San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

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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 34 games · 52 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

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	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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
#19	Position	#30
52	Points	26
34	Played	34
14 / 10 / 10	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
57	Scored	40
51	Conceded	81
+6	GD	-41
1.53	PPG	0.76
41%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

14/7

16-30

6/7

31-45

6/7

46-60

7/8

61-75

6/3

76+

10/16

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	17 G	3 A
Ousseni Bouda	7 G	1 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. San Jose Earthquakes host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
5' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
10' Brazil international Luis Felipe has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Jack Skahan scoring 2 goals.
25' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
30' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
45' Johnny Russell has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
50' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
55' The 39-year-old Guram Kashia has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
60' Both keepers have barely been tested. San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
65' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
70' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
75' San Jose Earthquakes 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.
80' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
85' The home supporters are growing impatient. San Jose Earthquakes must find a spark to ignite this game.
90' San Jose Earthquakes have won 448 goals from 298 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-5.

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

3 / 4

2.27 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 82% + Both teams to score 80%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes36% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City42%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes80% 0% No20%

Avg goals/match: 4.6

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	82%	18%
± 3.5	66%	34%
± 4.5	48%	52%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

58%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

64%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes32% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–5 not predicted

1 – 5

Actual

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 2

6.1%

1 – 1

2 – 1

2 – 3

5.2%

3 – 2

5.1%

1 – 3

4.7%

3 – 1

4.4%

3 – 3

3.9%

2 – 4

3.1%

0 – 2

2.9%

4 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	11%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	16%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	17%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	12%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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)

Top Scorers (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