San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

San Jose Earthquakes

2 – 1

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Sun 4 Oct 2020 · 02:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+1'

Y 12' Nick DePuy

Y 31' Perry Kitchen

Carlos Fierro 45' Y

Y 45' Jonathan dos Santos

Y 60' Joe Corona

Jackson Yueill 63' Y

J.T. Marcinkowski 90' Y

Overview

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San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

San Jose Earthquakes 34 games · 52 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 34 games · 44 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Andrew Bigelow
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Jose Da Silva
Referee Ricardo Salazar
Referee

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 23 games · Avg 3.3 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-04 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-07-13 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-06-30 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W
28 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	2–1	W
24 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–5	L
20 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–6	L
17 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D
14 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
28 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–3	L
24 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
20 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–2	L
14 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–0	D
07 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Los Angeles Galaxy
#19	Position	#26
52	Points	44
34	Played	34
14 / 10 / 10	W / D / L	11 / 11 / 12
57	Scored	50
51	Conceded	57
+6	GD	-7
1.53	PPG	1.29
41%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 26th (44 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 Galaxy

0-15

6/9

16-30

5/6

31-45

9/12

46-60

6/8

61-75

4/6

76+

10/6

■ 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 Galaxy

Klauss	10 G
Marco Reus	8 G	11 A
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy is underway.
4' GOAL! Sebastian Lletget scores on 4.
9' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
12' A moment of madness from Nick DePuy on 12 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Los Angeles Galaxy will be frustrated.
17' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. San Jose Earthquakes needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
22' Los Angeles Galaxy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
27' San Jose Earthquakes are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's shape.
31' Perry Kitchen catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 31.
36' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
41' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
42' The Peru Marcos Lopez breaks the deadlock on 42 minutes. 1-1!
45' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
50' Los Angeles Galaxy has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
55' Javier Hernandez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
60' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Joe Corona.
63' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jackson Yueill.
66' The crowd applauds Joe Corona as he leaves the pitch. Efrain Alvarez steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
71' USA international David Bingham has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
72' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yony Gonzalez is hanging Sebastian Lletget on the field on 72 minute.
73' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Carlos Fierro departs to be replaced by Shea Salinas.
78' It’s high time Guillermo Schelotto made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
82' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Andres Rios makes it 2-1.
87' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles Galaxy's compact .
89' The crowd applauds Javier Hernandez as he leaves the pitch. Sacha Kljestan steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
90' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for J.T. Marcinkowski on 90 minutes.
90' The whistle greets Emiliano Insua as he departs to be replaced by Diedie Traore.
Full Time. San Jose Earthquakes beats Los Angeles Galaxy

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

14
Javier Hernandez ↓ Sacha Kljestan 89'
3
Emiliano Insua ↓ Diedie Traore 89'
25
Rolf Feltscher
2
Perry Kitchen
8
Jonathan dos Santos C ↓ Ethan Zubak 89'
17
Sebastian Lletget ↓ Yony Gonzalez 72'
1
David Bingham
5
Daniel Steres
10
Cristian Pavon
15
Joe Corona ↓ Efrain Alvarez 66'
20
Nick DePuy

Bench

33
Jonathan Klinsmann
21
Giancarlo Gonzalez
29
Ethan Zubak ↑ 89'
16
Sacha Kljestan ↑ 89'
11
Yony Gonzalez ↑ 72'
67
Carlos Harvey
26
Efrain Alvarez ↑ 66'
19
Diedie Traore ↑ 89'

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Dejan Joveljic	6
Javier Hernandez	5
Joseph Paintsil	5
Jeremy Ebobisse	5
Vako Qazaishvili	4
Cristian Espinoza	4
Riqui Puig	3
Ousseni Bouda	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-10-04 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-09-28 Los Angeles FC 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-09-24 Colorado Rapids SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers L 2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2020-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2020-10-04 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-09-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-09-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2020-09-07 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Los Angeles FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.83 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.25 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes52% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy24%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.08

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

77%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

48%

San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes36% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.7%

2 – 0

7.7%

1 – 2

6.3%

0 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

5.6%

0 – 1

4.9%

3 – 0

4.6%

3 – 2

3.6%

0 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	15%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	21%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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