San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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San Jose Earthquakes

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 21 Apr 2019 · 02:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Cristian Espinoza 45' Y

Anibal Godoy 45' Y

Y 48' Ilie Sanchez

Y 54' Yohan Croizet

Tommy Thompson 54' Y

Overview

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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 Rubiel Vazquez
Referee Eduardo Mariscal
Referee Thomas Zablocki
Referee Kevin Stott
Referee Joe Dickerson

10 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 2 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

2019-04-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Sporting Kansas City 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
21 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	4–1	W
13 Apr	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L
07 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	3–0	W
30 Mar	Los Angeles FC	H	0–5	L
16 Mar	New York Red Bulls	A	1–4	L
10 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	0–3	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–4	L
14 Apr	New York Red Bulls	H	2–2	D
07 Apr	FC Cincinnati	A	1–1	D
30 Mar	Montreal Impact FC	H	7–1	W
18 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D
10 Mar	Philadelphia Union	H	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' What a night it is going to be! San Jose Earthquakes welcome Sporting Kansas City for this crunch clash at .
5' Danny Hoesen has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
6' What a moment for Danny Hoesen! That strike on 6 puts his side firmly in control.
11' Gianluca Busio has been relatively quiet despite scoring 19 goals in his last 281 appearances.
12' Danny Hoesen is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
15' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Matt Besler is replaced by Abdoul Rwatubyaye on 15 minute.
20' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Matias Almeyda will be considering his options from the bench.
25' The energy levels are beginning to show. Matias Almeyda might look to freshen things up shortly.
30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
35' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Graham Zusi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
40' Anibal Godoy needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
45' Cristian Espinoza picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
46' Shea Salinas is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
48' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Ilie Sanchez on 48 minutes.
53' Both keepers have barely been tested. San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
54' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Yohan Croizet.
57' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Daniel Salloi on, Gianluca Busio off on 57 minutes.
61' Magnus Eriksson is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
62' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Ilie Sanchez by Kelyn Rowe on 62 minute.
66' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Felipe Gutierrez makes it 4-1.
70' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Tommy Thompson exits the field as Judson enters on 70.
75' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
80' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Cristian Espinoza has done his job and it is now time for Paul Marie to step up.
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 are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
Full Time. San Jose Earthquakes beats Sporting Kansas City

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

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
Jack Skahan	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

3.22 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.37 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes64% Draw18% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 4.59

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	65%	35%
± 4.5	47%	53%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

82%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

36%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes55% Draw31% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 1

7.6%

2 – 1

7.3%

4 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

5.7%

2 – 0

5.6%

1 – 1

5.2%

3 – 2

5.1%

2 – 2

4.8%

4 – 0

4.5%

4 – 2

4.1%

5 – 1

3.9%

1 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	35%	—	65%
-2	35%	19%	46%
-1.5	54%	—	46%
-1	54%	18%	28%
-0.5	72%	—	28%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	8%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

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

San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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