San Jose Earthquakes vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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San Jose Earthquakes

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Seattle Sounders FC

Thu 13 May 2021 · 02:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 39' Raul Ruidiaz

Chris Wondolowski 73' Y

Y 78' Stefan Frei

Luciano Abecasis 80' Y

Luciano Abecasis 81' Y

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at PayPal Park.

San Jose Earthquakes 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 13 games · 24 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 3.0 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-13 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-11-08 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-10-19 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 7–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-07-11 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–1	L
08 May	Real Salt Lake	A	2–1	W
02 May	D.C. United SC	H	4–1	W
24 Apr	FC Dallas	H	3–1	W
17 Apr	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L
22 Nov	Sporting Kansas City	A	3–3	D

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–0	W
09 May	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	W
03 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–0	W
24 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D
17 Apr	Minnesota United FC	H	4–0	W
13 Dec	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Seattle Sounders FC
#17	Position	#21
32	Points	24
15	Played	13
10 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 3
34	Scored	17
15	Conceded	11
+19	GD	+6
2.13	PPG	1.85
67%	Win %	54%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

38% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 17th (32 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 21st (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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

–/1

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. San Jose Earthquakes is hosting Seattle Sounders FC for another epic battle.
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
9' The supporters are chanting for Shane O'Neill. He replaces Jordy Delem on 9 minute.
14' 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.
18' What a moment for Cristian Roldan! That strike on 18 puts his side firmly in control.
23' The home supporters are growing impatient. San Jose Earthquakes must find a spark to ignite this game.
28' San Jose Earthquakes started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 28.
33' Seattle Sounders FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Albert Rusnak scoring 1 goals.
38' 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.
39' The referee shows Seattle Sounders FC player a Yellow card on 39.
44' The 40-year-old Stefan Frei has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
46' The Seattle Sounders FC bench stirs into life. Ethan Dobbelaere is withdrawn and Fredy Montero gets his opportunity.
51' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Seattle Sounders FC winning 50% of all matches.
56' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
58' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Tommy Thompson is replaced by Shea Salinas.
60' The Seattle Sounders FC bench stirs into life. Danny Leyva is withdrawn and Joao Paulo gets his opportunity.
65' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Cade Cowell is replaced by Andres Rios.
69' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Luciano Abecasis comes on to replace Marcos Lopez.
73' Chris Wondolowski was booked on 73.
78' Stefan Frei catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 78.
80' Luciano Abecasis picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
81' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Luciano Abecasis.
83' Brad Smith is ready to make an impact after coming on for Kelyn Rowe at the 83 minute mark.
88' 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.
Full Time. Seattle Sounders FC beats San Jose Earthquakes

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Joao Paulo ↑ 60'
12
Fredy Montero ↑ 46'
11
Brad Smith ↑ 83'
17
Will Bruin
27
Shane O'Neill ↑ 9'
18
Spencer Richey

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Raul Ruidiaz	9
Jordan Morris	8
Cristian Espinoza	6
Cristian Roldan	5
Nicolas Lodeiro	4
Danny Musovski	3
Jeremy Ebobisse	3
Shea Salinas	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-05-13 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-05-08 Real Salt Lake 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-05-02 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 D.C. United SC W 2021-04-24 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 FC Dallas W 2021-04-17 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2021-05-13 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-05-09 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-05-03 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-04-24 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2021-04-17 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Minnesota United FC W 2020-12-13 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.23 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.2 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Seattle Sounders FC 70% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes34% Draw30% Seattle Sounders FC36%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.43

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

64%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

66%

San Jose Earthquakes or Seattle Sounders FC

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes26% Draw50% Seattle Sounders FC24%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.9%

0 – 0

10.9%

1 – 0

9.7%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 0

6.5%

0 – 2

6.1%

2 – 2

4.7%

3 – 1

3.2%

1 – 3

3 – 0

2.6%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	20%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	19%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

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