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 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

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
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' And we are off! San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City — let the football do the talking.
5' 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.
10' Khiry Shelton is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
15' Scotland international Johnny Russell has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
20' Stephen Afrira has been relatively quiet despite scoring 7 goals in his last 290 appearances.
23' The whistle greets Dany Rosero as he departs to be replaced by Robert Castellanos.
28' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
33' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
37' It’s gonna be a card for Benjamin Kikanovic.
38' A meaty challenge results in booking for Tim Leibold on 38.
43' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
46' Remi Walter gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Memo Rodriguez and will look to change the dynamic.
48' What composure from Erik Thommy! The Germany international strokes it home. 0-1.
50' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Stephen Afrira has done his job and it is now time for Daniel Salloi to step up.
55' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 55 minutes.
57' GOAL! Alan Pulido fires home to make it 0-2!
59' Paul Marie gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Benjamin Kikanovic and will look to change the dynamic.
64' San Jose Earthquakes have won 430 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
69' Jeremy Ebobisse makes way for Preston Judd at the 69 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
74' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
78' The supporters are chanting for Jack Skahan. He replaces Cristian Espinoza on 78 minute.
83' Against the run of play, Khiry Shelton has scored! This game has turned on its head.
84' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Erik Thommy is replaced by Willy Agada on 84 minute.
87' San Jose Earthquakes receives a card for a hard tackle on 87.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Erik Thommy	3
Danny Hoesen	3
Cristian Arango	3
Chris Wondolowski	3
Felipe Gutierrez	3
Johnny Russell	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

2.22 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.29 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes49% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City28%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.51

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

73%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

51%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes42% Draw39% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.4%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

7.4%

3 – 1

6.7%

1 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 0

5.4%

1 – 2

Actual

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.4%

4 – 1

3.8%

0 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	17%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	21%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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