellano by Bret Halsey on 84 minute.
- 87' Goal! Yuya Kubo scores his 18 goal in 292 matches.
- 90' Hernan Lopez Munoz was booked on 90.
- Full Time. FC Cincinnati beats San Jose Earthquakes
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Lineups
San Jose Earthquakes Lineups
Starting XI
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Jackson Yueill ↓ Preston Judd 84'
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Niko Tsakiris ↓ Alfredo Morales 84'
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Amahl Pellegrino ↓ Jack Skahan 75'
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Bench
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Alfredo Morales ↑ 84'
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Jack Skahan ↑ 75'
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Preston Judd ↑ 84'
Coach Luchi GonzalezFC Cincinnati Lineups
Starting XI
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Matt Miazga ↓ Kipp Keller 64'
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Luca Orellano ↓ Bret Halsey 84'
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Sergio Santos ↓ Yuya Kubo 64'
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Kevin Kelsy ↓ Yamil Asad 76'
Bench
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Yuya Kubo ↑ 64'
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Yamil Asad ↑ 76'
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Bret Halsey ↑ 84'
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Kipp Keller ↑ 64'
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Gerardo Valenzuela ↑ 76'
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Coach Pat Noonan -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Yuya Kubo 4 Brenner da Silva 2 Luciano Acosta 1 Alvaro Barreal 1 Cristian Espinoza 1 Hernan Lopez Munoz 1 Pavel Bucha 1 Nick Lima 1 Head to Head
San Jose Earthquakes Form
2024-06-16 San Jose Earthquakes 2–4 FC Cincinnati L 2024-05-31 New York City FC 5–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-05-26 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Austin FC D 2024-05-19 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Orlando City SC L 2024-05-16 Portland Timbers 4–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-05-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 San Jose Earthquakes W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.67 San Jose Earthquakes xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.3 FC Cincinnati xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 86% + Both teams to score 83%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Cincinnati winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.97Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 99% 1% ± 1.5 96% 4% ± 2.5 86% 14% ± 3.5 72% 28% ± 4.5 54% 46% Double Chance
San Jose Earthquakes or Draw 63%Draw or FC Cincinnati 58%San Jose Earthquakes or FC Cincinnati 79%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✗ 2–4 not predicted2 – 4Actual2 – 2 6.3%2 – 1 5.7%3 – 2 5.6%3 – 1 5%1 – 2 4.9%1 – 1 4.9%2 – 3 4.8%3 – 3 4.2%4 – 2 3.7%1 – 3 3.7%4 – 1 3.3%4 – 3 2.9%Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes
Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push FC Cincinnati covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 13% 70% -1.5 30% — 70% -1 30% 17% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 66% — 34% +1 66% 15% 20% +1.5 80% — 20% +2 80% 10% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet 11% ✓FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 8% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

