San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

San Jose Earthquakes

2 – 1

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Los Angeles FC

Sun 21 Aug 2022 · 02:00 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Tommy Thompson 30' Y

Nathan 31' Y

Y 42' Sebastien Ibeagha

Benjamin Kikanovic 60' Y

Y 67' Kellyn Acosta

Y 67' Ilie Sanchez

Eric Remedi 74' Y

R 79' Ilie Sanchez

Y 86' Jose Cifuentes

Y 90' Cristian Arango

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at PayPal Park.

San Jose Earthquakes 34 games · 52 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 34 games · 47 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 22 games · Avg 4.1 goals Los Angeles FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-08-21 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC 2022-05-28 Los Angeles FC 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-10-16 Los Angeles FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-09-26 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Los Angeles FC 2021-08-08 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
14 Aug	FC Dallas	A	1–4	L
07 Aug	Austin FC	A	3–3	D
04 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	H	0–1	L
31 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	2–2	D
24 Jul	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
17 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	1–0	W
14 Aug	Charlotte FC	H	5–0	W
07 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	4–1	W
30 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
24 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Los Angeles FC
#19	Position	#21
52	Points	47
34	Played	34
14 / 10 / 10	W / D / L	12 / 11 / 11
57	Scored	52
51	Conceded	40
+6	GD	+12
1.53	PPG	1.38
41%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

86% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

38% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (47 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

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/5

16-30

6/6

31-45

10/8

46-60

7/7

61-75

7/6

76+

8/7

■ 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

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	18 G	5 A
Heung-min Son	7 G	11 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Los Angeles FC kicks off things out of here…
5' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Jhegson Mendez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' 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.
14' Brilliant from the ! Benjamin Kikanovic makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 14.
15' Benjamin Kikanovic does the damage! The net is bulging and San Jose Earthquakes surge ahead!
20' Both keepers have barely been tested. San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
25' It’s high time Steven Cherundolo made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
30' Tommy Thompson picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
31' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
36' Jeremy Ebobisse is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles FC tonight.
41' San Jose Earthquakes are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles FC's shape.
42' Sebastien Ibeagha catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 42.
47' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
52' Over 52 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
55' Kwadwo Opoku is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
60' The referee has no hesitation. Benjamin Kikanovic is booked for San Jose Earthquakes — Yellow card on 60.
64' Ilie Sanchez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Latif Blessing on 64 minute.
67' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Kellyn Acosta.
69' Cade Cowell is ready to make an impact after coming on for Benjamin Kikanovic at the 69 minute mark.
74' A moment of madness from Eric Remedi on 74 minutes earns him a Yellow card. San Jose Earthquakes will be frustrated.
75' Another change for Los Angeles FC made on 75 minute. Kwadwo Opoku leaves to be changed by Gareth Bale.
77' Goal! Cade Cowell scores his 14 goal in 298 matches.
79' Los Angeles FC player sees a Red card in front of him.
84' The energy levels are beginning to show. Steven Cherundolo might look to freshen things up shortly.
86' Los Angeles FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 86.
87' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Eddie Segura comes on to replace Franco Escobar.
90' Cristian Arango picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
With this win, San Jose Earthquakes is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Alex Covelo

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

11
Gareth Bale ↑ 75'
6
Ilie Sanchez ↑ 64'
77
John McCarthy
10
Carlos Vela ↑ 64'
4
Eddie Segura ↑ 87'
17
Brian Rodriguez
20
Jose Cifuentes ↑ 64'
31
Daniel Trejo

Coach Steven Cherundolo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2022-08-21 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2022-08-14 FC Dallas 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2022-08-07 Austin FC 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D 2022-08-04 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Internacional CF Miami L 2022-07-31 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2022-07-24 Portland Timbers 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-08-21 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2022-08-17 Los Angeles FC 1–0 D.C. United SC W 2022-08-14 Los Angeles FC 5–0 Charlotte FC W 2022-08-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC W 2022-07-30 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-07-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.49 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.54 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles FC 73% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes38% Draw27% Los Angeles FC35%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.03

Actual: Yes — both scored

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

65%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

62%

San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes27% Draw44% Los Angeles FC29%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

6.6%

0 – 0

6.6%

1 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.1%

0 – 2

5.7%

2 – 0

5.3%

1 – 3

4.2%

3 – 1

3.9%

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	18%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	19%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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