. SJ Earthquakes defeats Los Angeles FC 3-1. SJ Earthquakes was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Rodrigues (5′), Amahl Pellegrino (55′) and D. Bouanga (59′). Los Angeles FC reduced the distance with a goal (69′) by Cristian Olivera, but there was not much to do for them. Los Angeles FC was surely better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Levi’s Stadium stadium in on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Víctor Rivas with the collaboration of Cory Richardson and Jeffrey Greeson. The 4th official was Elijio Arreguin. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.45 degrees Celsius or 50.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Los Angeles FC was in firm control of the ball 61% while SJ Earthquakes was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Los Angeles FC was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, SJ Earthquakes found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

SJ Earthquakes shot 14 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Los Angeles FC shot 17 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

SJ Earthquakes received 2 yellow cards (J. Skahan and Vítor Costa). On the other side, Los Angeles FC received 2 yellow cards (Maxime Chanot and Sergi Palencia).

Standings

After this match, SJ Earthquakes has 7 points to hold in the 14th place. On the other side, Los Angeles FC will stays with 15 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Los Angeles FC will host Vancouver Whitecaps on the 10th of November with a 7-5 head to head in favor of Los Angeles FC (4 draws).

SJ Earthquakes – Formation

SJ Earthquakes adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Luchi Gonzalez decided to play with the following team: William Yarbrough (8.1), Carlos Akapo (8.1), Rodrigues (7.9), Bruno Wilson (7.0), Vítor Costa (7.5), Jackson Yueill  (6.8), Carlos Gruezo (6.3), J. Skahan (6.8), C. Espinoza (8.4), Jeremy Ebobisse (6.7) and Amahl Pellegrino (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Paul Marie, Alfredo Morales, Tanner Beason, Preston Judd (6.4), Hernán López Muñoz (7.0), D. Munie, Benjamin Kikanović (7.0), N. Tsakiris and E. Ochoa.

Substitutions

SJ Earthquakes made 5 changes: Amahl Pellegrino for Benjamin Kikanović (69′), Jeremy Ebobisse for Preston Judd (78′), Vítor Costa for Tanner Beason (89′), C. Espinoza for Paul Marie (89′) and J. Skahan for Hernán López Muñoz (46′).

Player of the match: C. Espinoza​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SJ Earthquakes was C. Espinoza even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.4 with 32 passes (59% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.

Los Angeles FC – Formation

Also Los Angeles FC adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Steven Cherundolo played with: Hugo Lloris (6.0), Sergi Palencia (6.7), Jesús Murillo (6.6), Maxime Chanot (7.0), R. Hollingshead (7.0), Timothy Tillman (7.5), Ilie Sánchez  (6.6), Eduard Atuesta (7.3), Cristian Olivera (7.8), Mateusz Bogusz (7.3) and D. Bouanga (6.4).

They had on the bench: Omar Campos (7.0), Eddie Segura, É. Dueñas, T. Ángel, A. Romero, K. Kamara (7.1), N. Ordaz, Aaron Long and L. Müller.

Substitutions

Los Angeles FC made 2 changes: R. Hollingshead for Omar Campos (67′) and Mateusz Bogusz for K. Kamara (67′).

Player of the match: Cristian Olivera​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Los Angeles FC was Cristian Olivera.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 21 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 19. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Atlanta United – Minnesota United – 1-2
• Charlotte – Portland Timbers – 2-0
• DC United – Philadelphia Union – 2-2
• Inter Miami – New York RB – 6-2
• Orlando City – Cincinnati – 0-1
• SJ Earthquakes – Los Angeles FC – 3-1
• Toronto – Dallas – 3-1