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

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

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

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

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	17 G	3 A
Ousseni Bouda	7 G	1 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Seattle Sounders FC welcome San Jose Earthquakes for this crunch clash at Lumen Field.
5' San Jose Earthquakes seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
10' The 37-year-old Oswaldo Alanis has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' Seattle Sounders FC have won 477 goals from 305 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' Seattle Sounders FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Albert Rusnak scoring 1 goals.
25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
30' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
31' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Jimmy Medranda.
33' Jimmy Medranda is having his name booked by the referee on 33.
38' San Jose Earthquakes are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
43' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
46' The Argentina Cristian Espinoza breaks the deadlock on 45 minutes. 0-1!
47' Cristian Espinoza makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and San Jose Earthquakes are in front.
49' A moment of madness from Luciano Abecasis on 49 minutes earns him a Yellow card. San Jose Earthquakes will be frustrated.
53' Seattle Sounders FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
55' A tactical swap from Seattle Sounders FC — Fredy Montero on, Reed Baker-Whiting off on 55 minutes.
60' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
62' Controversy at the stadium! Cade Cowell argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
64' Cade Cowell makes way for Marcos Lopez at the 64 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
69' Judson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
70' The crowd applauds Shane O'Neill as he leaves the pitch. Danny Leyva steps in for Seattle Sounders FC.
71' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Chris Wondolowski on, Javier Lopez off on 71 minutes.
76' 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.
81' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 81.
83' Seattle Sounders FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Will Bruin is hanging Kelyn Rowe on the field on 83 minute.
86' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Shea Salinas exits the field as Eric Remedi enters on 86.
89' Goal! Chris Wondolowski scores his 50 goal in 298 matches.
90' Judson was booked on 90.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for San Jose Earthquakes players.

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

1.43 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or San Jose Earthquakes 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC41% Draw28% San Jose Earthquakes31%

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

69%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

59%

Seattle Sounders FC or San Jose Earthquakes

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC29% Draw47% San Jose Earthquakes24%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.2%

1 – 0

9.1%

0 – 0

9.1%

2 – 1

8.5%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 0

7.1%

2 – 2

5.2%

0 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

4.1%

3 – 0

3.3%

1 – 3

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	21%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	17%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

25% ✗

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