San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

San Jose Earthquakes

2 – 0

Full Time

Los Angeles FC

Sun 26 Sep 2021 · 02:00 UTC Earthquakes Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Nathan 31' Y

Javier Lopez 32' Y

Cristian Espinoza 34' Y

Y 39' Daniel Crisostomo

Luciano Abecasis 64' Y

Y 75' Jose Cifuentes

Marcos Lopez 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at Earthquakes Stadium.

San Jose Earthquakes 30 games · 48 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 31 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	30	67
2	Internacional CF Miami	30	55
3	New England Revolution	30	52
4	Chicago Fire FC	30	48
5	Charlotte FC	30	47
6	Philadelphia Union	30	46
7	Orlando City SC	30	41
8	Toronto FC	30	36
9	FC Cincinnati	29	36
10	New York Red Bulls	30	36
11	Columbus Crew SC	30	35
12	New York City FC	30	34
13	D.C. United SC	29	33
14	Atlanta United FC	30	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	30	25
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	30	55
17	St. Louis City	30	51
18	FC Dallas	30	51
19	San Jose Earthquakes	30	48
20	Houston Dynamo	30	47
21	Los Angeles FC	31	46
22	Seattle Sounders FC	30	42
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	31	40
24	Colorado Rapids SC	30	39
25	Real Salt Lake	30	36
26	San Diego FC	30	34
27	Portland Timbers	30	34
28	Minnesota United FC	30	34
29	Austin FC	30	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	30	22

Head-to-Head

San Jose Earthquakes 22 games · Avg 4.1 goals Los Angeles FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-26 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Los Angeles FC 2021-08-08 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC 2020-11-05 San Jose Earthquakes 3–2 Los Angeles FC 2020-09-28 Los Angeles FC 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-09-03 Los Angeles FC 5–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	2–0	W
19 Sep	Austin FC	A	4–3	W
16 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	3–4	L
12 Sep	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
05 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–1	L
21 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–1	W

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–2	L
19 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
16 Sep	Austin FC	A	2–1	W
13 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	3–2	W
04 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	4–0	W
28 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–3	D

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Los Angeles FC
#19	Position	#21
48	Points	46
30	Played	31
13 / 9 / 8	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 9
52	Scored	48
42	Conceded	33
+10	GD	+15
1.60	PPG	1.48
43%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

86% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

23% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

42% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (48 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

12/7

16-30

5/5

31-45

5/7

46-60

7/7

61-75

6/2

76+

9/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

6/5

31-45

10/5

46-60

6/6

61-75

6/6

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	16 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	17 G	5 A
Heung-min Son	7 G	11 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. San Jose Earthquakes host Los Angeles FC — let the battle begin!
3' The USA Benjamin Kikanovic breaks the deadlock on 3 minutes. 1-0!
8' Kim Moonhwan is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles FC so far.
13' Both keepers have barely been tested. San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
18' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 18 minutes.
23' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
28' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Jackson Yueill has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
31' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Nathan will be fuming at that decision.
32' Javier Lopez has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 32.
34' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Cristian Espinoza will be fuming at that decision.
39' Los Angeles FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 39.
44' Luciano Abecasis is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for San Jose Earthquakes tonight.
47' Magnificent from Javier Lopez! That is 17 goals in 291 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
52' San Jose Earthquakes have won 439 goals from 291 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
57' Marco Farfan gets the nod from Los Angeles FC. He replaces Sebastien Ibeagha and will look to change the dynamic.
58' The whistle greets Diego Palacios as he departs to be replaced by Raheem Edwards.
60' Kim Moonhwan makes way for Latif Blessing at the 60 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles FC.
64' The referee calls foul for Luciano Abecasis. He receives a Yellow card.
69' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
74' San Jose Earthquakes started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 74.
75' The referee calls foul for Jose Cifuentes. He receives a Yellow card.
76' The whistle greets Cristian Espinoza as he departs to be replaced by Tommy Thompson.
81' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with San Jose Earthquakes winning 50% of all matches.
82' Shea Salinas is ready to make an impact after coming on for Javier Lopez at the 82 minute mark.
86' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Marcos Lopez.
88' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Marcos Lopez is withdrawn and Cade Cowell gets his opportunity.
Another three points for San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

93
Judson
4
Oswaldo Alanis
9
Javier Lopez ↓ Shea Salinas 82'
14
Jackson Yueill
1
J.T. Marcinkowski
27
Marcos Lopez ↓ Cade Cowell 88'
5
Eric Remedi
10
Cristian Espinoza ↓ Tommy Thompson 76'
2
Luciano Abecasis
13
Nathan
28
Benjamin Kikanovic ↓ Chris Wondolowski 88'

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

1
Jamal Blackman
32
Marco Farfan ↑ 57'
2
Jordan Harvey
7
Latif Blessing ↑ 60'
44
Raheem Edwards ↑ 58'
23
Pablo Sisniega
19
Bryce Duke ↑ 58'

Coach Bob Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Denis Bouanga	10
Cristian Espinoza	6
Carlos Vela	6
Diego Rossi	5
Benjamin Kikanovic	4
Cristian Arango	4
Daniel Musovski	3
Chris Wondolowski	3

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-09-26 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Los Angeles FC W 2021-09-19 Austin FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–4 Real Salt Lake L 2021-09-12 FC Dallas 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-08-21 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W

Los Angeles FC Form

2021-09-26 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Los Angeles FC L 2021-09-19 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2021-09-16 Austin FC 1–2 Los Angeles FC W 2021-09-13 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake W 2021-09-04 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-08-28 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.62 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.39 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes47% Draw25% Los Angeles FC28%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.01

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

72%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

53%

San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes31% Draw44% Los Angeles FC25%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 2

7.4%

1 – 0

7.1%

0 – 0

6.6%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 2

0 – 1

0 – 2

4.7%

3 – 1

4.7%

1 – 3

3.4%

3 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	20%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	17%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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