San Jose Earthquakes vs Orlando City Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

San Jose Earthquakes

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San Jose Earthquakes will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 4-2 MLS loss in their previous game against Portland Timbers.

In that match, San Jose Earthquakes had 37% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For San Jose Earthquakes, the scorers were Amahl Pellegrino (31') and Hernán López (34'). On the other side, Portland Timbers got 23 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. Evander (74'), Jonathan Rodríguez (80', 100') and Felipe Mora (90') scored for Portland Timbers.

Matches involving San Jose Earthquakes have often been lively ones lately with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes, a total of 22 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 11 of those accredited to San Jose Earthquakes.

Orlando City

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In their previous game, Orlando City drew 0-0 in the MLS match with Inter Miami.

In that game, Orlando City had 41% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Inter Miami had 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Orlando City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals overall. Defensively, Orlando City just haven’t been too solid at all. That sort of pattern might not be carried forward into this match, though.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 24/05/2015 tells us that San Jose Earthquakes have won 1 of them & Orlando City 2, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A combined sum of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 of them from Quakes and 12 netted by The Lions. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The last league clash featuring the two was MLS match day 12 on 22/06/2021 which ended up with the score at Orlando City 5-0 San Jose Earthquakes.

In that match, Orlando City managed 35% possession and 2 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. The scorers were Nani (7'), Benji Michel (16', 90') and Daryl Dike (31', 49').

At the other end, San Jose Earthquakes got 1 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

The referee was Chris Penso.

🗞️ Team News: San Jose Earthquakes

There’s just one fitness concern for the San Jose Earthquakes boss Luchi Gonzalez to be concerned with due to a largely intact squad. JT Marcinkowski (Knee injury) will miss out.

It looks as if Quakes will possibly go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game with William Yarbrough, Carlos Akapo, Rodrigues, Tanner Beason, Vitor Costa, Niko Tsakiris, Carlos Gruezo, Cristian Espinoza, Hernán López Munoz, Amahl Pellegrino and Jeremy Ebobisse.

📰 Team News: Orlando City

From a largely healthy squad, there is just the one fitness worry for the Orlando City gaffer Óscar Pareja to be concerned about. Ramiro Enrique (Ankle injury) won’t be in action.

There’s a good chance that The Lions seem likely to make use of a 3-4-3 system, going with Pedro Gallese, David Brekalo, Wilder Cartagena, Rodrigo Schlegel, Facundo Torres, Nicolas Lodeiro, Kyle Smith, Iván Angulo, Martin Ojeda, Duncan McGuire and Luis Muriel.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Orlando City and San Jose Earthquakes could both well score more than once here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

While there should be goals at both ends, it’s too close to call. We therefore think that it’s going to be a hard-fought contest, finishing with a draw after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 02:05 19/05/2024