San Jose Earthquakes will be looking to end the five game winless run in the Major League Soccer this week when they travel to Toyota Stadium for a faceoff against FC Dallas at their home turf. Match day schedules for August 14 at 04:30 EAT.
FC Dallas is third in the Western Conference standings with 36 points after 25 matches they have played. In their campaign this season, they have recorded nine wins against seven loses and nine draws. Coming into this game, FC Dallas won two drawn two and lost two of their last six matches.
In their previous fixture, FC Dallas held each other to 1-1 MLS draw with Portland Timbers. In that match, FC Dallas had 54% possession, seven shots with two of them on target. Portland Timbers got 16 shots with five of them on target and goals by Marvin Loría (96′) and Diego Chará (100′ OG).
San Jose Earthquakes on the other hand are second from the bottom of the Western Conference table with 24 points, a point above Sporting Kansas at the rock bottom off the table. In their campaign this season, Alex Covelo’s men have recorded five wins against 10 loses and nine draws. Coming into this game, they picked up one win, two draws and three loses in their last six matches.
San Jose Earthquakes also shared spoils 3-3 MLS with Austin FC in their most recent game. In that match, San Jose Earthquakes had 56% possession, 12 shots with five of them on target goals scored by Benji Kikanovic (8′), Paul Marie (20′) and Jeremy Ebobisse (88′). Austin FC got 15 shots with six of them on target and goals by Julio Cascante (6′) and Sebastián Driussi (26′, 44′).
FC Dallas vs. San Jose Earthquakes head to head
Out of the 32 head to head meetings since 2008; 15 matches ended in draws, San Jose won 10 times while Dallas won seven times.
- San Jose 1-1 Dallas 08/11/21
- Dallas 1-1 San Jose 12/09/21
- San Jose 3-1 Dallas 24/04/21
- San Jose 2-2 Dallas 08/06/19
- Dallas 0-0 San Jose 27/04/19
Home
- Portland 1-1 Dallas
- Seattle 1-0 Dallas
- Dallas 1-0 LA Galaxy
- Salt Lake 0-1 Dallas
- Dallas 1-1 Austin
Away
- Austin 3-3 San Jose
- San Jose 0-1 Miami
- San Jose 2-2 Salt Lake
- Portland 2-1 San Jose
- San Jose 1-1 Celta Vigo
FC Dallas team news
Nico Estévez has no fitness or suspension concerns ahead of this game.
San Jose Earthquakes team news
Manager Alex Covelo will be without the service of George Asomani who is sidelined through injury.
Prediction and odds
FC Dallas will be looking to keep up the momentum today against SJ Earthquakes, having lost just 1 game from the last five matches while the Earthquakes are winless in all their last five matches and lost in three.
- FC Dallas Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
