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San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

MLS · 2018
San Jose Earthquakes
1 – 5
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
Sun 16 Sep 2018 · 02:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Ismail Elfath
  • Referee Corey Parker
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee David Gantar
  • Referee Adam Garner
14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 27 60
2 Internacional CF Miami 27 46
3 New England Revolution 27 46
4 Charlotte FC 27 43
5 Chicago Fire FC 26 42
6 Philadelphia Union 27 39
7 Orlando City SC 27 34
8 New York City FC 27 33
9 FC Cincinnati 26 33
10 New York Red Bulls 26 33
11 D.C. United SC 26 30
12 Columbus Crew SC 27 29
13 Toronto FC 27 29
14 Atlanta United FC 27 27
15 Montreal Impact FC 27 24
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 50
17 FC Dallas 27 47
18 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
19 St. Louis City 26 44
20 Houston Dynamo 27 44
21 Los Angeles FC 28 41
22 Colorado Rapids SC 27 36
23 Los Angeles Galaxy 28 36
24 Seattle Sounders FC 26 35
25 San Diego FC 27 32
26 Portland Timbers 27 32
27 Real Salt Lake 27 32
28 Austin FC 27 31
29 Minnesota United FC 27 29
30 Sporting Kansas City 26 21

Head-to-Head

5
3
9
San Jose Earthquakes 17 games · Avg 3.8 goals Sporting Kansas City
Last 5 meetings
2018-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Sporting Kansas City 2018-03-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 Sep Sporting Kansas City H 1–5 L
02 Sep Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–2 L
30 Aug FC Dallas H 4–3 W
26 Aug Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 2–3 L
19 Aug Toronto FC H 1–1 D
12 Aug Colorado Rapids SC A 1–2 L
Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 Sep San Jose Earthquakes A 5–1 W
09 Sep Orlando City SC H 1–0 W
01 Sep Seattle Sounders FC A 1–3 L
26 Aug Minnesota United FC H 2–0 W
19 Aug Portland Timbers H 3–0 W
12 Aug Los Angeles FC A 2–0 W

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes Sporting Kansas City
#18 Position #30
45 Points 21
27 Played 26
13 / 6 / 8 W / D / L 6 / 3 / 17
49 Scored 31
39 Conceded 63
+10 GD -32
1.67 PPG 0.81
48% Win % 23%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
0-15
12/7
16-30
5/4
31-45
5/6
46-60
6/7
61-75
5/2
76+
8/11
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
3/8
16-30
7/7
31-45
5/8
46-60
2/6
61-75
4/11
76+
4/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 15 G 3 A
Timo Werner 6 G 4 A
Ousseni Bouda 6 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for San Jose Earthquakes to score. At the same time, Sporting Kansas City does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 10' San Jose Earthquakes are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
  • 15' Shea Salinas has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 23 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 20' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 25' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Felipe Gutierrez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 30' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Roger Espinoza suffering a number of foals already.
  • 40' Ike Opara is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
  • 45' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 50' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 60' With 0 assists to his name this season, Gerso Fernandes is clearly more than just a goal scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.
  • 65' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 70' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yohan Croizet, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 75' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with San Jose Earthquakes winning 100% of all matches.
  • 80' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 85' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 90' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Jack Skahan scoring 2 goals.
  • With this win, Sporting Kansas City is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mikael Stahre

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Daniel Salloi 6
Alan Pulido 5
Erik Thommy 3
Danny Hoesen 3
Cristian Arango 3
Chris Wondolowski 3
Felipe Gutierrez 3
Shea Salinas 2

Head to Head

2018-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Sporting Kansas City 2018-03-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2018-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-09-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2018-08-30 San Jose Earthquakes 4–3 FC Dallas W 2018-08-26 San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2018-08-19 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Toronto FC D 2018-08-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-09-09 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Orlando City SC W 2018-09-01 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-08-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Minnesota United FC W 2018-08-19 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Portland Timbers W 2018-08-12 Los Angeles FC 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.42 San Jose Earthquakes xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.33 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 84% + Both teams to score 81%

Match Result

✓ Correct
San Jose Earthquakes38% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City40%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes81% 0% No19%
Avg goals/match: 4.75
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 95%
5%
± 2.5 84%
16%
± 3.5 68%
32%
± 4.5 50%
50%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw
60%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
62%
San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
San Jose Earthquakes34% Draw34% Sporting Kansas City32%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–5 not predicted
1 – 5
Actual
2 – 2
6.6%
2 – 1
5.9%
1 – 2
5.7%
1 – 1
5.6%
3 – 2
5.3%
2 – 3
5.1%
3 – 1
4.7%
1 – 3
4.3%
3 – 3
4.1%
4 – 2
3.2%
2 – 4
3%
4 – 1
2.8%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 12% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 17% 58%
-0.5 42% — 58%
+0.5 62% — 38%
+1 62% 16% 23%
+1.5 77% — 23%
+2 77% 11% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
11% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
10% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.