San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles Galaxy Prediction & Betting Tips - Major League Soccer

Prediction published on 11/09/2020, 09:41  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 11/09/2020 at 09:48 in Major League Soccer Predictions

San Jose Earthquakes will be back at home on Monday to take on LA Galaxy after a very disappointing outing in Washington against Seattle Sounders. Going to this clash, San Jose are stuck at the bottom of the Western Conference with nine points from nine matches while LA Galaxy are fourth on 14 points from nine matches. San Jose suffered their biggest loss in MLS in recent years after falling 7-1 to Seattle Sounders in their last match. Chris Wondolowski’s late penalty goal was their only consolation in the game after conceding seven inside 60 minutes. The goal marked the eighth straight MLS game that San Jose have scored but the loss meant the team hasn’t won any of their last five matches. They reached the quarter finals of the MLS is Back tournament but after that it has been a downward spiral for the team, losing four of their last five matches. Defensively, San Jose have been off color, conceding in each of their last six matches and letting in two or more in five of those. These two sides last met at the end of August, with LA Galaxy winning 3-2 but before that game, San Jose had gone unbeaten against Galaxy in three straight matches.

While San Jose are going through a very tough period, LA Galaxy are on a fine run and head to this game with four straight wins, and unbeaten in their last five matches. They will also have extra days to rest ahead of this game as they last played on 7th September, four days before San Jose’s heavy loss in Washington. Galaxy saw off Los Angeles FC 3-0 in their last match, with all goals coming in the second half. In their fine run in the last five matches, Cristian Pavon and Sebastien Lletget have been key, scoring four goals each. As a team, LA Galaxy have scored three goals in each of their last three matches and in their last five matches, they have scored two or more goals. Five of Galaxy’s last seven matches have produced over 2.5 goals and the same has been the case in each of their last four matches against San Jose. In San Jose’s recent run, four of their last five matches have also produced over 2.5 goals.