Philadelphia Union 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes — Match Stats & Analysis

Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 8 Mar 2026, 00:30 UTCSubaru Park

Philadelphia Union

0–1Full-time analysis

San Jose Earthquakes

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

San Jose Earthquakes won 0–1.

Shots: 137
Shots on target: 33
Possession: 50%50%

Full time

What the match recorded

San Jose Earthquakes beat Philadelphia Union 1–0. Recorded in this match (Philadelphia Union – San Jose Earthquakes): shots 13–7, shots on target 3–3, possession 50%–50%, corners 11–1. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Both teams have elevated corners records

weak

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

7 corners/matchCornersPhiladelphia Union · San Jose Earthquakes● 7.67 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Philadelphia Union	San Jose Earthquakes	Baseline
Corners	7 corners/match	7.67 corners/match	5.17 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots7 shotsPhiladelphia Union 13 shots, San Jose Earthquakes 7 shots
Shots on target3 shots3 shotsPhiladelphia Union 3 shots, San Jose Earthquakes 3 shots
Possession50%50%Philadelphia Union 50%, San Jose Earthquakes 50%
Corners11 corners1 cornerPhiladelphia Union 11 corners, San Jose Earthquakes 1 corner
Fouls20 fouls16 foulsPhiladelphia Union 20 fouls, San Jose Earthquakes 16 fouls
Yellow cards3 cards2 cardsPhiladelphia Union 3 cards, San Jose Earthquakes 2 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Philadelphia Union

0Draws

1San Jose Earthquakes

11 Jun 2023San Jose Earthquakes — Philadelphia Union · Major League Soccer2–1

13 Mar 2022Philadelphia Union — San Jose Earthquakes · Major League Soccer2–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Philadelphia Union favored in 0 of 9 directional metrics · San Jose Earthquakes in 0 · 9 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Philadelphia Union3 matchesSan Jose Earthquakes3 matches

0.33 goals/matchGoals scored3/3▲ 2 goals/match

1.33 goals/matchGoals allowed3/3▲ 0 goals/match

13.7 shots/match ▲Shots3/311.7 shots/match

3.67 shots/matchShots on target3/3▲ 4.67 shots/match

49.3% ●Possession3/346.7%

7 corners/matchCorners3/3● 7.67 corners/match

4 cards/matchCards3/31.33 cards/match

16 fouls/matchFouls3/313.7 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 8 Mar 2026, 04:30 UTC · analysis-v4