San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

San Jose Earthquakes

1 – 1

Full Time

Houston Dynamo

Sun 25 Jul 2021 · 02:00 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 53' Fafa Picault

Y 57' Tim Parker

Y 68' Matias Vera

Nathan 70' Y

Nathan 71' Y

Carlos Fierro 90' R

Y 90' Maximiliano Urruti

Overview

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San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at PayPal Park.

San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 27 games · 44 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 3.2 goals Houston Dynamo

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-25 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Houston Dynamo 2021-04-17 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-06-27 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Houston Dynamo 2019-04-13 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2018-09-30 Houston Dynamo 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
22 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
18 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D
04 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	2–2	D
27 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–3	L
22 Jun	Orlando City SC	A	0–5	L

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
21 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–0	D
08 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–2	L
04 Jul	FC Cincinnati	H	1–1	D
27 Jun	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D
24 Jun	Portland Timbers	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Houston Dynamo
#18	Position	#20
45	Points	44
27	Played	27
13 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	13 / 5 / 9
49	Scored	34
39	Conceded	32
+10	GD	+2
1.67	PPG	1.63
48%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

41% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts). Houston Dynamo are 20th (44 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

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

3/4

31-45

7/4

46-60

5/3

61-75

5/3

76+

3/6

■ 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

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme

14 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: San Jose Earthquakes gets underway.
5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Andres Rios made 293 appearances and scored 22 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
20' It looks like no one’s ball. Houston Dynamo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
25' With 0 assists to his name this season, Zarek Valentin is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Houston Dynamo.
30' Houston Dynamo is showing some good football. However, Houston Dynamo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
35' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
40' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Matias Vera makes no mistake. 0-1!
45' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
50' Zarek Valentin doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
51' GOAL! Oswaldo Alanis scores on 45.
53' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Fafa Picault.
57' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Tim Parker.
62' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Carlos Fierro on, Jack Skahan off on 62 minutes.
67' It is a substitution in Houston Dynamo team. Fafa Picault is replaced by Carlos Darwin Quintero on 67 minute.
68' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Matias Vera on 68 minutes.
70' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Nathan on 70 minutes.
71' It is a substitution in Houston Dynamo team. Memo Rodriguez is replaced by Adam Lundqvist on 71 minute.
71' Nathan is having his name booked by the referee on 71.
72' Paul Marie is replacing Luciano Abecasis for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
77' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 77 minute. Chris Wondolowski leaves to be changed by Andres Rios.
82' Teenage Hadebe, a Zimbabwe , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
87' Joe Corona needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
90' It’s gonna be a Red card for Carlos Fierro.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Houston Dynamo.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

25
Andres Rios ↑ 77'
23
Florian Jungwirth ↑ 72'
27
Marcos Lopez
17
Daniel Vega
29
Jacob Akanyirige
3
Paul Marie ↑ 72'
44
Cade Cowell ↑ 62'
19
Siad Haji
7
Carlos Fierro ↑ 62'

Coach Matias Almeyda

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

37
Maximiliano Urruti
5
Tim Parker
8
Memo Rodriguez ↓ Adam Lundqvist 71'
4
Zarek Valentin
10
Fafa Picault ↓ Carlos Darwin Quintero 67'
1
Marko Maric
25
Griffin Dorsey ↓ Derrick Jones 67'
22
Matias Vera
29
Sam Junqua
14
Joe Corona
18
Teenage Hadebe

Bench

Coach Tab Ramos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Ferreira	4
Preston Judd	3
Tomas Martinez	3
Jackson Yueill	3
Thor Ulfarsson	3
Amine Bassi	2
Mauro Manotas	2
Cristian Espinoza	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-07-25 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-07-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-04 Minnesota United FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-06-27 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-06-22 Orlando City SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes L

Houston Dynamo Form

2021-07-25 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-07-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Houston Dynamo D 2021-07-08 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo L 2021-07-04 Houston Dynamo 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2021-06-27 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-06-24 Houston Dynamo 2–2 Portland Timbers D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.36 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.21 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Houston Dynamo 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes39% Draw29% Houston Dynamo32%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.57

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

68%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

61%

San Jose Earthquakes or Houston Dynamo

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes28% Draw48% Houston Dynamo24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

9.7%

1 – 0

9.3%

2 – 1

8.2%

0 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 0

6.9%

0 – 2

5.5%

2 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

3.8%

3 – 0

3.1%

1 – 3

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	20%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	18%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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