📊 Form Guide

Austin FC

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Austin FC will be looking for another win after a 2-1 MLS success against FC Dallas.

In that game, Austin FC managed 67% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Austin FC, the scorers were Julio Cascante (54') and Diego Rubio (70'). On the other side, FC Dallas got 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Eugene Ansah (51') scored for FC Dallas.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Austin FC have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Austin FC have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 9 goals on the way.

San Jose Earthquakes

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After tasting defeat last time out to Houston Dynamo in MLS competition, San Jose Earthquakes and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, San Jose Earthquakes managed 19% possession and 2 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for San Jose Earthquakes was Bruno Wilson (1'). Houston Dynamo got 15 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Sebastián Ferreira (81') and Franco Escobar (84') scored for Houston Dynamo.

Showing their involvement in fruitful encounters, we’ve had goals 20 times in the last six games in which San Jose Earthquakes have played, yielding an average of 3.33 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have got 13 of those goals. We shall soon find out if that trend will be continued on here.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 19/09/2021 tells us that Austin FC have won 0 of these & San Jose Earthquakes 2, with the tally of drawn games being 4.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 27 in all at an average of 4.5 goals per match.

The last league contest between these clubs was MLS match day 50 on 22/10/2023 when it ended San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Austin FC.

On that occasion, San Jose Earthquakes managed 49% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer was Cristian Espinoza (17').

On the other side, Austin FC got 4 shots on goal with 1 on target. Owen Wolff (32') was the scorer.

The referee was Rosendo Mendoza.

🗞️ Team News: Austin FC

The Austin FC boss Josh Wolff will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match with a fully injury-free squad available to select from.

It seems likely that Austin FC will probably kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this game with Brad Stuver, Jon Gallagher, Julio Cascante, Brendan Hines-Ike, Hector Jimenez, Daniel Pereira, Alexander Ring, Owen Wolff, Sebastián Driussi, Jáder Obrian and Diego Rubio.

📰 Team News: San Jose Earthquakes

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group of players, there’s only the one fitness worry for the San Jose Earthquakes gaffer Luchi Gonzalez to be concerned with. JT Marcinkowski (Knee injury) misses out for this game. The players who will not be able to play in this game through being suspended are Jackson Yueill and Preston Judd.

From our viewpoint, Quakes appear most likely to make use of a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to William Yarbrough, Tanner Beason, Bruno Wilson, Rodrigues, Jamar Ricketts, Carlos Gruezo, Alfredo Morales, Niko Tsakiris, Cristian Espinoza, Benjamin Kikanovic and Jeremy Ebobisse.

✨ Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, San Jose Earthquakes will have to perform well to get anything against this Austin FC side who we think might well do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

Therefore, we predict a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 win for Austin FC when all is said and done.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

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

Andre Moura, 00:04 07/04/2024