San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

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 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 18 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

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

San Jose Earthquakes 14 games · Avg 3.6 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	#19
33	Points	32
18	Played	18
10 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	10 / 2 / 6
37	Scored	27
24	Conceded	24
+13	GD	+3
1.83	PPG	1.78
56%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

79% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

42% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts). Houston Dynamo are 19th (32 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

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

3/3

61-75

4/2

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	11 G	2 A
Ousseni Bouda	5 G	1 A

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme

8 G

4 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! San Jose Earthquakes welcome Houston Dynamo for this crunch clash at PayPal Park.
5' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
10' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
20' It’s high time Tab Ramos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
25' Tanner Beason is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Houston Dynamo so far.
30' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their trying to find a way past Houston Dynamo's compact .
35' Florian Jungwirth has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 14 cards already picked up this season.
40' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Matias Vera makes it 0-1.
45' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
50' GOAL! Zarek Valentin fires home to make it 1-1!
51' GOAL! Oswaldo Alanis fires home to make it 2-1!
53' The referee calls foul for Fafa Picault. He receives a Yellow card.
57' Houston Dynamo receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 57.
62' Jack Skahan makes way for Carlos Fierro at the 62 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
67' Another change for Houston Dynamo made on 67 minute. Fafa Picault leaves to be changed by Carlos Darwin Quintero.
68' The referee shows Houston Dynamo player a Yellow card on 68.
70' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
71' The crowd applauds Memo Rodriguez as he leaves the pitch. Adam Lundqvist steps in for Houston Dynamo.
71' Nathan catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 71.
72' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Luciano Abecasis has done his job and it is now time for Paul Marie to step up.
77' Andres Rios is ready to make an impact after coming on for Chris Wondolowski at the 77 minute mark.
82' Sam Junqua is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for San Jose Earthquakes tonight.
87' San Jose Earthquakes are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
90' San Jose Earthquakes receives a Red card for a hard tackle on 90.
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
Preston Judd	3
Thor Ulfarsson	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

2 / 4

1.57 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.27 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Houston Dynamo 73% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes43% Draw27% Houston Dynamo30%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.84

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

70%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

57%

San Jose Earthquakes or Houston Dynamo

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes32% Draw45% Houston Dynamo23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 0

8.3%

0 – 0

7.7%

2 – 0

7.1%

1 – 2

7.1%

0 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 1

4.6%

0 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	21%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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