The Red Bulls have won their last three matches against the Earthquakes, the club’s first three-match winning streak over San Jose in MLS (42 all-time meetings). New York scored 12 goals in those three games, including four in the last meeting in March 2019.
San Jose won its first two home matches of the 2021 season, scoring seven goals over those wins (3.5 per match). The Earthquakes managed just three wins in their final 15 matches at PayPal Park (D5 L7) scoring a total of just 15 goals in those matches (1.0 per match).
The Red Bulls lost only one of their last 12 regular season matches in 2021 (W7 D4) en route to qualifying for their 12th straight postseason, the second-longest streak in MLS history (Sounders 13 straight, 2009-present). The 25 points the Red Bulls collected from September 17 to the end of the season were the most in MLS in that span.
Javier López led San Jose with 12 goals last season, scoring all of them with his left foot. Overall, the Earthquakes scored 20 left-footed goals in 2021, only Minnesota United (23) scored more.
The Red Bulls conceded only 33 regular season goals last year, tied with Nashville and Seattle for the league’s best defense. New York faced just 9.3 shots per match in 2021, only one team has faced fewer since Opta began detailed MLS data collection in 2010. (Sporting Kansas City – 8.9 shots faced per match in 2013).
