San Jose Earthquakes vs Seattle Sounders Prediction: There will be a goal drought in this clash!

San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders, both playing in the Western Conference, will face each other in the 5th round of the league campaign. The game will be played at the Earthquakes Stadium by 05:30.

The Earthquakes are ranked 14th in the Western Conference with 0 points in 4 games and they have a record of 0 wins, 0 draw and 4 losses. While the Seattle Sounders are ranked 13th with 2 points from 3 games and they have a record of 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

San Jose Earthquakes

The Earthquake's current needs no further explanations. They are the poorest team so far since the start of the campaign as they have recorded 4 losses in all 4 games they have played.

The Earthquakes are coming off a 2-1 defeat against Sporting Kansas City in their last game. Despite taking the lead in just 11 minutes into the first half, The Earthquakes ended up conceding 2 goals before the end of the first half and ultimately losing the game at the end. Their stats however were decent as shown by the game statistics. They had 49% possession, 6 shots on target and 5 corner kicks. They also created 2 big chances during the game. 

A lot of fingers are pointing at the management of the team for the poor start to the campaign and a drastic change is needed for an improvement to come.

Seattle Sounders

Seattle Sounders have played 3 games already after the Philadelphia Union game was abandoned and rescheduled for a later date. In those 3 games, they had 2 draws and 1 loss. 

Seattle Sounders played their last game at home against the Colorado Rapids last week and they drew 1-1 at the end. Raul Ruidiaz converted an early penalty to put Seattle Sounders in the lead but it was not enough to win the game, as they conceded in the 85th minute. And according to the stats, Seattle Sounders had 48% possession, 3 shots on target and 6 corner kicks. They also created 1 big chance and hit the woodwork once during the game.

Seattle Sounders will need to put up a better performance if they hope to get their first win against The Earthquakes in the upcoming clash.

Head to Head

In the last 20 meetings between both clubs Seattle Sounders won 8 matches, while San Jose Earthquakes won 7 and 5 games ended in a draw.

Analysis and Predictions

There are really no solid guarantees of an outright winner despite Seattle Sounders being considered huge favorites. Both clubs are going through a goal drought and we might see that problem in full display once again in this game.

The Earthquakes are unbeaten in the last 5 meetings while Seattle Sounders are without a clean sheet in the last 7. There were less than 10.5 corners in 4 of the last 5 meetings.

• Under 2.5 Goals at 1.76 Odds
• Under 2.5 Goals at 1.76 Odds
• Under 2.5 Goals at 1.72 Odds