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

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MLS · 2023

San Jose Earthquakes

2 – 3

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Thu 31 Aug 2023 · 02:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 16' Tyler Boyd

Lucas Felipe Calegari og 29' 1–1

Jeremy Ebobisse 31' 2–1

2–2 50' Riqui Puig

2–3 61' Dejan Joveljic pen

Rodrigues 19' Y

Carlos Akapo 43' Y

Miguel Trauco 65' Y

Carlos Gruezo 75' Y

Y 83' Edwin Cerrillo

Paul Marie 90' Y

Y 90' Julian Aude

Overview

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

San Jose Earthquakes 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)

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

San Jose Earthquakes 21 games · Avg 3.5 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2023-08-31 San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-07-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-05-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2022-09-25 San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2022-07-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–3	L
27 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–3	L
21 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
13 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–0	W
09 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D
02 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–2	D

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–2	W
27 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	3–0	W
16 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–4	L
09 Jul	Philadelphia Union	H	3–1	W
05 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
02 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Los Angeles Galaxy
#17	Position	#24
32	Points	20
15	Played	15
10 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	5 / 5 / 5
34	Scored	22
15	Conceded	22
+19	GD	+0
2.13	PPG	1.33
67%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

76% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

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

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/–

31-45

4/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy get this one started.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jonathan Bond, as he is very good at scoring at PayPal Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
10' A quiet spell here at PayPal Park. Los Angeles Galaxy seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
15' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
16' The deadlock is broken! Tyler Boyd gets on the scoresheet on 16 minutes.
19' Rodrigues was booked on 19.
24' The 33-year-old Oriol Rosell has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
29' The deadlock is broken! Lucas Felipe Calegari gets on the scoresheet on 29 minutes.
31' Jeremy Ebobisse has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 31 minutes.
35' Another change for Los Angeles Galaxy made on 35 minute. Douglas Costa leaves to be changed by Diego Fagundez.
40' Both keepers have barely been tested. San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
43' Carlos Akapo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 43.
48' Another substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy to replace Oriol Rosell by Marky Delgado on 48 minute.
50' A goal from the Spain international Riqui Puig! He fires home on 50 to make it 1-3!
55' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 279 games and scored 424 goals.
60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
61' GOAL! Dejan Joveljic fires home to make it 1-4!
65' Poor challenge from Miguel Trauco. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
70' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
71' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Cade Cowell is replaced by Matthew Hoppe on 71 minute.
72' Los Angeles Galaxy ring the changes. Raheem Edwards has done his job and it is now time for Julian Aude to step up.
75' Carlos Gruezo picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
79' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Riqui Puig trudges off to be replaced by Daniel Aguirre on 79 minutes.
81' Paul Marie is replacing Miguel Trauco for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
83' Edwin Cerrillo has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 83.
84' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Carlos Akapo trudges off to be replaced by Tommy Thompson on 84 minutes.
89' Los Angeles Galaxy fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
90' A moment of madness from Paul Marie on 90 minutes earns him a card. San Jose Earthquakes will be frustrated.
2-3 the final result. San Jose Earthquakes will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

27
Billy Sharp ↑ 72'
21
Diego Fagundez ↑ 35'
12
Michael Barrios
17
Chris Mavinga
8
Marky Delgado ↑ 48'
18
Kelvin Leerdam
35
Novak Micovic
3
Julian Aude ↑ 72'
37
Daniel Aguirre ↑ 79'

Coach Greg Vanney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-08-31 San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2023-08-27 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-08-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2023-07-13 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2023-07-09 Los Angeles FC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-07-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2023-08-31 San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2023-08-27 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2023-07-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 Philadelphia Union W 2023-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2023-07-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.31 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.6 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes46% Draw23% Los Angeles Galaxy31%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.91

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

70%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

54%

San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles Galaxy

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes40% Draw38% Los Angeles Galaxy22%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 1

8.2%

2 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

6.3%

1 – 2

5.8%

2 – 0

5.5%

3 – 2

1 – 0

4.2%

3 – 0

4.1%

4 – 1

3.7%

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	16%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	20%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	13%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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