Seattle Sounders vs San Jose Earthquakes Match Preview

Seattle Sounders is ranked at 1st place in the Western Conference with 32 points and comes not in their best shape after two wins a draw, and two losses over the last five matches. Especially the loss in the direct duel against Sporting Kansas City was a bit heavy as now the distance with them is only two points and Sporting Kansas City is one game short.

With 25 goals they have the second-best offensive side in the league and in the last five matches, despite not do great results, they scored a total of five goals, averaging a goal per game, while managing to find the back of the net in four occasions. After suffering their first defeat at home ground, they will seek to bounce back. In their 9 home games, they have scored 17 goals, averaging almost two goals per game. Ruidiaz is having a great season so far with 11 goals and 1 assist and is expected to play from the start.

San Jose Earthquakes, on the other side, is ranked at 11th place with 14 points and is winless over the last five matches, having four draws and a loss. They sit six points behind the play-off zone and need to start winning games if they want to hope for a miracle.

With 17 goals scored so far they have shown a pretty decent offensive side and in the last five matches, they have scored a total of six goals, averaging a goal per game, while surprisingly managing to find the back of the net in each outing. And they already scored against teams like Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids which are ranked 2nd and 4th respectively. For them the star player has been the youngster Cowell with 4 goals and 4 assists so far, followed by Lopez 3 goals and 1 assist.

In conclusion, I think this game can have over 2.5 goals. Seattle Sounders has been the best team until now and I guess they will be highly motivated to give a strong signal now and return in winning games while also scoring a couple of goals. San Jose Earthquakes playing away from home is a good team and they can contribute with one goal too here.