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Major League Soccer10/25/2026, 12:30 AM

Dallas – SJ Earthquakes3 : 0

Why the model thinks so

Dallas
1.74
Total xG
3.20
SJ Earthquakes
1.45
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorDallasSJ Earthquakes
High-scoring league (3.2 goals/match)+0.75+0.75
Attack weakness (0.79x league average)−0.67
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.2 goals/match)−0.25
Declining form (1.5 vs 2 season average)−0.16
3 clean sheets in last 5 matches−0.15
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.6 goals/match)−0.06
Christian Cappis on the bench (1 goals, 1 assists)
Preston Judd on the bench (16 goals, 3 assists)
Paul Marie on the bench (0 goals, 5 assists)
13% of goal output missing (only 87% available)

Key factors

  • Home/Away: Dallas averages 1.86 goals per game at home in the league this season, SJ Earthquakes 1.73 away per game
  • Table: Dallas is 3rd in the league with 51 points from 30 games, SJ Earthquakes is 4th with 48 points from 30 games

Risks

  • Form: SJ Earthquakes are undefeated in their last 5 games (1 win, 4 draws)
  • Defense: Dallas has conceded 1.57 goals per game in the league this season

All probabilities

Result
Dallas43%
Draw26%
SJ Earthquakes31%
Double chance
Dallas or draw69%
SJ Earthquakes or draw57%
No draw74%
Goals
Over 1.584%
Under 1.516%
Over 2.562%
Under 2.538%
Over 3.540%
Under 3.560%
Both teams score
Yes65%
No35%

xG score

1:1
From xG 1.74 : 1.45, rounded up only from .912% probability

Other likely scores

2:1
9%
1:2
8%
2:2
7%
2:0
6%
3:0
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Dallas: 7 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  2. Dallas: first goal in 8 of 11 games (73%)
  3. Dallas: 7 goals from minute 80 onwards in 12 games. Against St. Louis City: 2 goals (81', 90+7')
  4. SJ Earthquakes: 33% of all goals between minutes 1-15 (5 of 15)

Lineups

Dallas 3-4-2-1 · SJ Earthquakes 3-4-2-1

Dallas
  • 42 D. de Sousa Brito
  • 25 S. Ibeagha
  • 3 O. Urhoghide
  • 18 S. Moore
  • 14 H. Johansson
  • 55 K. da Silva Ferreira
  • 17 R. Moschen Benetti
  • 77 B. Kamungo
  • 21 J. Valiente Cioli
  • 7 D. Job
  • 9 P. Musa
SJ Earthquakes
  • 1 A. Gunn
  • 5 D. Munie
  • 4 D. Romney
  • 18 R. Roberts
  • 17 J. Jasinski
  • 14 R. Vieira Nan
  • 23 E. Löwen
  • 2 J. Ricketts
  • 34 B. Leroux
  • 11 T. Werner
  • 7 O. Bouda
Substitutes
  • 5 L. Abubakar
  • 6 R. Binyamin
  • 8 P. Delgado Villa
  • 11 A. Julio Santos
  • 12 C. Cappis
  • 32 N. Norris
  • 27 C. Swann
  • 40 J. Sirois
  • 10 S. Moreno
  • 3 P. Marie
  • 6 I. Harkes
  • 10 N. Tsakiris
  • 16 J. Skahan
  • 19 P. Judd
  • 20 N. Fernandez
  • 36 E. Edwards Jr.
  • 87 V. Costa De Brito
  • 25 M. Floriani
  • 9 L. Jovanovic

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