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

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sat 31 Jul 2021 · 21:00 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Jimmy Medranda 31' Y

Jimmy Medranda 33' Y

Y 49' Luciano Abecasis

Joao Paulo 53' Y

Y 62' Cade Cowell

Y 90' Judson

Joshua Atencio 90' Y

Y 90' Nathan

Overview

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Seattle Sounders FC vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at Lumen Field.

Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 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

Seattle Sounders FC 21 games · Avg 3.0 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

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 2020-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 7–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–1	L
26 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–3	L
23 Jul	Austin FC	A	1–0	W
18 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	0–1	L
08 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	2–0	W
05 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–0	W
25 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
22 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
18 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D
04 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	2–2	D
27 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–3	L

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		San Jose Earthquakes
#24	Position	#18
24	Points	33
17	Played	18
7 / 3 / 7	W / D / L	10 / 3 / 5
20	Scored	37
22	Conceded	24
-2	GD	+13
1.41	PPG	1.83
41%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/6

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/2

46-60

6/6

61-75

4/1

76+

7/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

San Jose Earthquakes

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

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Lumen Field. Seattle Sounders FC are looking to make home advantage count against San Jose Earthquakes.
5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
10' Cade Cowell is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Seattle Sounders FC so far.
15' San Jose Earthquakes come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Seattle Sounders FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' 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.
31' Seattle Sounders FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
33' Jimmy Medranda has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 33.
38' Seattle Sounders FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
43' Seattle Sounders FC is showing some good football. However, Seattle Sounders FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
46' The deadlock is broken! Cristian Espinoza gets on the scoresheet on 45 minutes.
47' Cristian Espinoza does the damage! The net is bulging and San Jose Earthquakes surge ahead!
49' Luciano Abecasis catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 49.
53' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Joao Paulo.
55' The whistle greets Reed Baker-Whiting as he departs to be replaced by Fredy Montero.
60' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 60 minutes.
62' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Cade Cowell.
64' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Cade Cowell trudges off to be replaced by Marcos Lopez on 64 minutes.
69' Seattle Sounders FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
70' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Shane O'Neill has done his job and it is now time for Danny Leyva to step up.
71' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Javier Lopez exits the field as Chris Wondolowski enters on 71.
76' Nathan, a Brazil , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
81' Both keepers have barely been tested. Seattle Sounders FC and San Jose Earthquakes are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
83' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Kelyn Rowe by Will Bruin on 83 minute.
86' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Eric Remedi is hanging Shea Salinas on the field on 86 minute.
89' Brilliant from the ! Chris Wondolowski makes it 0-3 with a superb finish on 89.
90' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Seattle Sounders FC 0-1 San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Joao Paulo
94
Jimmy Medranda ↓ Alex Villanueva 83'
22
Kelyn Rowe ↓ Will Bruin 83'
9
Raul Ruidiaz
30
Stefan Cleveland
16
Alex Roldan
28
Yeimar Gomez
27
Shane O'Neill ↓ Danny Leyva 70'
3
Xavier Arreaga
84
Joshua Atencio
21
Reed Baker-Whiting ↓ Fredy Montero 55'

Bench

12
Fredy Montero ↑ 55'
17
Will Bruin ↑ 83'
18
Spencer Richey
75
Danny Leyva ↑ 70'
45
Ethan Dobbelaere
26
Andrew Thomas
73
Obed Vargas
35
Alex Villanueva ↑ 83'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

25
Andres Rios ↑ 86'
8
Chris Wondolowski ↑ 71'
27
Marcos Lopez ↑ 64'
5
Eric Remedi ↑ 86'
17
Daniel Vega
3
Paul Marie
19
Siad Haji
16
Jack Skahan

Coach Matias Almeyda

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

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2021-07-31 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-07-26 Seattle Sounders FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-07-23 Austin FC 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-07-18 Minnesota United FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-07-08 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo W 2021-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-07-31 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-07-25 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-07-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-04 Minnesota United FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-06-27 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.31 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.34 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or San Jose Earthquakes 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC37% Draw29% San Jose Earthquakes34%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.65

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

65%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

63%

Seattle Sounders FC or San Jose Earthquakes

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC26% Draw47% San Jose Earthquakes27%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.3%

0 – 0

9.1%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.2%

1 – 2

2 – 1

7.8%

0 – 2

6.2%

2 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.3%

1 – 3

3.6%

3 – 1

3.4%

0 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	19%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	19%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

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