New York City FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes 5/1/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

New York City FC hosts the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday in a MLS inter conference fixture. New York City FC is seventh in the Eastern Conference table at 3-1-3 on 10 points with a goal difference of +6. New York City FC won a high scoring affair last time out when defeating Toronto 5-4 at home. New York City FC has scored a combined 11 goals in its last two matches.

When New York City FC and Toronto combined to score 9 goals last Sunday, it was only the 20th time in MLS history that a match had nine or more goals scored. Valentin Castellanos is the leading goal scorer for New York City FC with five while Thiago has scored four. Talles Magno is the leader in assists with three, while Santiago Rodriguez has two.

San Jose is 13th in the Western Conference table at 1-3-4 on six points with a goal difference of -5. San Jose earned its first victory of the season last week when defeating Seattle 4-3. Cristian Espinoza scored a hat-trick for San Jose with goals in the 47th minute, 64th minute and in stoppage time (90+4’) and Jackson Yueill scored in the 65th minute.

San Jose trailed 3-1 to Seattle before rallying for the win last Saturday. For the third consecutive season, San Jose rallied from a deficit of two goals to win a match. Jeremy Ebobisse is the leading goal scorer for San Jose with five while Cristian Espinoza has scored four. Jan Gregus is the leader in assists with five, while Jamiro Monteiro has two.