Our prediction for this MLS match:
St Louis City will be aiming to recover from a 4-3 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps when they take on San Jose Earthquakes in a midweek clash. St Louis City are now on a nine-game winless run and, no doubt, they are going to leave their hearts on the field in Thursday’s clash. Midfielder Kyle Hiebert is on international duty, while all Joao Klauss, Celio Pompeu, Joakim Nilsson, Rasmus Alm, and Tomas Ostrak miss out with injuries.
San Jose, on the other hand, suffered a loss in each of their last five league matches. As the Earthquakes have been struggling at the back of late, conceding 15 goals in total in the last five league fixtures, home win should definitely be considered. The likes of Carlos Akapo, Bruno Wilson, Jamar Ricketts, Daniel, and JT Marcinkowski continue to miss out with injuries for the away team.
Highlighted Team (San Jose Earthquakes):
San Jose Earthquakes are members of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer. The Quakes have been participating in the league since 1996 and they won their first MLS Cup trophy in 2001. Back then San Jose outplayed star-studded Los Angeles Galaxy in the title game, but it has to be noted that they scored the winner in the extra time.
Two years later the Quakes managed to repeat the success, with the team beating Chicago Fire in the 2003 MLS Cup final. Avaya Stadium is the home ground of San Jose Earthquakes and the capacity of the venue is 18.000. The construction of the stadium cost no less than $100 million and the venue was opened in March, 2015. The club’s home colors are blue and black, whilst the Quakes wear white and red shirts and white shorts when playing on the travels.
Chris Wondolowski is the club’s biggest star and he has been playing for San Jose Earthquakes since 2009. The USA ace has 121 league goals on his account ahead of the start of the 2017 season.