Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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Mon 21 Aug 2023 · 02:30 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 43' Cristian Espinoza

Y 39' Jamiro Monteiro

Y 62' Carlos Gruezo

Y 79' Niko Tsakiris

Y 82' Daniel

Y 89' Paul Marie

Ryan Gauld 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at BC Place.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 21 games · Avg 3.1 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2023-08-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-03-05 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-05-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-10-24 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–1	L
16 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	4–2	W
13 Jul	Austin FC	H	2–1	W
09 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–3	L
02 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–3	L
25 Jun	Los Angeles FC	A	3–2	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
13 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–0	W
09 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D
02 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–2	D
25 Jun	St. Louis City	H	1–2	L
22 Jun	Houston Dynamo	A	1–4	L

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		San Jose Earthquakes
#16	Position	#18
34	Points	33
17	Played	18
10 / 4 / 3	W / D / L	10 / 3 / 5
38	Scored	37
17	Conceded	24
+21	GD	+13
2.00	PPG	1.83
59%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ 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)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

San Jose Earthquakes

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

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to score. At the same time, San Jose Earthquakes does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
10' 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.
15' A quiet spell here at BC Place. Vancouver Whitecaps FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' Cristian Espinoza has been relatively quiet despite scoring 42 goals in his last 177 appearances.
25' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are deployed in a 3-1-4-2 today, looking to exploit space against San Jose Earthquakes's 4-2-3-1 shape.
30' Vancouver Whitecaps FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
35' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have won 428 goals from 279 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
39' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a card in front of him.
43' Assisted by Jeremy Ebobisse with the perfectly-timed delivery and Cristian Espinoza makes no mistake. 0-1!
46' Vancouver Whitecaps FC ring the changes. Richie Laryea has done his job and it is now time for Sam Adekugbe to step up.
51' Tristan Blackmon is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
56' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
59' Ryan Raposo makes way for Ryan Gauld at the 59 minute mark. A tactical switch from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
62' Carlos Gruezo has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 62.
63' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Niko Tsakiris is hanging Michael Baldisimo on the field 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 San Jose Earthquakes winning 50% of all matches.
71' The whistle greets Alessandro Schopf as he departs to be replaced by Ali Ahmed.
73' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Jamiro Monteiro has done his job and it is now time for Jonathan Mensah to step up.
78' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 282 games and scored 427 goals.
79' The referee has no hesitation. Niko Tsakiris is booked for San Jose Earthquakes — card on 79.
81' The whistle greets Pedro Vite as he departs to be replaced by Jean-Claude Ngando.
82' Daniel picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
85' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 85 minute. Jeremy Ebobisse leaves to be changed by Ayo Akinola.
89' That is a card for San Jose Earthquakes. Paul Marie will be fuming at that decision.
90' That is a card for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ryan Gauld will be fuming at that decision.
That’s it! Another goalless match for Vancouver Whitecaps FC and San Jose Earthquakes (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

3-1-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

29
Carlos Akapo
21
Miguel Trauco
7
Carlos Gruezo
11
Jeremy Ebobisse ↓ Ayo Akinola 85'
42
Daniel
55
Michael Baldisimo ↓ Niko Tsakiris 63'
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
44
Cade Cowell ↓ Paul Marie 73'
15
Tanner Beason
35
Jamiro Monteiro ↓ Jonathan Mensah 73'

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brian White	5
Jeremy Ebobisse	4
Chris Wondolowski	3
Andres Rios	3
Sebastian Berhalter	3
Vako Qazaishvili	3
Alessandro Schopf	2
Preston Judd	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2023-08-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2023-07-13 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Austin FC W 2023-07-09 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2023-07-02 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-06-25 Los Angeles FC 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-08-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2023-07-13 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2023-07-09 Los Angeles FC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-07-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-06-25 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 St. Louis City L 2023-06-22 Houston Dynamo 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

0 / 4

1.76 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.4 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC or San Jose Earthquakes 73% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC42% Draw27% San Jose Earthquakes31%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.16

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

68%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

58%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or San Jose Earthquakes

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC33% Draw43% San Jose Earthquakes24%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 2

1 – 0

6.7%

2 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

6.2%

0 – 0

5.9%

3 – 1

5.2%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 0

3.8%

3 – 2

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	20%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

18% ✗

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