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 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

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

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
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' It’s Showtime! The match between San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City is underway.
4' Javier Lopez is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
5' Javier Lopez adds to his 0 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
9' Cristian Espinoza picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
14' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with San Jose Earthquakes winning 100% of all matches.
15' What a strike from Jaylin Lindsey! The score is 2-1.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Chris Wondolowski, as he is very good at scoring at PayPal Park with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 285 games and scored 439 goals.
35' 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.
40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
45' Florian Jungwirth, a Germany , has 14 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
49' The referee has no hesitation. Andres Rios is booked for San Jose Earthquakes — Yellow card on 49.
54' Andres Rios needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
59' Benjamin Kikanovic has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 16 cards already picked up this season.
60' Alan Pulido is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
61' The Mexico Alan Pulido breaks the deadlock on 61 minutes. 2-3!
62' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Roger Espinoza departs to be replaced by Remi Walter.
63' Alan Pulido makes a hat-trick on 63.
65' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Javier Lopez has done his job and it is now time for Carlos Fierro to step up.
66' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Carlos Fierro on, Javier Lopez off on 66 minutes.
67' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Chris Wondolowski is hanging Andres Rios on the field on 67 minute.
72' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
74' Luciano Abecasis gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Paul Marie and will look to change the dynamic.
75' A stunning finish from Daniel Salloi — that came from absolutely nowhere!
80' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
82' Cade Cowell makes way for Benjamin Kikanovic at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
83' The whistle greets Cade Cowell as he departs to be replaced by Benjamin Kikanovic.
88' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
90' A moment of madness from Jaylin Lindsey on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
90' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 90 minute. Alan Pulido leaves to be changed by Johnny Russell.
Sporting Kansas City celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

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
Javier Lopez	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

2.72 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.49 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes53% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City25%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 4.21

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	78%	22%
± 3.5	59%	41%
± 4.5	40%	60%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

75%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

47%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes47% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–3 not predicted

1 – 3

Actual

2 – 1

3 – 1

7.1%

1 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

5.9%

2 – 0

5.6%

3 – 2

5.3%

3 – 0

4 – 1

4.9%

1 – 2

4.5%

1 – 0

3.8%

4 – 2

3.6%

4 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	25%	—	75%
-2	25%	18%	57%
-1.5	43%	—	57%
-1	43%	19%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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