San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

San Jose Earthquakes

2 – 1

Full Time

Los Angeles FC

Sat 6 May 2023 · 23:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Cristian Espinoza 8' 1–0

1–1 30' Denis Bouanga

Cristian Espinoza pen 83' 2–1

Y 29' Mateusz Bogusz

Y 85' Denil Maldonado

Overview

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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

2023-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC 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

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 May	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
30 Apr	Austin FC	A	2–2	D
23 Apr	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
16 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–0	W
08 Apr	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
02 Apr	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
23 Apr	Nashville SC	A	1–1	D
16 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–2	W
08 Apr	Austin FC	H	3–0	W
02 Apr	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–0	D
26 Mar	FC Dallas	H	2–1	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 stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles FC has kicked off!
5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Stipe Biuk made 304 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
8' Cristian Espinoza makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and San Jose Earthquakes are in front.
13' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 13 minutes.
18' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
23' Over 23 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
28' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
29' Mateusz Bogusz was booked on 29.
30' Goal! Denis Bouanga scores his 126 goal in 340 matches.
35' Los Angeles FC have won 599 goals from 304 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
40' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Timo Werner scoring 1 goals.
45' It’s high time Luchi Gonzalez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
50' San Jose Earthquakes is showing some good football. However, San Jose Earthquakes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
55' Paul Marie has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 22 cards already picked up this season.
60' Kwadwo Opoku has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
63' Los Angeles FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kwadwo Opoku is hanging Mateusz Bogusz on the field on 63 minute.
68' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
71' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Cade Cowell is withdrawn and Benjamin Kikanovic gets his opportunity.
75' The Los Angeles FC bench stirs into life. Ilie Sanchez is withdrawn and Kellyn Acosta gets his opportunity.
80' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
83' Magnificent from Cristian Espinoza! That is 43 goals in 210 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
85' Controversy at the stadium! Denil Maldonado argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
86' Judson gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Jackson Yueill and will look to change the dynamic.
89' The Los Angeles FC bench stirs into life. Diego Palacios is withdrawn and Ryan Hollingshead gets his opportunity.
90' Tanner Beason has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jamiro Monteiro on 90 minute.
It finishes all square. San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles FC share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

Los Angeles FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios ↓ Ryan Hollingshead 89'
30
Sergi Palencia
99
Denis Bouanga
11
Timothy Tillman
6
Ilie Sanchez ↓ Kellyn Acosta 75'
33
Aaron Long
77
John McCarthy
10
Carlos Vela ↓ Stipe Biuk 75'
19
Mateusz Bogusz ↓ Kwadwo Opoku 63'
20
Jose Cifuentes
2
Denil Maldonado

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2023-04-30 Austin FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-04-23 Real Salt Lake 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-04-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-04-08 New York Red Bulls 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-04-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Houston Dynamo W

Los Angeles FC Form

2023-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2023-04-23 Nashville SC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2023-04-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 Los Angeles FC W 2023-04-08 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Austin FC W 2023-04-02 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Los Angeles FC D 2023-03-26 Los Angeles FC 2–1 FC Dallas W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.65 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.32 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes47% Draw26% Los Angeles FC27%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

72%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

53%

San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes32% Draw44% Los Angeles FC24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.7%

1 – 2

7.1%

0 – 0

6.9%

2 – 0

6.9%

0 – 1

5.9%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	21%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	16%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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