Seattle Sounders FC vs San Jose Earthquakes Prediction & Betting Tips

Seattle Sounders FC will face San Jose Earthquakes in Friday’s upcoming MLS fixture.

Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes can be found here (plus the best game odds).

📊 Form Guide

Seattle Sounders FC WWLWWD

Seattle Sounders FC prepare for this fixture after a 2-2 MLS stalemate against Real Salt Lake.

In that game, Seattle Sounders FC managed 43% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For Seattle Sounders FC, goals were scored by Lodeiro (29') and Gómez (69'). On the other side, Real Salt Lake got 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Glad (50') and Ruíz (85') scored for Real Salt Lake.

Matches with Seattle Sounders FC have usually been absorbing encounters lately with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past six games, the sum total of 22 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 15 of them coming from The Sounders.

San Jose Earthquakes WWLLLD

In their last game, San Jose Earthquakes drew 1-1 in the MLS tie with Colorado Rapids.

In that game, San Jose Earthquakes had 54% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for San Jose Earthquakes was Wondolowski (59'). Colorado Rapids had 10 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Kamara (82') was the scorer for Colorado Rapids.

Indicating their predisposition for high-scoring matches, the back of the net has been hit 27 times in the prior 6 matches in which San Jose Earthquakes have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 4.5 goals per clash. Opposing teams have got 15 from this total. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see if the trend shall persist here in this game.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 26/07/2018 tells us that Seattle Sounders FC have won 3 of them and San Jose Earthquakes 0, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

9 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 from The Sounders and 3 belonging to Quakes. The average goals per game has been 1.5.

🗞️ Team News: Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle Sounders FC manager Brian Schmetzer will be happy not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game thanks to a fully healthy group available to select from.

It’s our opinion that The Sounders will possibly use the 4-2-3-1 formation for the game with Stefan Frei, Nouhou Tolo, Xavier Arreaga, Yeimar Gomez, Kelvin Leerdam, Joao Paulo, Jordy Delem, Jordan Morris, Nicolas Lodeiro, Cristian Roldan and Raúl Ruidíaz.

📋 Team News: San Jose Earthquakes

Due to a completely healthy squad to pick from, San Jose Earthquakes boss Matías Almeyda has zero fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match.

There’s a good chance that Quakes seem likely to play in a 4-4-2 formation by sending out Mario Daniel Vega, Tommy Thompson, Oswaldo Alanís, Florian Jungwirth, Paul Marie, Cristian Espinoza, Jackson Yueill, Judson Silva Tavares, Valeri Qazaishvili, Chris Wondolowski and Andrés Ríos.

🧠 Prediction

San Jose Earthquakes will manage to score a goal against this Seattle Sounders FC team, although it is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our selection here is for a narrow 2-1 win for Seattle Sounders FC at the end of the match. Could easily see this go either way.

Lucas Pereira, 23:03 06/09/2020