Our football match prediction:
Montreal Impact
Match Time & Date:
15/07/2018
00:30 GMT
Prediction: 3-1
San Jose Earthquakes
Stade Saputo will host Sunday’s football match betwee Montreal Impact and San Jose Earthquakes. Montreal Impact quickly bounced back from a loss to Dallas and they seem to be on top of their game ahead of the visit of San Jose. The Canadian outfit are likely to rely on their solid defence in Sunday’s clash and seeing the Earthquakes made a very slow start to the season, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the hosts. San Jose suffered a 2-1 loss to Portland Timbers at the weekend, with the team extending their winless run in all competitions to ten games and, taking everything into account, home win should be considered. A man to watch in the home team will be Argentina international Ignacio Piatti, who has been scoring goals for fun in the first half of the season.
Highlighted Player (Jukka Raitala):
Columbus Crew full back Jukka Raitala was born in Kerava, Finland on September 15, 1988. Raitala started his senior career at Klubi-04 and after making 22 league appearances for the club, he moved to HJK in 2007. After ending his spell with Helsinki, the Finland international signed a loan deal with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. During his spell with die Kraichgauer he appeared for the reserve team as well and in 2011 he was loaned again, this time out to Osasuna. On August 28, 2011 he made his Primera Division debut with los Rojillos playing as a left back against Atletico Madrid. Raitala played for the likes of Heerenveen, FC Vestsjaelland, Aalborg and Sogndal in the past as well he signed for Columbus Crew for the 2017 season. The Columbus defender made his Finland debut on February 4, 2009 in a friendly against Japan. It has to be noted that he represented Finland at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in 2009.
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 colours 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.
