About Match
4 points and 2 places separate them: Colorado Rapids 8th with 31, SJ Earthquakes 6th with 35. The last five rounds place SJ Earthquakes no better than 27th for form, against 6th in the standings. Per game in the league, Colorado Rapids score 1.35 and conceding 1.35, SJ Earthquakes 1.74 and 1.48, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game. A win would lift SJ Earthquakes to 38 points and up to 5th (other results unchanged).
SJ Earthquakes are winless in 9. Recent form is uneven: 9/15 points for Colorado Rapids, 2/15 for SJ Earthquakes.
10 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Colorado Rapids 3, draws 0, SJ Earthquakes 7, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings.
The match takes place at Dick's Sporting Goods Park (capacity 19,680).