Match Report
10 points and 8 places separated them: Austin 14th with 25, SJ Earthquakes 6th with 35. SJ Earthquakes had been under-performing their position — 27th on five-round form against 6th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.26/1.83 for Austin and 1.74/1.48 for SJ Earthquakes (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.6.
A win had eluded SJ Earthquakes for 8 matches. Over the last five, Austin had taken 7 of 15 points to SJ Earthquakes's 1.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 2 Austin wins, 2 for SJ Earthquakes, 2 draws, at 4.33 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 67% of the meetings won by the home side. 83% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
The match was played at Q2 Stadium (capacity 20,738). With 34 matches recorded and 2.8 yellow cards per game, S. Boiko was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: SJ Earthquakes led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Austin: Guilherme Biro (90') · SJ Earthquakes: Beau Leroux (8')
Key stats
Possession: Austin 53% · SJ Earthquakes 47% · Total shots: 16-10 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 7-7