San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

San Jose Earthquakes

3 – 0

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sun 16 Apr 2023 · 02:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Cristian Espinoza 9' 1–0

Jeremy Ebobisse pen 40' 2–0

Jeremy Ebobisse 51' 3–0

Y 31' Erik Thommy

R 38' Robert Castellanos

Cristian Espinoza 60' Y

Carlos Gruezo 77' Y

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

2023-04-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2022-08-28 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes 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

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–0	W
08 Apr	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
02 Apr	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
26 Mar	Toronto FC	H	0–0	D
19 Mar	St. Louis City	A	0–3	L
12 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–0	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–3	L
09 Apr	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–1	L
01 Apr	Philadelphia Union	A	0–0	D
26 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–4	L
19 Mar	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
12 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	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' The ball is rolling at PayPal Park. San Jose Earthquakes are looking to make home advantage count against Sporting Kansas City.
5' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their 4-3-3 trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact 4-3-3.
9' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Cristian Espinoza makes no mistake. 1-0!
14' A quiet spell here at PayPal Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
19' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Alan Pulido suffering a number of foals already.
24' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked 29 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
29' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
31' A meaty challenge results in booking for Erik Thommy on 31.
36' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 282 games and scored 427 goals.
38' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a Red card on 38.
40' GOAL! Jeremy Ebobisse scores on 40.
41' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Andreu Fontas comes on to replace Alan Pulido.
46' Jamiro Monteiro needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
48' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Felipe Hernandez is withdrawn and William Agada gets his opportunity.
51' The deadlock is broken! Jeremy Ebobisse gets on the scoresheet on 51 minutes.
56' The 30-year-old Daniel Salloi has been sensational this season — 2 goals and 2 assists is a remarkable return.
60' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Cristian Espinoza.
65' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
70' The whistle greets Graham Zusi as he departs to be replaced by Cameron Duke.
73' Jamiro Monteiro makes way for Tommy Thompson at the 73 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
77' A moment of madness from Carlos Gruezo on 77 minutes earns him a Yellow card. San Jose Earthquakes will be frustrated.
82' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Carlos Gruezo has done his job and it is now time for Judson to step up.
83' The supporters are chanting for Benjamin Kikanovic. He replaces Cade Cowell on 83 minute.
88' Johnny Russell has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
89' The supporters are chanting for Ousseni Bouda. He replaces Jeremy Ebobisse on 89 minute.
Game over. The scoreline of 3-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

21
Miguel Trauco
93
Judson ↑ 82'
22
Tommy Thompson ↑ 73'
55
Michael Baldisimo
15
Tanner Beason ↑ 89'
16
Jack Skahan
28
Benjamin Kikanovic ↑ 83'
25
Ousseni Bouda ↑ 89'
41
Emmanuel Ochoa

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

15
Roger Espinoza
11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 70'
18
Logan Ndenbe
28
Cameron Duke ↑ 70'
1
John Pulskamp
23
William Agada ↑ 48'
77
Marinos Tzionis ↑ 70'
3
Andreu Fontas ↑ 41'
82
Chris Rindov

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
Josef Martinez	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-04-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-04-08 New York Red Bulls 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-04-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2023-03-26 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Toronto FC D 2023-03-19 St. Louis City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-03-12 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-04-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-04-09 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2023-04-01 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Seattle Sounders FC L 2023-03-19 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-03-12 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.68 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

0.72 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes to win 71% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes71% Draw17% Sporting Kansas City12%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 3.4

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

89%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

29%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

83%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes57% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City8%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

12.1%

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

8.9%

2 – 1

8.4%

3 – 1

7.4%

1 – 1

7.1%

4 – 0

6.9%

4 – 1

5.1%

0 – 0

4.6%

5 – 0

3.8%

2 – 2

5 – 1

2.8%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	35%	—	65%
-2	35%	22%	43%
-1.5	57%	—	43%
-1	57%	20%	22%
-0.5	78%	—	22%
+0.5	93%	—	7%
+1	93%	5%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	2%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

49% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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