The San Jose Earthquakes are all set to face rivals LA Galaxy on Wednesday night in the Leagues Cup West Group 2 match.
San Jose fell in their League Cup opener against Liga MX giants Chivas 0-0 (4-3 on penalties) in front of a 50,000-plus crowd at Levi's Stadium. The Earthquakes took the lead six minutes into the game thanks to Jeremy Ebobisse's goal, but they could not see the result as Robert Alvarado equalized in the 98th minute before penalties.
The first-time competition will be the Galaxy's first taste of League Cup action this summer. Greg Vanney's side are coming off a 3-2 win over Portland Timbers on July 20, and will be hoping to continue their good form in the Leagues Cup.
Here it is 90 minSan Jose vs LA Galaxy preview.
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Chivas 1-1 San Jose Earthquakes (3-4 on penalties) – 27/07/2024 |
LA Galaxy 3-2 Portland Timbers – 20/07/2024 |
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Minnesota United 2-0 San Jose Earthquakes – 20/07/2024 |
LA Galaxy 3-2 Colorado Rapids – 17/07/2024 |
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San Jose Earthquakes 0-1 Houston Dynamo – 17/07/2024 |
FC Dallas 2-0 LA Galaxy – 13/07/2024 |
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San Jose Earthquakes 1-2 Sporting Kansas City – 13/07/2024 |
LA Galaxy 2-1 Minnesota United – 07/07/2024 |
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San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Chicago Fire – 07/07/2024 |
LA Galaxy 1-2 LAFC – 04/07/2024 |
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Apple TV – MLS Season Pass |
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Apple TV – MLS Season Pass |
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San Jose has a long list of injuries ahead of the clash with the Galaxy. Backup goalkeeper JC Marcinkowski has a knee injury suffered in October last year, while a hip injury kept Carlos Akapo out until early August.
San Jose Earthquakes predicted to face LA Galaxy (4-3-3): Daniel; Costa, Beason, Rodrigues, Maurie; Yueill, Gruezo, Lopez; Espinoza, Ebobisse, Pellegrino.
Galaxy boss Vanney will be without three regular players, with striker Dejan Joveljic out with a hamstring injury, midfielder Gaston Brugman out with a knee injury in May and defender Julian Aude still unavailable for selection due to illness. hip problem.
LA Galaxy predicted to face San Jose Earthquakes (4-3-3): McCarthy; Yamane, Yoshida, Neal, Nelson; Delgado, Cerrillo, Puig; Pec, Paintsil, Fagundez.
Even if the Galaxy are down a few key players, they should have enough of them to get a good result against one of their rivals on Wednesday night. The Earthquakes also have some quality here and there with the likes of Hernan Lopez and Cristian Espinoza, but they won't match the Galaxy's Joseph Paintsil, Gabriel Pec and Riqui Puig.
Pec and Paintsil will both get on the scoresheet to seal three points for the Galaxy in their opening match of the 2024 League Cup.
Prediction: San Jose Earthquakes 0-2 LA Galaxy
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