LA Galaxy vs San Jose Earthquakes Prediction, 10/14/2020 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 10/12/2020

Game: LA Galaxy vs San Jose Earthquakes

Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Location: Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: LA (-154) San Jose (+360)

Dignity Health Sports Park is the venue where Andres Rios and the San Jose Earthquakes (5-5-7, 7th in the Western Conference) will play the LA Galaxy (4-3-8, 12th in the Western Conference) on Wednesday. The goalkeepers protecting the net are David Bingham for the LA Galaxy and Daniel Vega for the San Jose Earthquakes. The Galaxy are priced at -154 while the Earthquakes are at +360. The O/U is set at 3.25.

The Galaxy have collected 20 goals this season, which ranks them 18th in MLS. They have tried 168 shots at their opponents goal with 60 on target, which calculates to a 35.7% shots on target percentage. LA has been able to control possession for 46.5% of games while they successfully dribble 56.5% of the time (21st in MLS). They have received 5,089 passes on 5,932 tries so far this year, which makes their receiving percentage 85.8%.

Christian Pavon is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for LA. He has 29 assists while earning 7 yellow card cautions so far in his career. Pavon has been a starter in 99 contests in his pro soccer career while scoring 0.31 goals per 90 minutes. The forward who is from Argentina has 30 goals in 8,742 professional minutes played. One more guy who should impact this match is Sebastian Lletget, the midfielder who is from the United States. He has assisted on a goal 14 times during his pro soccer career while scoring 20 goals. Lletget has accumulated 9,228 mins during 106 starting assignments and has been given 7 yellow card cautions. He scores 0.20 G/90 during his career.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for LA Galaxy will be David Bingham. Bingham (74-43-71 record during his soccer career) has 50 shutouts, which gives him a 26.9% shutout percentage. The goalie from the United States has seen 824 shots sent his way in 186 starts. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.47 (275 total goals allowed) and he has a save percentage of .692. Bingham has seen the field for 16,832 minutes and has 570 stops so far in his career.

The Earthquakes have dribbled successfully 56.2% of the time on the season while scoring 24 goals. They hold a receiving percentage of 87.7% and they have controlled possession of the ball 57.2% of the time. San Jose has accumulated 7,668 targets on the campaign (7th in the league) to go along with 6,723 successful received passes. The have hit on 37.4% of their shots on 230 total shots.

Andres Rios should be someone to watch for San Jose. The forward who was born in Argentina has been on the field for 8,938 mins while he has scored 26 goals. He has 19 yellow cards in his professional soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 4 times. He is currently averaging 0.26 goals per 90 mins and has been in the starting lineup in 149 games so far in his career. Make sure to keep an eye out for Chris Wondolowski, the forward who represents the United States. Wondolowski has been handed a total of 34 yellow card warnings in 27,972 professional minutes (309 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 average in his pro soccer career is 0.52. He has tallied 163 goals during his career while helping a teammate on a goal 37 different times.

Daniel Vega will reside in front of the net for the Earthquakes. In his career, Vega has surrendered 171 goals while he has earned 369 saves in 120 starts. He has allowed 1.43 goals per 90 minutes while holding a record of 50-27-43. He has a save % of .695 and his shutout rate sits at 31.7%. Vega has totaled 38 clean sheets while he has defended 531 shots attempted against him in 10,799 mins throughout his career.

Who will win tonight's MLS game ATS?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Jose (+360)

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