San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

San Jose Earthquakes

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 23 May 2021 · 02:00 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Cristian Espinoza 9' Y

Andres Rios 49' Y

Y 90' Jaylin Lindsey

Overview

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San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at PayPal Park.

San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

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

San Jose Earthquakes 17 games · Avg 3.8 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Sporting Kansas City 2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-04-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–3	L
16 May	Portland Timbers	H	0–2	L
13 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–1	L
08 May	Real Salt Lake	A	2–1	W
02 May	D.C. United SC	H	4–1	W
24 Apr	FC Dallas	H	3–1	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–1	W
16 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
13 May	Houston Dynamo	A	0–1	L
09 May	Austin FC	H	2–1	W
01 May	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
23 Apr	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D

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 game is set. San Jose Earthquakes kicks off things out of here…
4' Brilliant from the ! Javier Lopez makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 4.
5' A stunning finish from Javier Lopez — that came from absolutely nowhere!
9' Cristian Espinoza is having his name booked by the referee on 9.
14' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
15' Against the run of play, Jaylin Lindsey has scored! This game has turned on its head.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' A quiet spell here at PayPal Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
30' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
35' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
40' Tim Melia is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
45' The energy levels are beginning to show. Matias Almeyda might look to freshen things up shortly.
49' Andres Rios has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 49.
54' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
59' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Gadi Kinda has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
60' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Alan Pulido makes no mistake. 2-2!
61' Goal! Alan Pulido scores his 39 goal in 13 matches.
62' Remi Walter is replacing Roger Espinoza for the Sporting Kansas City side.
63' Alan Pulido doubles the advantage! 2-4 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
65' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Javier Lopez is replaced by Carlos Fierro.
66' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Javier Lopez is replaced by Carlos Fierro.
67' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Andres Rios has done his job and it is now time for Chris Wondolowski to step up.
72' San Jose Earthquakes is showing some good football. However, San Jose Earthquakes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
74' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Paul Marie trudges off to be replaced by Luciano Abecasis on 74 minutes.
75' The deadlock is broken! Daniel Salloi gets on the scoresheet on 75 minutes.
80' 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.
82' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Cade Cowell is withdrawn and Benjamin Kikanovic gets his opportunity.
83' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Cade Cowell is replaced by Benjamin Kikanovic.
88' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
90' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
90' Johnny Russell is replacing Alan Pulido for the Sporting Kansas City side.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

93
Judson
6
Shea Salinas ↑ 66'
8
Chris Wondolowski ↑ 65'
2
Luciano Abecasis ↑ 74'
17
Daniel Vega
7
Carlos Fierro ↑ 65'
15
Tanner Beason
16
Jack Skahan
28
Benjamin Kikanovic ↑ 82'

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
Gerso Fernandes	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-05-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-05-16 San Jose Earthquakes 0–2 Portland Timbers L 2021-05-13 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-05-08 Real Salt Lake 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-05-02 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 D.C. United SC W 2021-04-24 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 FC Dallas W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-05-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-05-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2021-05-13 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-05-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Austin FC W 2021-05-01 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-04-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Orlando City SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.41 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.61 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes48% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City29%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 4.02

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

71%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

52%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes41% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–3 not predicted

1 – 3

Actual

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 1

7.8%

3 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 2

5.5%

2 – 0

5.3%

3 – 2

5.2%

3 – 0

4.2%

1 – 0

4 – 1

3.9%

2 – 3

3.5%

4 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	16%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	20%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	13%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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