Seattle Sounders FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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San Jose Earthquakes

Thu 19 Sep 2024 · 02:30 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 20' Hernan Lopez Munoz

Y 38' Cristian Espinoza

Y 51' Carlos Gruezo

Overview

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

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 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

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

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-19 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-03-24 San Jose Earthquakes 3–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-07-13 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-06-01 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2022-10-09 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–2	D
15 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–0	W
07 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	4–0	W
01 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
24 Aug	Minnesota United FC	A	3–2	W
21 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	0–3	L

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–2	D
15 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–2	L
01 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	1–2	L
25 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	2–0	W
21 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	0–2	L
18 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		San Jose Earthquakes
#24	Position	#18
35	Points	45
26	Played	27
9 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
33	Scored	49
34	Conceded	39
-1	GD	+10
1.35	PPG	1.67
35%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	15 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 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' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' GOAL! Amahl Pellegrino fires home to make it 0-1!
20' That is a card for San Jose Earthquakes. Hernan Lopez Munoz will be fuming at that decision.
21' Jordan Morris does the damage! The net is bulging and Seattle Sounders FC surge ahead!
26' Supporters expect more eagerness from Niko Tsakiris, as he is very good at scoring at Lumen Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
31' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 31 minutes.
36' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
38' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a card on 38.
39' Goal! Jordan Morris scores his 63 goal in 292 matches.
44' San Jose Earthquakes are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
49' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Brian Schmetzer will be considering his options from the bench.
51' That is a card for San Jose Earthquakes. Carlos Gruezo will be fuming at that decision.
56' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
60' The crowd applauds Niko Tsakiris as he leaves the pitch. Jackson Yueill steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
63' The supporters are chanting for Georgi Minoungou. He replaces Pedro De la Vega on 63 minute.
68' 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.
70' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Ousseni Bouda is withdrawn and Alfredo Morales gets his opportunity.
75' Over 75 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
80' The 29-year-old Jackson Yueill has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
82' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Albert Rusnak is replaced by Danny Leyva.
86' The Seattle Sounders FC bench stirs into life. Nouhou Tolo is withdrawn and Jon Bell gets his opportunity.
89' Paul Marie doubles the advantage! 2-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Albert Rusnak ↓ Danny Leyva 82'
10
Pedro De la Vega ↓ Georgi Minoungou 63'
24
Stefan Frei
7
Cristian Roldan
5
Nouhou Tolo ↓ Jon Bell 86'
16
Alex Roldan
13
Jordan Morris
28
Yeimar Gomez
18
Obed Vargas ↓ Joshua Atencio 82'
25
Jackson Ragen
14
Paul Rothrock ↓ Reed Baker-Whiting 63'

Bench

9
Raul Ruidiaz
75
Danny Leyva ↑ 82'
8
Joshua Atencio ↑ 82'
15
Jon Bell ↑ 86'
21
Reed Baker-Whiting ↑ 63'
26
Andrew Thomas
99
Dylan Teves
4
Nathan Cardoso
93
Georgi Minoungou ↑ 63'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

29
Carlos Akapo
7
Carlos Gruezo
42
Daniel
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
23
Hernan Lopez Munoz ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse 60'
30
Niko Tsakiris ↓ Jackson Yueill 60'
17
Ousseni Bouda ↓ Alfredo Morales 70'
9
Amahl Pellegrino ↓ Tommy Thompson 82'
24
Daniel Munie
33
Oscar Verhoeven ↓ Paul Marie 70'

Bench

Coach Ian Russell

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

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2024-09-19 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2024-09-15 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-09-07 Columbus Crew SC 0–4 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-09-01 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-08-24 Minnesota United FC 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-07-21 Seattle Sounders FC 0–3 Los Angeles FC L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2024-09-19 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2024-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-09-01 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Minnesota United FC L 2024-08-25 Real Salt Lake 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-07-21 Minnesota United FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-07-18 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Houston Dynamo L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.4 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.51 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or San Jose Earthquakes 73% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC37% Draw27% San Jose Earthquakes36%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.91

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

64%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

63%

Seattle Sounders FC or San Jose Earthquakes

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC26% Draw45% San Jose Earthquakes29%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

1 – 2

8.4%

2 – 1

7.8%

0 – 1

7.3%

0 – 0

7.2%

1 – 0

6.7%

0 – 2

6.1%

2 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

5.3%

1 – 3

4.2%

3 – 1

3.6%

0 – 3

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%	18%	66%
-0.5	34%	—	66%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	19%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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