San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

San Jose Earthquakes

3 – 3

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Houston Dynamo

Sun 25 May 2025 · 02:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 53' Ezequiel Ponce

Preston Judd 89' Y

Y 89' Pablo Ortiz

Reid Roberts 90' Y

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

2025-05-25 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Houston Dynamo 2024-07-18 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Houston Dynamo 2024-03-31 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-06-22 Houston Dynamo 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-04-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Houston Dynamo

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–3	D
17 May	New England Revolution	A	0–0	D
15 May	Internacional CF Miami	H	3–3	D
11 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	2–0	W
04 May	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W
26 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–3	D
18 May	FC Dallas	A	2–0	W
15 May	Minnesota United FC	H	2–0	W
11 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–3	L
04 May	Los Angeles FC	A	0–2	L
27 Apr	Austin FC	H	2–0	W

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' Three points are at stake. San Jose Earthquakes host Houston Dynamo — let the battle begin!
5' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
10' 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.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 297 games and scored 446 goals.
20' Jack McGlynn has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
25' Houston Dynamo fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
30' The energy levels are beginning to show. Bruce Arena might look to freshen things up shortly.
31' A stunning finish from Ezequiel Ponce — that came from absolutely nowhere!
36' Felipe needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
41' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
46' Daniel Munie, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
50' Felipe has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 50 minutes.
53' It’s gonna be a card for Ezequiel Ponce.
58' Hernan Lopez Munoz has been relatively quiet despite scoring 22 goals in his last 215 appearances.
63' A quiet spell here at PayPal Park. Houston Dynamo seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
64' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Hernan Lopez Munoz exits the field as Preston Judd enters on 64.
65' Time for substitution for Houston Dynamo. Ezequiel Ponce is replaced by Sebastian Kowalczyk.
66' A goal from the USA international Preston Judd! He fires home on 66 to make it 1-2!
71' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
72' Preston Judd with the second goal in the match!
76' Preston Judd is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 14 goals this season for the .
78' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Mark-Anthony Kaye comes on to replace Beau Leroux.
80' Another substitution for Houston Dynamo to replace Felipe by Franco Escobar on 80 minute.
83' Toyosi Olusanya is replacing Amine Bassi for the Houston Dynamo side.
86' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 86 minute. DeJuan Jones leaves to be changed by Nick Lima.
89' A meaty challenge results in booking for Preston Judd on 89.
90' Reid Roberts picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
The points are shared — San Jose Earthquakes 3-3 Houston Dynamo. Honours even.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

94
Vitor Costa
6
Ian Harkes
17
Josef Martinez
10
Cristian Espinoza
36
Earl Edwards Jr. ↓ Ousseni Bouda 78'
22
DeJuan Jones ↓ Nick Lima 86'
23
Hernan Lopez Munoz ↓ Preston Judd 64'
12
Dave Romney
5
Daniel Munie
34
Beau Leroux ↓ Mark-Anthony Kaye 78'
25
Max Floriani

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

31
Jonathan Bond
8
Amine Bassi ↓ Toyosi Olusanya 83'
10
Ezequiel Ponce ↓ Sebastian Kowalczyk 65'
6
Artur
25
Griffin Dorsey
9
Ondrej Lingr
21
Jack McGlynn
35
Brooklyn Raines ↓ Nicolas Lodeiro 83'
36
Felipe ↓ Franco Escobar 80'
24
Obafemi Awodesu
22
Pablo Ortiz

Bench

Coach Ben Olsen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Ferreira	4
Jackson Yueill	3
Thor Ulfarsson	3
Preston Judd	3
Tomas Martinez	3
Vako Qazaishvili	2
Jeremy Ebobisse	2
Tomas Martinez	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2025-05-25 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Houston Dynamo D 2025-05-17 New England Revolution 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2025-05-15 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Internacional CF Miami D 2025-05-11 Colorado Rapids SC 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2025-05-04 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2025-04-26 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Houston Dynamo Form

2025-05-25 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Houston Dynamo D 2025-05-18 FC Dallas 0–2 Houston Dynamo W 2025-05-15 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Minnesota United FC W 2025-05-11 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-05-04 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo L 2025-04-27 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.82 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.72 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Houston Dynamo 75% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes40% Draw25% Houston Dynamo35%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.54

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

65%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

60%

San Jose Earthquakes or Houston Dynamo

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes31% Draw41% Houston Dynamo28%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–3 not predicted

3 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 2

6.8%

2 – 0

4.9%

3 – 1

4.8%

1 – 0

4.7%

0 – 1

4.4%

0 – 2

4.3%

1 – 3

4.3%

0 – 0

4.3%

3 – 2

4.1%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	12%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	18%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	17%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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