San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

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MLS · 2018

San Jose Earthquakes

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 16 Sep 2018 · 02:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

San Jose Earthquakes 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee Corey Parker
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee David Gantar
Referee Adam Garner

10 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 5.9 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
#17	Position	#30
32	Points	11
15	Played	14
10 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 9
34	Scored	14
15	Conceded	36
+19	GD	-22
2.13	PPG	0.79
67%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 17th (32 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

4/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City is underway.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. San Jose Earthquakes must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' 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.
15' Shea Salinas has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
20' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
25' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
30' The energy levels are beginning to show. Mikael Stahre might look to freshen things up shortly.
35' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
40' 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.
45' Graham Zusi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
50' Johnny Russell has been relatively quiet despite scoring 73 goals in his last 281 appearances.
55' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
60' San Jose Earthquakes are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
65' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
70' Over 70 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
75' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Luis Felipe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
80' Florian Jungwirth needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
85' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 85.
90' It’s high time Mikael Stahre made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-5 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mikael Stahre

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

9
Krisztian Nemeth ↓ Diego Rubio 70'
10
Yohan Croizet ↓ Johnny Russell 65'
21
Felipe Gutierrez ↓ Gianluca Busio 83'
5
Matt Besler C
8
Graham Zusi
3
Ike Opara
15
Seth Sinovic
29
Tim Melia
6
Ilie Sanchez
12
Gerso Fernandes
17
Roger Espinoza

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.88 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.1 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 86% + Both teams to score 82%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes46% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes82% 0% No18%

Avg goals/match: 4.98

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	99%	1%
± 1.5	96%	4%
± 2.5	86%	14%
± 3.5	72%	28%
± 4.5	54%	46%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

67%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

54%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes42% Draw33% Sporting Kansas City25%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–5 not predicted

1 – 5

Actual

2 – 2

6.1%

2 – 1

3 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

5.6%

1 – 1

4.8%

1 – 2

4.4%

2 – 3

4.2%

4 – 2

4.2%

3 – 3

4 – 1

1 – 3

3.1%

2 – 0

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	21%	—	79%
-2	21%	15%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	18%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	13%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	8%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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

San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

Sporting Kansas City Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Clean Sheet