Los Angeles FC vs San Jose Earthquakes Prediction, 5/28/2022 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 5/25/2022

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Game: Los Angeles FC vs San Jose Earthquakes

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2022

Location: Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-208) San Jose (+525)

Banc of California Stadium is the site where Jeremy Ebobisse and the San Jose Earthquakes (3-5-5, 11th in Western Conference) will play Los Angeles FC (8-2-3, 1st in Western Conference) on Saturday. The goaltenders protecting the net will be Maxime Crepeau for Los Angeles FC and JT Marcinkowski for the San Jose Earthquakes. The line on this game has Los Angeles FC coming in at -208 and the Earthquakes are at +525. The over/under has been set at 2.5.

Los Angeles took the field against Columbus in their last match and walked away with a win by a score of 2-0. In regard to passing, they ended up with a 91.8% passes received percentage by completing 235 out of their 256 pass attempts in their last match. LAFC attempted 12 dribbles in this contest and converted 4 of those tries for a percentage of 33.3%.

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Regarding shot accuracy, Los Angeles ended this match at a 28.6% rate by landing 4 shots on target of 14 total shots. Los Angeles has an average of 2.00 g/90 (26 goals in total) and are sitting with 13 assists in all matches for the season.

Cristian Arango is a player who can be a difference maker for Los Angeles FC. He has accounted for 9 assists while accumulating 25 yellow cards during his career. Arango has been a starter in 115 matchups so far in his career while scoring 0.39 G/90. The forward hailing from Colombia has recorded 46 goals scored in 10,749 professional minutes played.

One more guy who could decide who wins is Carlos Vela, the forward born in Mexico. Vela has played 29,280 minutes during 326 career starting assignments and has been given a total of 51 yellow card cautions. He has assisted on a goal 70 times so far in his pro soccer career and he has scored 145 total goals. He has an average of 0.45 G/90 so far in his pro soccer career.

The guy who will defend the goal for Los Angeles FC will be Maxime Crepeau. Crepeau (43-29-60 mark in his career) has 34 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 25.6% clean sheet percentage. The keeper born in Canada has had 611 shots tried against him in 133 career starting assignments. His GA/90 is 1.42 (188 total goals given up) and he has earned a save % of 71.5. Crepeau has been on the field for 11,937 mins and has 436 stops in his career.

The last time they took the pitch, San Jose were able to avoid a loss with a score of 1-1 against Kansas City. They finished this game by connecting on 503 of the 522 passes they attempted for a rate of 96.4%. The Earthquakes had a 50.0% successful dribble rate by completing 7 out of the 14 dribbles they attempted. San Jose converted 5 shots on target out of 18 shots attempted which gave them a 27.8% rate when they last took the field. Having tallied 23 goals and 16 assists in all competitions, San Jose sports an average of 1.77 goals and 1.23 assists per 90 minutes.

Jeremy Ebobisse should provide a lift for San Jose Earthquakes. The forward born in the United States has earned 8,739 mins and has scored 40 goals. He has tallied 5 yellow card warnings thus far in his career and has assisted on a goal 11 times. He is averaging 0.41 G/90 and has started 94 games during his soccer career. You should also keep an eye on Cristian Espinoza, the forward hailing from Argentina. He has 18 goals so far in his career while assisting on a goal 38 different times. Espinoza has been given 26 yellow card warnings in 11,458 mins (136 career starts). His goals per 90 min average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.14.

JT Marcinkowski will look after the net for San Jose Earthquakes. Marcinkowski has tallied 20 shutouts while defending 501 shots tried against him in 9,270 mins throughout his career. He holds a save percentage of 69.3 and his clean sheet rate is 19.4%. He has surrendered 1.58 goals per 90 while earning a record of 38-29-36. Thus far in his career, Marcinkowski has allowed 163 goals and has accumulated 352 stops in 103 starts.

Who will win tonight's MLS game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-208)

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