Seattle Sounders To Battle San Jose In Season’s Second Encounter

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Seattle will host top of the table San Jose this Monday. However, with home advantage, they will want to send the visitors back home with no points.

San Jose to face eleventh Seattle on Monday at CenturyLink Field, with Álex Covelo’s team currently occupying fourteenth place in the League.

Seattle Sounders go into this game with 40 points secured

Can Seattle make it three out of three, having turned over Sporting Kansas City 1-0 and Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 in their last two games?

Also, Seattle need to get out of the losing habit, with 11 recorded in the last 17 fixtures. Their position is eleventh in the League and they have 40 points, that is, 0W, 0L and 0D.

Playing at home, Seattle have won nine games, drawn two matches, and lost five fixtures.

Seattle Sounders will have 43 points if they manage to secure a victory.

San Jose’s campaign so far has seen them accrue 34 points this season

Minnesota United were beaten 2-0 at Avaya Stadium, the last time that San Jose played.

Also, San Jose have now lost 10 of their last 20 meetings, a worrying statistic that has to be addressed by Manager Álex Covelo. Now they have 0 matches won, 0 games lost and 0 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in fourteenth place, with a total of 34 points.

With a poor record on the road, which amounts to one win, four draws, and 11 defeats, it is hard to predict a positive outcome for San Jose as they travel once more.

A victory for San Jose would put them on 37 points.

Seattle Sounders v San Jose – Head-to-Head.

Regarding their historical duels the two clubs have previously played each other 35 times with the result being 15 victories and eight draws for Seattle. Also, San Jose have won all ten of the last 18 meetings played against Seattle. Their most recent encounter in this competition The Sounders delivered a 4-3 home win.

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