LA Galaxy vs San Jose Earthquakes Predictions

• Galaxy have won their last four MLS home games.
• The Quakes have lost their last three MLS matches.
• Both teams have scored in five of the seven San Jose games this season.

Star striker can lift Galaxy to another win

Galaxy have been stellar at home this season, winning all three and looking better by the game.

One major factor in their improvement from a side that finished 10^th in the Western Conference last term has been Javier Hernandez.

Chicharito has supplied seven goals and an assist in six games with five of those goals having lit up Dignity Health Sports Park.

The 32-year-old seems to have rediscovered his sixth sense for goals and it would be wise to at least have a saver on him to score if we didn’t think Galaxy would win.

But we do, partly because of his happy knack of scoring and partly due to San Jose’s recent slump.

The Quakes have lost three on the bounce and surrendered meekly to Sporting KC last time, despite taking a fourth-minute lead.

They haven’t kept a clean sheet all season, conceding a goal and a half per game on average and this week they meet the team that leads the league in goals per shot and per shot on target.

Galaxy will be without ex-Blackburn Rovers defender Derrick Williams for this one after his first-half sending off at Portland last week.

That red card clearly affected the result as Galaxy went from level to 3-0 down within the space of 25 minutes after going down to ten men.

Assuming they keep the full compliment on the field throughout Saturday night’s clash in Carson, they win.

We’re backing Los Angeles to win with at least three goals in the game too, which has landed in two of their three previous home contests this year.

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