San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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San Jose Earthquakes

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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 34 games · 52 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 34 games · 51 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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
#19	Position	#20
52	Points	51
34	Played	34
14 / 10 / 10	W / D / L	14 / 9 / 11
57	Scored	43
51	Conceded	43
+6	GD	+0
1.53	PPG	1.50
41%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

38% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts). Houston Dynamo are 20th (51 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

14/7

16-30

6/7

31-45

6/7

46-60

7/8

61-75

6/3

76+

10/16

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/3

16-30

6/7

31-45

9/4

46-60

6/4

61-75

6/4

76+

5/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	17 G	3 A
Ousseni Bouda	7 G	1 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme	16 G	8 A
Mateusz Bogusz	8 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at PayPal Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Matias Almeyda will be considering his options from the bench.
10' Houston Dynamo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. San Jose Earthquakes must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Daniel Munie scoring 1 goals.
25' Marko Maric, a Croatia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
30' San Jose Earthquakes are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Houston Dynamo's shape.
35' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
40' Matias Vera does the damage! The net is bulging and Houston Dynamo surge ahead!
45' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their trying to find a way past Houston Dynamo's compact .
50' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Zarek Valentin makes it 1-1.
51' Oswaldo Alanis does the damage! The net is bulging and San Jose Earthquakes surge ahead!
53' Poor challenge from Fafa Picault. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
57' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Tim Parker.
62' The supporters are chanting for Carlos Fierro. He replaces Jack Skahan on 62 minute.
67' Carlos Darwin Quintero is replacing Fafa Picault for the Houston Dynamo side.
68' The referee shows Houston Dynamo player a Yellow card on 68.
70' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Nathan will be fuming at that decision.
71' Time for substitution for Houston Dynamo. Memo Rodriguez is replaced by Adam Lundqvist.
71' Nathan has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 71.
72' The whistle greets Luciano Abecasis as he departs to be replaced by Paul Marie.
77' Andres Rios gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Chris Wondolowski and will look to change the dynamic.
82' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
87' Teenage Hadebe is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
90' The referee calls foul for Carlos Fierro. He receives a Red card.
1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

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
Tomas Martinez	3
Jackson Yueill	3
Thor Ulfarsson	3
Preston Judd	3
Mauro Manotas	2
Vako Qazaishvili	2
Jeremy Ebobisse	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

1.35 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.23 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: 2.58

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

9.6%

1 – 0

9.2%

0 – 1

8.3%

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 0

6.7%

0 – 2

5.6%

2 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

3.7%

1 – 3

3.1%

3 – 0

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	20%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	18%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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