New York Red Bulls vs San Jose Earthquakes Prediction: San Jose desperately need to win

Its matchday 7 already and things are heating up in the MLS campaign already. New York Red Bulls and San Jose Earthquakes face each other in this match in the Red Bull Arena. The Red Bulls have had a slow start to the season and are coming into this match following a defeat against Atlanta United in their last match. And San Jose Earthquakes have had a better start, but not perfect. They grabbed a win in their last match against Houston Dynamo.

New York Red Bulls have a lot of improvement to make if they are to achieve their objectives this season. In their last 5 matches, they recorded 3 draws, 1 win and 1 loss.The loss was in their latest game against Atlanta United away from home. New York Red Bulls were behind in the match in the opening 8 minutes, as Giorgos Giakoumakis opened the scoring for Atlanta United. The Red Bulls had only 41% possession, 2 shots on target and 5 corner kicks by the end of 90 minutes.

New York Red Bulls are currently in 12th place on the eastern conference table with 6 points taken from 6 matches. They have won 1, drawn 3 and lost 2 and they have a goal ratio of 4:5.

Team Streak:without clean sheet (4), less than 2.5 goals (8/9), less than 10.5 corners (5/6).

San Jose Earthquake finally got back to winning ways in their last match, after they beat Houston Dynamo 2-1 at home. In the last 5 matches, San Jose Earthquakes had 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Against Houston Dynamo, San Jose were the better team in terms of possession, having 52% possession, while also registering 3 shots on target and 2 corner kicks at the end of 90 minutes. Cristian Espinoza was first to score for San Jose Earthquakes from the penalty squad in just 7 minutes, before Amine Bassi equalised from a penalty in the 42nd minute. And in the second half Cristian Espinoza scored his second of the game from another penalty in the 65th minute to seal the victory for San Jose Earthquakes.

San Jose Earthquakes are in 5th place on the table, with 10 points from 6 matches played so far. They won 3, drew 1 and lost 2 and have a goal ratio of 6:7.

These two teams have played 19 matches before this game and in that time, New York Red Bulls had 11 matches, while San Jose Earthquakes have 5 wins and 4 match ended in a draw.

• New York Red Bulls have won the last 5 meetings.
• San Jose Earthquakes are without a clean sheet in 5 meetings.
• There were more than 2.5 goals scored in 4/5 meetings.
• Both teams scored in 4/5 meetings.
• New York Red Bulls were first to score in 4/5 meetings.
• New York Red Bulls won the first half in 4/5 meetings
• There were less than 4.5 cards shown in 7/7 meetings.

• New York Red Bulls (4-2-3-1): Carlos Miguel, Kyle Duncan, Sean Nealis, Andres Reyes, Cameron Harper, Peter Stroud, Frankie Amaya, Luquinhas, Cristian Casseres Jr, Omir Fernandez, Cory Burke
• San Jose Earthquakes (4-4-2): James Marcinkowski, Carlos Akapo, Jonathan Mensah, Rodrigues, Paul Marie, Cristian Espinoza, Jakson Yueill, Michael Baldisimo, Jamiro Monteiro, Jeremy Ebobisse, Cade Cowell.

New York Red Bulls have won the last 5 meetings with San Jose Earthquakes but unfortunately it's difficult to stand on that point seeing they are in poorer form compared to the visitors here. San Jose Earthquakes are aware of their struggle against the Red Bulls and they will be coming here with a desire to break the status quo. I think either side has what it takes to win irrespective of form and a goal exchange looks possible.

• Bet on More than 2 Goals at 1.77 Odds
• Bet on Both Teams to Score at 1.98 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 2-2 at 13 Odds

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