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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
12 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

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
33 Points 14
18 Played 18
10 / 3 / 5 W / D / L 4 / 2 / 12
37 Scored 18
24 Conceded 46
+13 GD -28
1.83 PPG 0.78
56% Win % 22%

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
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
0-15
7/6
16-30
3/4
31-45
3/2
46-60
6/6
61-75
4/1
76+
7/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/7
16-30
3/4
31-45
3/6
46-60
2/4
61-75
2/8
76+
3/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 11 G 2 A
Ousseni Bouda 5 G 1 A
Sporting Kansas City
Dejan Joveljic 8 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
  • 5' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 10' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 15' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 20' 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.
  • 25' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His San Jose Earthquakes side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 30' Vako Qazaishvili needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 35' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 40' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 45' A quiet spell here at . Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 50' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 60' San Jose Earthquakes are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
  • 65' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. San Jose Earthquakes needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 70' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 75' Felipe Gutierrez, a Chile , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 80' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 85' Supporters expect more eagerness from Gerso Fernandes, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 90' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 90.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. Sporting Kansas City take all three points.

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
2 / 4
2.73 San Jose Earthquakes xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.21 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 86% + Both teams to score 82%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
San Jose Earthquakes43% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City36%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes82% 0% No18%
Avg goals/match: 4.94
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 99%
1%
± 1.5 95%
5%
± 2.5 86%
14%
± 3.5 71%
29%
± 4.5 54%
46%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw
64%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
57%
San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
San Jose Earthquakes39% Draw33% Sporting Kansas City28%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–5 not predicted
1 – 5
Actual
2 – 2
6.3%
2 – 1
5.9%
3 – 2
5.7%
3 – 1
5.2%
1 – 1
5%
1 – 2
4.8%
2 – 3
4.6%
3 – 3
4.2%
4 – 2
3.9%
4 – 1
3.6%
1 – 3
3.5%
4 – 3
2.9%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 18% — 82%
-2 18% 14% 68%
-1.5 32% — 68%
-1 32% 17% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 14% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 9% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
12% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
7% ✓

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