San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

San Jose Earthquakes

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 14 Jul 2024 · 02:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Benjamin Kikanovic 37' Y

Y 38' Tim Leibold

Jack Skahan 87' 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

2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2024-03-17 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-08-27 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-04-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2022-08-28 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–2	L
08 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
04 Jul	St. Louis City	A	0–2	L
30 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–3	L
23 Jun	Los Angeles FC	A	2–6	L
20 Jun	Portland Timbers	H	1–2	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–1	W
08 Jul	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W
05 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L
30 Jun	Austin FC	H	2–0	W
22 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–4	L
20 Jun	Real Salt Lake	H	3–4	L

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' Three points are at stake. San Jose Earthquakes host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Carlos Gruezo is clearly more than just a goal scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.
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' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
23' The whistle greets Dany Rosero as he departs to be replaced by Robert Castellanos.
28' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
33' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His San Jose Earthquakes side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
37' San Jose Earthquakes receives a card for a hard tackle on 37.
38' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Tim Leibold gets a card.
43' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
46' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Memo Rodriguez is withdrawn and Remi Walter gets his opportunity.
48' Brilliant from the ! Erik Thommy makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 48.
50' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Daniel Salloi is hanging Stephen Afrira on the field on 50 minute.
55' 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 Robert Castellanos suffering a number of foals already.
57' GOAL! Alan Pulido scores on 57. Assisted by Nemanja Radoja
59' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Paul Marie on, Benjamin Kikanovic off on 59 minutes.
64' Nigeria international Willy Agada has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
69' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Jeremy Ebobisse has done his job and it is now time for Preston Judd to step up.
74' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
78' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 78 minute. Cristian Espinoza leaves to be changed by Jack Skahan.
83' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Khiry Shelton makes it 0-3.
84' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Erik Thommy by Willy Agada on 84 minute.
87' The referee calls foul for Jack Skahan. He receives a card.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ian Russell

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

54
Remi Walter ↑ 46'
7
Johnny Russell ↑ 46'
3
Fontas
10
Daniel Salloi ↑ 50'
19
Robert Castellanos ↑ 23'
24
Kayden Pierre
23
Willy Agada ↑ 84'
36
Ryan Schewe

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

2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-07-08 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-07-04 St. Louis City 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-06-30 San Jose Earthquakes 0–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2024-06-23 Los Angeles FC 6–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-06-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Portland Timbers L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 FC Dallas W 2024-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Austin FC W 2024-06-22 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.53 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.17 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes55% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City23%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.7

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

76%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

45%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes49% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

1 – 1

8.1%

2 – 0

3 – 1

7.5%

3 – 0

6.5%

1 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.2%

4 – 1

4.8%

3 – 2

4.4%

1 – 2

Actual

4 – 0

4.1%

0 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	26%	—	74%
-2	26%	19%	55%
-1.5	45%	—	55%
-1	45%	21%	35%
-0.5	65%	—	35%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	9%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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