Colorado Rapids vs San Jose Earthquakes Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Colorado Rapids

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Colorado Rapids will be looking for a repeat result of the 2-0 MLS success versus Minnesota United.

In that game, Colorado Rapids had 46% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Colorado Rapids, the goalscorers were Galván (45') and Shinyashiki (81'). For their opponents, Minnesota United got 7 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Colorado Rapids have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 10 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 6. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, of course.

San Jose Earthquakes

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In their previous fixture, San Jose Earthquakes drew 2-2 in the MLS match with Minnesota United.

In that match, San Jose Earthquakes had 38% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For San Jose Earthquakes, the goalscorers were Cowell (15') and Kikanovic (82'). Minnesota United had 18 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Kallman (45') and Ábila (69') scored for Minnesota United.

It has become apparent that San Jose Earthquakes have suffered from a lack of goals in their past six games, recording the poor return of just 4. In those fixtures, Quakes have also seen the collective goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 14.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 12/08/2018 shows us that Colorado Rapids have won 3 of them and San Jose Earthquakes 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A sum of 17 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 from Rapids and 6 coming from Quakes. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The last league meeting between the two was MLS match day 6 on 24/09/2020 when the final score was Colorado Rapids 5-0 San Jose Earthquakes.

That day, Colorado Rapids had 59% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The scorers were Bassett (35'), Lewis (50'), Mezquida (79') and Shinyashiki (84').

For their opponents, San Jose Earthquakes had 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Thompson (70' Own goal) scored.

The referee was Drew Fischer.

ℹ️ Team News: Colorado Rapids

Younes Namli (Unknown Injury) and Steven Beitashour (Unknown Injury) will be missing for Rapids manager Robin Fraser.

📰 Team News: San Jose Earthquakes

Owing to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, San Jose Earthquakes manager Matías Almeyda does not have any fitness concerns to report coming into this game.

🔮 Prediction

In this game, San Jose Earthquakes won’t find it easy at all to find the back of the net against a Colorado Rapids side who look set to control most aspects of this game.

We think that it’s going to be a convincing 3-0 winning scoreline for Colorado Rapids when the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 23:06 13/07/2021