St. Louis City vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

St. Louis City

2 – 3

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 26 Apr 2026 · 00:30 UTC Citypark HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 59' Preston Judd

Y 74' Daniel

Chris Durkin 84' Y

Y 84' Jamar Ricketts

Dante Polvara 90' Y

Overview

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St. Louis City vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at Citypark.

St. Louis City 26 games · 44 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Drew Fischer

20 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 10.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

St. Louis City 8 games · Avg 3.4 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-26 St. Louis City 2–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2025-09-21 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 St. Louis City 2025-05-31 St. Louis City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-09-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 St. Louis City 2024-07-04 St. Louis City 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

St. Louis City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–3	L
19 Apr	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–4	L
12 Apr	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
04 Apr	New York City FC	A	1–1	D
22 Mar	New England Revolution	H	3–1	W
15 Mar	Los Angeles FC	A	0–2	L

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Apr	St. Louis City	A	3–2	W
23 Apr	Austin FC	H	5–1	W
19 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	4–1	W
12 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	A	3–1	W
05 Apr	San Diego FC	H	3–0	W
22 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W

Season Stats

St. Louis City		San Jose Earthquakes
#19	Position	#18
44	Points	45
26	Played	27
12 / 8 / 6	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
45	Scored	49
36	Conceded	39
+9	GD	+10
1.69	PPG	1.67
46%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

88% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

12% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

St. Louis City are 19th (44 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

St. Louis City

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/2

31-45

9/3

46-60

8/5

61-75

6/5

76+

6/10

■ 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)

St. Louis City

Rafael Navarro	13 G	3 A
Simon Becher	8 G	4 A
Marcel Hartel	6 G	3 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' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Citypark!
5' St. Louis City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
8' A stunning finish from Preston Judd — that came from absolutely nowhere!
13' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
18' 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.
23' The home supporters are growing impatient. St. Louis City must find a spark to ignite this game.
24' The supporters are chanting for Daniel. He replaces Earl Edwards Jr. on 24 minute.
29' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
34' St. Louis City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
39' 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.
44' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
46' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Jonathan Gonzalez is replaced by Ronaldo Vieira on 46 minute.
51' Brilliant from the ! Sergio Cordova makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 51.
53' Against the run of play, Marcel Hartel has scored! This game has turned on its head.
58' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
59' Controversy at the stadium! Preston Judd argues furiously but the card stands.
61' Nick Fernandez makes way for Ousseni Bouda at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
66' St. Louis City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against San Jose Earthquakes's shape.
69' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Timo Werner makes no mistake. 2-2!
70' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Max Floriani departs to be replaced by Jamar Ricketts.
74' Daniel catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 74.
75' A change in the St. Louis City ranks — Sergio Cordova exits the field as Brendan McSorley enters on 75.
80' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Conrad Wallem has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
81' Cedric Teuchert is replacing Simon Becher for the St. Louis City side.
83' Timo Werner is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 6 goals this season for the .
84' St. Louis City receives a card for a hard tackle on 84.
85' The St. Louis City bench stirs into life. Daniel Edelman is withdrawn and Eduard Lowen gets his opportunity.
86' The whistle greets Tomas Totland as he departs to be replaced by Rafael Santos.
90' It’s a booking for St. Louis City player. Dante Polvara gets a card.
It finishes all square. St. Louis City and San Jose Earthquakes share the spoils 2-3.

Lineups

St. Louis City Lineups

Starting XI

16
Sergio Cordova ↓ Brendan McSorley 75'
1
Roman Burki
32
Timo Baumgartl
17
Marcel Hartel
8
Chris Durkin
5
Lukas MacNaughton
24
Daniel Edelman ↓ Eduard Lowen 85'
11
Simon Becher ↓ Cedric Teuchert 81'
21
Dante Polvara
14
Tomas Totland ↓ Rafael Santos 86'
6
Conrad Wallem

Bench

Coach Yoann Damet

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

11
Timo Werner
40
Jonathan Gonzalez ↓ Ronaldo Vieira 46'
6
Ian Harkes
36
Earl Edwards Jr. ↓ Daniel 24'
16
Jack Skahan ↓ Niko Tsakiris 46'
4
Dave Romney
19
Preston Judd
5
Daniel Munie
25
Max Floriani ↓ Jamar Ricketts 70'
20
Nick Fernandez ↓ Ousseni Bouda 61'
17
Jack Jasinski

Bench

14
Ronaldo Vieira ↑ 46'
42
Daniel ↑ 24'
3
Paul Marie
21
Noel Buck
10
Niko Tsakiris ↑ 46'
7
Ousseni Bouda ↑ 61'
2
Jamar Ricketts ↑ 70'
34
Beau Leroux
18
Reid Roberts

Coach Bruce Arena

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Marcel Hartel	3
Timo Werner	2
Brendan McSorley	2
Samuel Adeniran	2
Simon Becher	2
Eduard Lowen	2
Hosei Kijima	1
Tomas Ostrak	1

Head to Head

St. Louis City Form

2026-04-26 St. Louis City 2–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2026-04-19 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 St. Louis City L 2026-04-12 FC Dallas 1–1 St. Louis City D 2026-04-04 New York City FC 1–1 St. Louis City D 2026-03-22 St. Louis City 3–1 New England Revolution W 2026-03-15 Los Angeles FC 2–0 St. Louis City L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2026-04-26 St. Louis City 2–3 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-04-23 San Jose Earthquakes 5–1 Austin FC W 2026-04-19 Los Angeles FC 1–4 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-04-05 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 San Diego FC W 2026-03-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.9 St. Louis City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.82 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: St. Louis City or San Jose Earthquakes 75% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City38% Draw25% San Jose Earthquakes37%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.72

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw

64%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

62%

St. Louis City or San Jose Earthquakes

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City31% Draw39% San Jose Earthquakes30%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.2%

2 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

7.4%

2 – 2

6.9%

3 – 1

4.8%

1 – 3

4.5%

2 – 0

4.4%

3 – 2

4.4%

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 2

4.1%

1 – 0

4.1%

0 – 1

3.9%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	12%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	18%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	17%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	11%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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