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 30 Sep 2021 · 02:30 UTC Earthquakes Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Jackson Yueill 27' Y

Judson 27' Y

Y 38' Raul Ruidiaz

Y 83' Cristian Roldan

Overview

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San Jose Earthquakes vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at Earthquakes Stadium.

San Jose Earthquakes 34 games · 52 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

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 21 games · Avg 3.0 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-30 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC 2021-07-31 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes 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

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–3	L
26 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	2–0	W
19 Sep	Austin FC	A	4–3	W
16 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	3–4	L
12 Sep	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
05 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–1	L

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–1	W
26 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–1	W
19 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	0–1	L
11 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W
30 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	0–2	L
21 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Seattle Sounders FC
#19	Position	#23
52	Points	46
34	Played	34
14 / 10 / 10	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
57	Scored	44
51	Conceded	46
+6	GD	-2
1.53	PPG	1.35
41%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ 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

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Earthquakes Stadium!
5' Seattle Sounders FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. San Jose Earthquakes must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' Yeimar Gomez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
20' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
25' Goal! Raul Ruidiaz scores his 92 goal in 18 matches.
27' Jackson Yueill picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
32' Marcos Lopez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
37' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
38' The referee shows Seattle Sounders FC player a Yellow card on 38.
42' The deadlock is broken! Raul Ruidiaz gets on the scoresheet on 42 minutes.
46' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Oswaldo Alanis is replaced by Cade Cowell.
49' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Cristian Roldan makes it 0-3.
50' Against the run of play, Cristian Roldan has scored! This game has turned on its head.
51' Shane O'Neill makes no mistake. The score reads 1-4 and San Jose Earthquakes are in front.
54' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Carlos Fierro is withdrawn and Chris Wondolowski gets his opportunity.
59' San Jose Earthquakes are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Seattle Sounders FC backline.
64' Seattle Sounders FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
69' The supporters are chanting for Jack Skahan. He replaces Javier Lopez on 69 minute.
72' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Jimmy Medranda has done his job and it is now time for Abdoulaye Cissoko to step up.
77' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
80' A tactical swap from Seattle Sounders FC — Will Bruin on, Fredy Montero off on 80 minutes.
83' Seattle Sounders FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 83.
88' Xavier Arreaga needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

25
Andres Rios ↑ 54'
8
Chris Wondolowski ↑ 54'
22
Tommy Thompson
2
Luciano Abecasis ↑ 54'
17
Daniel Vega
29
Jacob Akanyirige
3
Paul Marie
44
Cade Cowell ↑ 46'
16
Jack Skahan ↑ 69'

Coach Matias Almeyda

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Fredy Montero ↓ Will Bruin 80'
94
Jimmy Medranda ↓ Abdoulaye Cissoko 72'
22
Kelyn Rowe
9
Raul Ruidiaz ↓ Leo Chu 46'
24
Stefan Frei
7
Cristian Roldan
28
Yeimar Gomez
27
Shane O'Neill
3
Xavier Arreaga ↓ Nouhou Tolo 46'
75
Danny Leyva
84
Joshua Atencio ↓ Joao Paulo 46'

Bench

6
Joao Paulo ↑ 46'
30
Stefan Cleveland
5
Nouhou Tolo ↑ 46'
17
Will Bruin ↑ 80'
16
Alex Roldan
23
Leo Chu ↑ 46'
45
Ethan Dobbelaere
92
Abdoulaye Cissoko ↑ 72'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-09-30 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-09-26 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Los Angeles FC W 2021-09-19 Austin FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–4 Real Salt Lake L 2021-09-12 FC Dallas 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2021-09-30 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-09-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-09-19 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2021-08-30 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Portland Timbers L 2021-08-21 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.33 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.51 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Seattle Sounders FC 72% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes32% Draw28% Seattle Sounders FC40%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.84

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

60%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

68%

San Jose Earthquakes or Seattle Sounders FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes25% Draw46% Seattle Sounders FC29%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.6%

1 – 2

8.5%

0 – 1

7.9%

0 – 0

7.7%

2 – 1

7.5%

1 – 0

6.8%

0 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

5.7%

2 – 0

5.1%

1 – 3

Actual

3 – 1

3.3%

0 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	10%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	17%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	20%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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