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San Jose Earthquakes

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San Jose Earthquakes, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-2 MLS success against Real Salt Lake.

In that match, San Jose Earthquakes had 36% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For San Jose Earthquakes, the scorers were Cristian Espinoza (20') and Amahl Pellegrino (33'). For their opponents, Real Salt Lake had 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

Fewer than three goals per game were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where San Jose Earthquakes have taken part. Breaking down the goal attribution from this period, opposing sides scored a total of 7 while San Jose Earthquakes managed the sum of 4. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will be sustained here.

Minnesota United

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Seattle Sounders FC in MLS competition, Minnesota United and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Minnesota United managed 56% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Minnesota United was Kelvin Yeboah (24', 56'). For their opponents, Seattle Sounders FC got 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Jordan Morris (11'), Jackson Ragen (28') and Albert Rusnák (75') scored for Seattle Sounders FC.

Looking at their form, and Minnesota United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 12 goals overall. At the back, Minnesota United just haven’t been too solid at all.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head clashes going back to 18/08/2021 shows us that San Jose Earthquakes have won 1 of these & Minnesota United 2, with the number of drawn results being 3.

A combined total of 11 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 of them from Quakes and 6 netted by Loons. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The last league game between these sides was MLS match day 37 on 21/07/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Minnesota United 2-0 San Jose Earthquakes.

That day, Minnesota United managed 53% possession and 10 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorer was Bongokuhle Hlongwane (75').

San Jose Earthquakes got 10 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Tanner Beason (38' Own goal) was the scorer.

The referee was Ismir Pekmic.

🗞️ Team News: San Jose Earthquakes

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the San Jose Earthquakes gaffer to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. JT Marcinkowski (Knee injury) won’t play.

It looks as if Quakes will probably line up in a 4-2-3-1 system in the match and select Daniel, Benjamin Kikanovic, Daniel Munie, Rodrigues, Vitor Costa, Carlos Gruezo, Jackson Yueill, Cristian Espinoza, Hernan Lopez, Amahl Pellegrino and Ousseni Bouda.

📋 Team News: Minnesota United

From our viewpoint, Loons could decide to elect for a 5-3-2 lineup, giving starts to Dayne St. Clair, Miguel Tapias, Michael Boxall, Jefferson Diaz, Sang-Bin Jeong, Joseph Rosales, Wil Trapp, Robin Lod, Hassani Dotson, Bongokuhle Hlongwane and Kelvin Yeboah.

🧠 Prediction

It’s looking like Minnesota United won’t find it easy at all to be scoring even one goal against a San Jose Earthquakes team who seem set to really run this game.

We’re therefore predicting a very comfortable 3-0 margin for San Jose Earthquakes at the end of the game.

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

Lucas Pereira, 02:00 01/09/2024