Thursday , 2 July 2026

San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
San Jose Earthquakes
2 – 4
Full Time
Los Angeles FC
Sun 14 Sep 2025 · 00:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Cristian Arango 21' Y
Ronaldo Vieira 57' Y
Y 67' Ryan Porteous

Overview

Match Preview

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

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

8
1
12
San Jose Earthquakes 21 games · Avg 4.1 goals Los Angeles FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 2–4 Los Angeles FC 2025-04-13 Los Angeles FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-10-20 Los Angeles FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-06-23 Los Angeles FC 6–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-05-04 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Sep Los Angeles FC H 2–4 L
31 Aug Austin FC A 1–3 L
24 Aug Houston Dynamo A 2–1 W
17 Aug San Diego FC H 1–2 L
10 Aug Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 2–1 W
27 Jul Real Salt Lake A 1–2 L
Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Sep San Jose Earthquakes A 4–2 W
01 Sep San Diego FC H 1–2 L
24 Aug FC Dallas A 1–1 D
16 Aug New England Revolution A 2–0 W
10 Aug Chicago Fire FC A 2–2 D
26 Jul Portland Timbers H 0–1 L

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes Los Angeles FC
#17 Position #20
32 Points 24
15 Played 15
10 / 2 / 3 W / D / L 7 / 3 / 5
34 Scored 24
15 Conceded 17
+19 GD +7
2.13 PPG 1.60
67% Win % 47%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)
86% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season
60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 17th (32 pts). Los Angeles FC are 20th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
0-15
7/3
16-30
2/2
31-45
3/1
46-60
4/4
61-75
3/–
76+
7/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Los Angeles FC
0-15
1/3
16-30
4/2
31-45
2/2
46-60
1/5
61-75
3/2
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Temperatures are rising at PayPal Park as San Jose Earthquakes face off against Los Angeles FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 1' A goal from the South Korea international Heung-min Son! He fires home on 1 to make it 0-1!
  • 6' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 9' The deadlock is broken! Denis Bouanga gets on the scoresheet on 9 minutes.
  • 12' What a strike from Denis Bouanga! The score is 0-3.
  • 17' San Jose Earthquakes are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles FC's shape.
  • 18' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Preston Judd makes no mistake. 1-3!
  • 21' Cristian Arango has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 21.
  • 26' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His San Jose Earthquakes side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 31' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 36' Vitor Costa is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles FC tonight.
  • 41' The home supporters are growing impatient. San Jose Earthquakes must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 46' Mathieu Choiniere needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 51' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Eddie Segura made 285 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 56' 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.
  • 57' Ronaldo Vieira has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 57.
  • 60' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Rodrigues has done his job and it is now time for Benjamin Kikanovic to step up.
  • 65' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 66' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Josef Martinez comes on to replace Preston Judd.
  • 67' It’s a booking for Los Angeles FC player. Ryan Porteous gets a card.
  • 72' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Artem Smoliakov is replaced by Ryan Hollingshead.
  • 77' Timothy Tillman has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
  • 80' A tactical swap from Los Angeles FC — Esteban David Martinez on, Heung-min Son off on 80 minutes.
  • 85' It looks surprising Los Angeles FC does not make any changes. Artem Smoliakov has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 86' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Marky Delgado is replaced by Frankie Amaya.
  • 87' GOAL! Denis Bouanga scores on 87. Assisted by Sergi Palencia
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-4 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Denis Bouanga 9
Cristian Espinoza 6
Carlos Vela 6
Diego Rossi 5
Benjamin Kikanovic 4
Cristian Arango 4
Daniel Musovski 3
Chris Wondolowski 3

Head to Head

2025-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 2–4 Los Angeles FC 2025-04-13 Los Angeles FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-10-20 Los Angeles FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-06-23 Los Angeles FC 6–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-05-04 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Los Angeles FC

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2025-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 2–4 Los Angeles FC L 2025-08-31 Austin FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-08-24 Houston Dynamo 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2025-08-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 San Diego FC L 2025-08-10 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2025-07-27 Real Salt Lake 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Los Angeles FC Form

2025-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 2–4 Los Angeles FC W 2025-09-01 Los Angeles FC 1–2 San Diego FC L 2025-08-24 FC Dallas 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2025-08-16 New England Revolution 0–2 Los Angeles FC W 2025-08-10 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Los Angeles FC D 2025-07-26 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.74 San Jose Earthquakes xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.92 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles FC 75% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
San Jose Earthquakes34% Draw25% Los Angeles FC41%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 3.66
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 70%
30%
± 3.5 49%
51%
± 4.5 31%
69%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw
59%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
66%
San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
San Jose Earthquakes28% Draw40% Los Angeles FC32%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–4 not predicted
2 – 4
Actual
1 – 1
9.4%
1 – 2
8%
2 – 1
7.2%
2 – 2
6.8%
1 – 3
5.1%
0 – 2
4.8%
2 – 3
4.4%
0 – 1
4.4%
3 – 1
4.2%
3 – 2
4%
2 – 0
4%
1 – 0
3.9%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 10% 82%
-1.5 18% — 82%
-1 18% 17% 65%
-0.5 35% — 65%
+0.5 58% — 42%
+1 58% 18% 23%
+1.5 77% — 23%
+2 77% 13% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
16% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
18% ✓

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