Match Report
SJ Earthquakes went into the game 5th in the table on 42 points; Vancouver Whitecaps sat 1st on 49 — a 7-point gap. The last five rounds placed Vancouver Whitecaps no better than 6th for form, against 1st in the standings. Against a league average of 1.6 goals per team per game, SJ Earthquakes ran at 1.77 scored and 1.46 conceded, Vancouver Whitecaps at 2.24 and 0.92.
9 matches unbeaten backed SJ Earthquakes's arrival, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Vancouver Whitecaps were unbeaten in 5.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 4 for SJ Earthquakes, 3 for Vancouver Whitecaps and 2 drawn, at 2.78 goals per meeting.
PayPal Park, capacity 18,000, hosted the game. The referee was M. Badawi, with 59 matches in our database and 2.2 yellows per game on average. 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
SJ Earthquakes: Preston Judd (4') · Vancouver Whitecaps: Sebastian Berhalter (76')
Key stats
Possession: SJ Earthquakes 29% · Vancouver Whitecaps 71% · Total shots: 7-16 · On target: 3-5 · Corners: 2-4