The big picture

San Jose Earthquakes come in 4th on the ladder with 52 points; Minnesota United are 10th on 44. San Jose Earthquakes have the higher position to protect.

San Jose Earthquakes are 14–9–10 in MLS 2026, averaging 1.7 goals for and 1.5 against.

Minnesota United are 10–12–11 in MLS 2026, averaging 1.6 goals for and 1.7 against.

Form

San Jose Earthquakes have won one of their last five and most recently beat Real Salt Lake 2–1.

Minnesota United have won three of their last five and most recently beat LAFC 3–1.

Head to head

These sides have met 19 times on our records since 2017: San Jose Earthquakes 5, Minnesota United 10, 4 drawn.

Last time out (2026), Minnesota United won 5–1 at PayPal Park.

Minnesota United have won the last five against San Jose Earthquakes.

Biggest margin between these two: Minnesota United by 4 goals in 2026 (5–1).

Players to watch

For San Jose Earthquakes, watch Preston Judd (0.5 goals a game, 3 assists in 2026) and Ousseni Bouda (0.2 goals a game, 1 assist in 2026).

For Minnesota United, watch Kelvin Yeboah (0.6 goals a game, 4 assists in 2026) and Anthony Markanich (0.3 goals a game, 2 assists in 2026).

Milestone watch

Timo Werner is 1 goals short of 150 for their career.

What the numbers say

On the numbers this is too close to split.