Major League Soccer WON 2–3
Thu, Sep 10 · 04:30 · Snapdragon Stadium
San Diego Home
VS
San Jose Earthquakes Away
San Diego vs San Jose Earthquakes — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick San Diego or San Jose Earthquakes
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.22 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate77%
This price needs82%
Expert analysis

Head to Head Suggests No Draw Between San Diego and Earthquakes

San Diego and San Jose Earthquakes split their last four meetings with two wins each and no draws at all. San Diego’s home scoring average sits higher than their overall mark while San Jose concedes more on the road. Both sides show long runs of wins followed by losses in their recent sequences rather than repeated stalemates. The head to head record lines up with patterns where matches between these teams tend to produce a result one way or the other. San Diego’s defensive record at home limits clean sheets for visitors while San Jose’s low scoring away form rarely forces a standoff. Recent goal trends for each team point to games that open up enough to avoid a shared point.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
2–3 WON

Our pick “San Diego or San Jose Earthquakes” at odds 1.22 won — final score 2–3.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. N.Tsakiris assist Beau Leroux 3'
  3. Carlos Joaquim dos Santos 7'
  4. N.Tsakiris Penalty missed 8'
  5. Preston Judd assist N.Tsakiris 12'
  6. Preston Judd 13'
  7. Christopher McVey 18'
  8. Ousseni Bouda ↓ Preston Judd 30'
  9. Ousseni Bouda assist N.Tsakiris 35'
  10. Ousseni Bouda 37'
  11. Anders Dreyer assist Onni Valakari 42'
  12. Alejandro Alvarado Jr ↓ Aníbal Godoy 45'
  13. kieran sargeant ↓ Dagur Dan Þórhallsson 45'
  14. Max Floriani ↓ Reid Roberts 45'
  15. Eduard Löwen ↓ Luka Jovanovic 45'
  16. Amahl Pellegrino ↓ Gabriel Pirani 45+2'
  17. Beau Leroux 45+3'
  18. Second half
  19. Jeppe Tverskov 52'
  20. Ronaldo Vieira ↓ Beau Leroux 67'
  21. Benjamin Kikanovic ↓ Jack Jasinski 67'
  22. Cédric Bakambu ↓ Onni Valakari 68'
  23. Max Floriani 75'
  24. Carlos Joaquim dos Santos 80'
  25. Duran Ferree ↓ Alejandro Alvarado Jr 82'
  26. Max Floriani 90+2'
  27. Cédric Bakambu Penalty 90+4'
  28. Ronaldo Vieira 90+5'
This season
San Diego San Jose Earthquakes
Over 2.5 goals 26% 30%
Clean sheet 30% 26%
Failed to score 17% 17%
Scored per game 1.7 1.7
Conceded per game 1.5 1.5
Scored home / away 2.5 / 0.9 1.7 / 1.8

Across 23 and 23 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
5 STL St. Louis City 23 10 7 6 37
6 SAN San Jose Earthquakes ▲ 23 10 5 8 35
7 COL Colorado Rapids 23 10 1 12 31
8 POR Portland Timbers 23 9 4 10 31
9 SAN San Diego ▲ 23 8 6 9 30
10 REA Real Salt Lake 22 8 5 9 29
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
San Diego WLWWL
W @ Los Angeles FC 1–0 Aug 16
L @ Portland Timbers 1–3 Aug 20
W vs Colorado Rapids 3–0 Aug 23
W vs Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 Aug 30
L @ Orlando City SC 0–1 Sep 5
San Jose Earthquakes LLLDD
L vs St. Louis City 1–3 Aug 16
L @ Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Aug 20
L vs Minnesota United FC 1–5 Aug 23
D @ Houston Dynamo 0–0 Aug 30
D @ Austin 1–1 Sep 6
Goals trend · last 5 matches
San Diego
Scored 1.6 avg
1 1 3 3 0
Conceded 1.0 avg
0 3 0 1 1
San Jose Earthquakes
Scored 0.6 avg
1 0 1 0 1
Conceded 2.0 avg
3 1 5 0 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 San Diego
0 Draws
2 San Jose Earthquakes
Apr 2026 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 San Diego San Jose Earthquakes
Jan 2026 San Diego 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes San Diego
Sep 2025 San Diego 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes
Aug 2025 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 San Diego San Diego

Over 2.5 goals in 2 of the last 4 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
San Diego 4-3-3
  • 1 C. dos Santos G
  • 33 O. Verhoeven D
  • 26 M. Duah D
  • 97 C. McVey D
  • 3 D. Þór­halls­son D
  • 20 A. Godoy M
  • 6 J. Tverskov M
  • 12 Gabriel Pirani M
  • 10 A. Dreyer F
  • 8 O. Valakari F
  • 99 E. Achouri F
Bench A. Alvarado, C. Bakambu, B. Duke, D. Ferree, I. Murphy, A. Pellegrino, Kieran Sargeant, D. Vazquez, B. B. Zamble

Mikey Varas

San Jose Earthquakes 4-2-3-1
  • 1 A. Gunn G
  • 17 Jack Jasinski D
  • 5 D. Munie D
  • 18 R. Roberts D
  • 4 D. Romney D
  • 6 I. Harkes M
  • 34 Beau Leroux M
  • 9 L. Jovanović M
  • 10 N. Tsakiris M
  • 87 Vítor Costa M
  • 19 P. Judd F
Bench R. Vieira, J. Skahan, J. Ricketts, Francesco Montali, E. Löwen, B. Kikanovic, M. Floriani, N. Fernandez, O. Bouda

B. Arena

Team news · injuries & suspensions
San Diego
  • OUT M. Ingvartsen Injury
  • OUT P. Sisniega Back Injury
  • OUT M. Ingvartsen Injury
  • OUT P. Sisniega Back Injury
San Jose Earthquakes
  • OUT N. Adimabua Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT E. Edwards Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT D. Johnson Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT D. Jones Achilles Tendon Injury
  • OUT P. Marie Injury
  • OUT T. Werner Injury
  • OUT N. Adimabua Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT E. Edwards Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT D. Johnson Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT D. Jones Achilles Tendon Injury
  • OUT P. Marie Injury
  • OUT T. Werner Injury