Our prediction for this MLS match:
PayPal Park will host Sunday’s football game between San Jose Earthquakes and Cincinnati, the two teams who are sitting in the opposite halve of the table. San Jose are stuck at the bottom of the Western Conference and given their poor form in MLS, home win should not be considered. Bruno Valdez is a major doubt after limping off with injury in a 5-1 loss to New York City, while all Kikanovic, Ricketts, Daniel, and Marcinkowski remain in the recovery room.
The Orange and Blue, on the other hand, aim to overtake Leo Messi’s Inter Miami in top position in the Eastern Conference. Given San Jose’s shaky defence, we predict that the visitors are going to pick up all three points from Sunday’s clash. In their last encounter in MLS Cincinnati crushed San Jose Earthquakes 6-0, which goes in favour of our previous prediction. The likes of Yuya Kubo, Corey Baird, and Aaron Boupendza are out of contention with injuries for the visiting 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.