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LAFC vs San Jose Earthquakes: Preview, predictions and how to watch 2020 MLS season today

LAFC and San Jose Earthquakes will face off today for the 2020 MLS regular season. Check out how to watch the game, the match preview, information, storylines, predictions, and odds.

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LAFC vs. San Jose Earthquakes: Valeri Qazaishvili of San Jose (left) and Diego Rossi of LAFC. (Getty)
LAFC vs. San Jose Earthquakes: Valeri Qazaishvili of San Jose (left) and Diego Rossi of LAFC. (Getty)

LAFC and San Jose Earthquakeswillclash today at 11:00 PM (ET) at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angelesfor a 2020 MLS regular season matchup. Here, you’ll find everything there is to know about this exciting game: the match preview, information, storylines, predictions, odds, and how to watch or live stream the game.

Two of the most popular Major League Soccer teams in California will take the pitch looking to bounce back from their poor efforts in Week 7. As usual, we can expect this clash to be a thrilling, high-scoring affair.

Neither of those teams has had the start of the season they were hoping for, so they enter this game on a bit of a must-win scenario. Then again, it’s still pretty early to hit the panic button with a lot of soccer to be played.

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LAFC vs San Jose Earthquakes: Match Information

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 2,2020
Time: 11:00 PM (ET)
Venue: Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles

LAFC vs San Jose Earthquakes: Storylines

Los Angeles FC have dropped back-to-back games, most recently falling 3-1 to Seattle Sounders. They’re clearly missing former MVP Carlos Vela, who’ll be out until early October with an injury.

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Diego Rossi has scored a couple of goals for LAFC to match Vela’s total. Thus far, the team has won two with two draws and three losses. They’ve scored a whopping 16 goals but have conceded 15, which is far from ideal.

San Jose Earthquakes, on the other hand, are coming off a loss in the Cali Clasico vs. LA Galaxy. They were up 2-1 with a third of the game left but ended up losing 3-2. Now, they know they’ll be in front of a top scoring team and can’t make the same mistakes.

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Moreover, LAFC have dominated San Jose Earthquakes thus far in this new rivalry. The home team has a 4-0-0 record, outscoring them 15-3. They’re hoping to keep that trend going as they don’t want to fall behind in the playoff race.

How To Watch Or Stream Live FreeLAFC vs San Jose EarthquakesIn The U.S

The 2020 MLS regular season game between LAFC and San Jose Earthquakesto be played on Wednesday 2 at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles will be broadcasted in the United States by UniMás, TUDN, and Twitter.

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LAFC vs San Jose Earthquakes: Predictions And Odds

It looks like oddsmakers are expecting LAFC to get an easy win at home, as they’re currently given -167 odds to take the three points. San Jose Earthquakes are given +380 odds, while a tie would end in a +330 payout.

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LAFC -167
Tie +330
San Jose Earthquakes +380

* Odds via DraftKings

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