San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 22 May 2022 · 23:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 58' Roger Espinoza

Y 74' Oriol Rosell

Paul Marie 88' Y

Overview

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

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

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

2022-05-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2021-07-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes 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

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D
19 May	Portland Timbers	H	3–2	W
14 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–3	D
08 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–0	W
01 May	New York City FC	A	0–3	L
24 Apr	Seattle Sounders FC	H	4–3	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
19 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–1	W
15 May	Portland Timbers	A	2–7	L
07 May	New York City FC	A	0–0	D
01 May	FC Dallas	H	2–2	D
24 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D

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' In just a few seconds PayPal Park will turn into a battlefield for San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City.
5' Javier Lopez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
10' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
15' 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.
20' Logan Ndenbe needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 7 Yellow cards this season.
25' 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.
30' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
35' San Jose Earthquakes are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
40' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
45' Johnny Russell has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 45 minutes.
46' The USA Jackson Yueill breaks the deadlock on 46 minutes. 1-1!
51' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
56' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
58' Controversy at the stadium! Roger Espinoza argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
63' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Roger Espinoza departs to be replaced by Marinos Tzionis.
67' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Jackson Yueill has done his job and it is now time for Jan Gregus to step up.
72' Felipe Hernandez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
74' The referee calls foul for Oriol Rosell. He receives a Yellow card.
79' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Judson is hanging Eric Remedi on the field on 79 minute.
84' 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.
88' It’s a booking for San Jose Earthquakes player. Paul Marie gets a Yellow card.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Alex Covelo

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2022-05-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-19 San Jose Earthquakes 3–2 Portland Timbers W 2022-05-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D 2022-05-08 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2022-05-01 New York City FC 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2022-04-24 San Jose Earthquakes 4–3 Seattle Sounders FC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-05-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2022-05-15 Portland Timbers 7–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-05-07 New York City FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 FC Dallas D 2022-04-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.44 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.31 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes56% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City22%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.75

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

78%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

44%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes45% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 1

Actual

3 – 1

7.1%

2 – 0

7.1%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 0

5.6%

1 – 0

5.4%

1 – 2

4.8%

3 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

4.4%

0 – 0

3.6%

4 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	18%	60%
-1.5	40%	—	60%
-1	40%	21%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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