San Jose Earthquakes at Colorado Rapids 06-03-23 SOCCER Picks & Predictions

The Colorado Rapids host the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday in a MLS Western Conference fixture. Colorado is 14th or last in the conference table at 2-6-8 on 12 points with a goal difference of -11. Colorado was defeated on the road Wednesday night 3-2 by the Columbus Crew. Colorado opened the scoring in the 9th minute with a goal by Sam Nicholson but did not score again until second half stoppage time when trailing 3-1 and could not score an equalizer before the final whistle.

Colorado has lost each of its last six matches across all competitions, which includes four losses at home, but Colorado has never lost five straight matches at home across all competitions since its inception in the MLS. Lalas Abubakar is one of four players for Colorado with two goals to lead the club, while Connor Ronan is the leader in assists with six and Diego Rubio has three.

San Jose is fifth in the conference table at 6-4-5 on 22 points with a goal difference of 0. San Jose took all three points on the road Wednesday when defeating the Seattle Sounders 1-0. Jeremy Ebobisse scored early in the second half for San Jose and that goal stood up for the Earthquakes. San Jose is unbeaten in each of its last two matches in MLS play. 

San Jose's most recent match on the road was against 1-0 victory over Seattle to snap a winless streak of 15 consecutive matches on the road across all competitions with four draws and 11 losses. San Jose posted its first clean sheet on the road in MLS play since July of 2021. Cristian Espinoza is the leading goal scorer for San Jose with eight and Jeremy Ebobisse has scored six goals. Espinoza is the leader in assists with four.