San Diego welcome San Jose Earthquakes to Snapdragon Stadium on Thursday morning in a Major League Season fixture that finds both sides in contrasting moments of form, despite sitting within the same third of the 30-team table.
San Jose occupy sixth place with 35 points from 23 matches, while San Diego sit ninth with 30 points from the same number of outings. The gap between them stands at five points. Both clubs are positioned in the top third of the table.
The form picture tells a sharply different story for each side heading into this match. San Diego have taken nine points from their last five matches, a run that includes wins over Los Angeles Galaxy, Colorado Rapids and Los Angeles FC, alongside defeats to Orlando City SC and Portland Timbers.
San Jose, by contrast, have collected just two points from their last five matches. That sequence included three consecutive defeats — to St. Louis City, Los Angeles Galaxy and Minnesota United FC — before back-to-back draws against Houston Dynamo and Austin. The Earthquakes arrive on a run of two consecutive draws.
The head-to-head record from earlier in this season favours the visitors. When the two sides met on 5 April 2026, San Jose Earthquakes won 3-0. That result will be a point of reference as San Diego look to reverse the outcome on home soil.
Both clubs share an identical goals record of 40 scored and 34 conceded through 23 matches, making the difference in their respective table positions a product of wins and draws accumulated rather than goal output. Thursday's meeting at Snapdragon Stadium carries clear weight in the Regular Season standings for both sides.