Columbus Crew vs San Jose Earthquakes Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 26)

📏 Form Guide

Columbus Crew

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Columbus Crew will be wanting a better result here after a 0-1 MLS loss in their previous game against Inter Miami.

In that match, Columbus Crew managed 58% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Inter Miami got 7 shots on goal with 2 on target. Benjamin Cremaschi (30') was the scorer for Inter Miami.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Columbus Crew have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Columbus Crew have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 5 goals in the process. That pattern might not be carried forward into this next game, however.

San Jose Earthquakes

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Sporting Kansas City in MLS action, San Jose Earthquakes and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, San Jose Earthquakes managed 67% possession and 23 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For San Jose Earthquakes, the scorers were Josef Martínez (30') and Cristián Arango (42', 94'). At the other end, Sporting Kansas City got 7 shots on goal with 5 on target. Logan Ndenbe (18'), Dániel Sallói (21', 73'), Manu García (24') and Erik Thommy (85') scored for Sporting Kansas City.

In their last half-dozen outings, San Jose Earthquakes have helped themselves to the sum of 13 goals. San Jose Earthquakes have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. In that time, they’ve had 15 goals go into their own net.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 17/05/2015, both clubs have shared the honours with Columbus Crew winning 2 of those games, San Jose Earthquakes 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 9 for The Crew and 9 for Quakes. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league game featuring these clubs was MLS match day 2 on 05/03/2022 when it ended San Jose Earthquakes 3-3 Columbus Crew.

That day, San Jose Earthquakes managed 46% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Cristian Espinoza (9') and Francisco Calvo (84', 96').

Columbus Crew got 19 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Lucas Zelarayán (40', 73') and Gyasi Zardes (68') scored.

The match was refereed by Guido Gonzales Jr.

📋 Team News: Columbus Crew

Rudy Camacho (Hamstring injury), Lassi Lappalainen (Hip injury), Nicholas Hagen (Broken finger) and Andrés Herrera (Hamstring injury) won’t be able to feature for Columbus Crew manager Wilfried Nancy.

ℹ️ Team News: San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes boss Bruce Arena has to currently contend with reduced team options. Hernán López (Shoulder injury) and Benjamin Kikanović (Leg injury) can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

It’s likely that San Jose Earthquakes will have to play really well to be putting goals past a Columbus Crew outfit who certainly have the ability to create a lot of chances for themselves and convert these into goals.

We’re therefore predicting a very comprehensive 3-0 win for Columbus Crew at the end of the game.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Regarding the current betting odds in the full-time result market, staking on Columbus Crew can be had for 1.5, going for a drawn result is 4.33 & staking on the win for San Jose Earthquakes comes in at 6.25. They’re the most competitive market prices that can be secured at this very moment.

Lucas Pereira, 17:04 22/04/2025