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 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

San Jose Earthquakes 22 games · Avg 3.4 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
#18	Position	#27
33	Points	22
18	Played	19
10 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	5 / 7 / 7
37	Scored	24
24	Conceded	29
+13	GD	-5
1.83	PPG	1.16
56%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

68% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

28% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/5

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/2

46-60

5/5

61-75

4/1

76+

7/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/8

46-60

2/3

61-75

–/4

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	11 G	2 A
Ousseni Bouda	5 G	1 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: San Jose Earthquakes gets underway.
5' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
10' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
15' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
16' Los Angeles Galaxy is taking the lead after the goal scored by Tyler Boyd on 16.
19' It’s a booking for San Jose Earthquakes player. Rodrigues gets a card.
24' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
29' Lucas Felipe Calegari doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
31' Jeremy Ebobisse makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and San Jose Earthquakes are in front.
35' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Douglas Costa departs to be replaced by Diego Fagundez.
40' The 34-year-old Oriol Rosell has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
43' Carlos Akapo was booked on 43.
48' Another substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy to replace Oriol Rosell by Marky Delgado on 48 minute.
50' Brilliant from the ! Riqui Puig makes it 1-3 with a superb finish on 50.
55' San Jose Earthquakes are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
60' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
61' Dejan Joveljic is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 5 goals this season for the .
65' It’s a booking for San Jose Earthquakes player. Miguel Trauco gets a card.
70' Douglas Costa has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
71' Matthew Hoppe is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cade Cowell at the 71 minute mark.
72' Fresh legs for Los Angeles Galaxy! Julian Aude comes on to replace Raheem Edwards.
75' Carlos Gruezo is having his name booked by the referee on 75.
79' A tactical swap from Los Angeles Galaxy — Daniel Aguirre on, Riqui Puig off on 79 minutes.
81' Paul Marie is ready to make an impact after coming on for Miguel Trauco at the 81 minute mark.
83' Edwin Cerrillo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 83.
84' The whistle greets Carlos Akapo as he departs to be replaced by Tommy Thompson.
89' Supporters expect more eagerness from Raheem Edwards, as he is very good at scoring at PayPal Park with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
90' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a card in front of him.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Los Angeles Galaxy players.

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
Joseph Paintsil	4
Cristian Espinoza	4
Riqui Puig	3
Andres Rios	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

2.27 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.67 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles Galaxy 76% + Over 2.5 goals 74%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes45% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy31%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.94

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

68%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

55%

San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes39% Draw38% Los Angeles Galaxy23%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.2%

2 – 1

8.1%

2 – 2

6.7%

3 – 1

6.1%

1 – 2

2 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

1 – 0

3 – 0

3.8%

2 – 3

Actual

4 – 1

3.5%

1 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	15%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	19%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	14%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	8%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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