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

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MLS · 2023

San Jose Earthquakes

2 – 3

Full Time

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 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

San Jose Earthquakes 23 games · Avg 3.3 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	#23
45	Points	36
27	Played	28
13 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	9 / 9 / 10
49	Scored	37
39	Conceded	44
+10	GD	-7
1.67	PPG	1.29
48%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

12/7

16-30

5/4

31-45

5/6

46-60

6/7

61-75

5/2

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

6/9

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/5

76+

9/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	15 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Marco Reus	7 G	7 A
Klauss	7 G
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! San Jose Earthquakes welcome Los Angeles Galaxy for this crunch clash at PayPal Park.
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Los Angeles Galaxy's compact 4-2-3-1.
15' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Miguel Trauco suffering a number of foals already.
16' Tyler Boyd is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
19' It’s a booking for San Jose Earthquakes player. Rodrigues gets a card.
24' With 0 assists to his name this season, Maya Yoshida is clearly more than just a goal scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.
29' A goal from the Brazil international Lucas Felipe Calegari! He fires home on 29 to make it 0-2!
31' GOAL! Jeremy Ebobisse fires home to make it 1-2!
35' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. Douglas Costa is withdrawn and Diego Fagundez gets his opportunity.
40' Marky Delgado has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 22 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
43' Carlos Akapo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 43.
48' Another change for Los Angeles Galaxy made on 48 minute. Oriol Rosell leaves to be changed by Marky Delgado.
50' The deadlock is broken! Riqui Puig gets on the scoresheet on 50 minutes.
55' San Jose Earthquakes are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
60' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
61' Brilliant from the ! Dejan Joveljic makes it 1-4 with a superb finish on 61.
65' San Jose Earthquakes receives a card for a hard tackle on 65.
70' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
71' The whistle greets Cade Cowell as he departs to be replaced by Matthew Hoppe.
72' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Raheem Edwards trudges off to be replaced by Julian Aude on 72 minutes.
75' It’s a booking for San Jose Earthquakes player. Carlos Gruezo gets a card.
79' Daniel Aguirre is replacing Riqui Puig for the Los Angeles Galaxy side.
81' Paul Marie gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Miguel Trauco and will look to change the dynamic.
83' Los Angeles Galaxy player sees a card in front of him.
84' The crowd applauds Carlos Akapo as he leaves the pitch. Tommy Thompson steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
89' Both keepers have barely been tested. San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Paul Marie.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — San Jose Earthquakes 2-3 Los Angeles Galaxy.

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
Joseph Paintsil	5
Jeremy Ebobisse	5
Cristian Espinoza	4
Vako Qazaishvili	4
Riqui Puig	3
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	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

2 / 4

2.17 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.74 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 Earthquakes42% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy34%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

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	74%	26%
± 3.5	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

66%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

58%

San Jose Earthquakes or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes36% Draw38% Los Angeles Galaxy26%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.4%

2 – 1

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.4%

3 – 1

5.7%

3 – 2

4.9%

2 – 0

4.8%

2 – 3

Actual

1 – 0

3.9%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 0

3.4%

0 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	14%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	19%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	15%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	9%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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