Seattle Sounders FC vs San Jose Earthquakes Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Seattle Sounders FC

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Seattle Sounders FC will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 2-0 MLS loss in their previous game against FC Dallas.

In that match, Seattle Sounders FC managed 43% possession and 4 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. At the other end, FC Dallas had 21 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Jesús Ferreira (65') and Paul Arriola (88') scored for FC Dallas.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Seattle Sounders FC have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Seattle Sounders FC have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 10 goals on the way.

San Jose Earthquakes

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San Jose Earthquakes will go into the clash following on from a 1-0 MLS win over Colorado Rapids in their last match.

In that match, San Jose Earthquakes had 59% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for San Jose Earthquakes was Nathan (64'). For their opponents, Colorado Rapids had 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

Demonstrating their predisposition for fruitful matches, goals have been seen as many as 27 times in the last six matches in which San Jose Earthquakes have taken to the field, making it an average of 4.5 goals each clash. Opposing teams have managed 12 from this total. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 19/10/2020 tells us that Seattle Sounders FC have won 3 of these and San Jose Earthquakes 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 11 of them for The Sounders and 7 being from Quakes. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league meeting between these sides was MLS match day 12 on 24/04/2022 when it finished San Jose Earthquakes 4-3 Seattle Sounders FC.

On that occasion, San Jose Earthquakes managed 55% possession and 23 shots at goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Cristian Espinoza (45', 64', 94') and Jackson Yueill (65').

Seattle Sounders FC got 10 shots on goal with 7 on target. Nicolás Lodeiro (14'), Cristian Roldan (20') and Jordan Morris (57') scored.

The referee was Ted Unkel.

🗞️ Team News: Seattle Sounders FC

The Seattle Sounders FC manager Brian Schmetzer doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game owing to a completely injury-free group available to select from.

📋 Team News: San Jose Earthquakes

With a fully injury-free group available to choose from, the San Jose Earthquakes manager Matías Almeyda does not have any fitness worries to report coming into this clash.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that San Jose Earthquakes will have their work cut out to score against this Seattle Sounders FC lineup who we think might well score & stay on top.

We therefore see a highly competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for Seattle Sounders FC at the end of the 90 minutes.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

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

Renata Leite, 10:39 10/05/2022