FC Dallas vs San Jose Earthquakes Prediction: FC Dallas holds all the advantages.

FC Dallas begin their MLS campaign with a match against San Jose Earthquakes at the Toyota Stadium. With the preseason games now over, both clubs will hope to start the campaign with a win. FC Dallas had a more engaged preseason campaign as they played a total of 6 games during that period. And they had 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from the 6 games. San Jose Earthquakes played 5 games during the preseason and they had 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat. FC Dallas are looking more likely to begin the season in a good note following the results of the preseason games, even though it's not always the case for many clubs. But at the moment, they surely look more organized and prepared than the San Jose Earthquakes team. Hopefully they will be able to carry on that form into the new season.

FC Dallas

FC Dallas look set to kick off their league campaign against San Jose Earthquakes. The FC Dallas fans will be full of confidence in the team especially considering their very strong record against San Jose Earthquakes at the Toyota Stadium. 

A lot of preparations had been in place for the new season and FC Dallas made no reservations in the preseason games. They had 6 games during the preseason and they won 4 games against Inter Miami, New Mexico United, Aalborg and Odds. They drew 1 game against OB FC and lost against Malmo.

FC Dallas will aim for a better end this season. They ended in 14th place last season with 46 points from 11 wins, 13 draws and 10 defeats. Jesus Ferreirar scored 13 goals for FC Dallas last season and he had 4 assists. Jesus Ferreira and Bernard Kamungo will be the players leading the attack for FC Dallas in the new season.

FC Dallas added a few players to their team and Peter Musa was one of them. He will add extra support in the midfield for FC Dallas in the new season. He scored 5 goals and registered 2 assists in 14 matches for Benfica last season.

San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes will start the new campaign with an away match against FC Dallas. The Toyota Stadium has been up there as one of the difficult venues for the Earthquakes for sometime. The last time they pulled off a win at that venue was back in 2018. 

The Earthquakes had quite a disappointing preseason campaign. They started off with back-to-back draws against LA Galaxy and New York City. Then they lost to Charlotte FC before beating Portland and in their final game they played a draw against Vancouver Whitecaps.

San Jose Earthquakes ended in 16th spot last season with 44 points from 10 wins, 14 draws and 10 defeats. Cristian Espinoza scored 13 goals and registered 8 assists for San Jose Earthquakes last season. 

Amahl Pellegrino's signing from Bodø/Glint offers some hope ahead of the new season after his fantastic record last season. He netted 24 goals in 29 league games for Bodø/Glint last season and that's the kind of player San Jose Earthquakes need right now.

Head to Head

FC Dallas and San Jose Earthquakes have produced more draws in their last 20 meetings against each other according to the h2h. FC Dallas won 5 matches, while San Jose Earthquakes won 4 and they drew 11 matches.

Analysis and Predictions

FC Dallas seem to hold the advantage ahead of this opener. But it's unclear if they will apply that advantage to get all 3 points in this game. 

According to analysis of the h2h between both clubs, FC Dallas have not lost in the last 6 meetings and San Jose Earthquakes in the last 3 meetings. They are both without a clean sheet in the last 8 meetings and in 5 of their last 6 matches, there were less than 2.5 goals scored. Both teams scored in their last 8 meetings and San Jose Earthquakes scored first in 5 of their last 7 meetings. And there were less than 10.5 corners in their last 5 meetings.

• FC Dallas to Play More Corners at 2 Odds
• Under 10 Total Corners at 1.825 Odds
• FC Dallas to Win 1-0 at 7.50 Odds