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 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

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
#17	Position	#30
32	Points	11
15	Played	14
10 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 9
34	Scored	14
15	Conceded	36
+19	GD	-22
2.13	PPG	0.79
67%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 17th (32 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

4/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and San Jose Earthquakes launch into their encounter with Sporting Kansas City.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' San Jose Earthquakes seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
15' USA international Benjamin Kikanovic has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
20' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ian Russell might look to freshen things up shortly.
23' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Dany Rosero is replaced by Robert Castellanos on 23 minute.
28' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
33' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
37' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Benjamin Kikanovic on 37 minutes.
38' Tim Leibold picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
43' Supporters expect more eagerness from Robert Voloder, as he is very good at scoring at PayPal Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
46' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Memo Rodriguez exits the field as Remi Walter enters on 46.
48' GOAL! Erik Thommy fires home to make it 0-1!
50' Daniel Salloi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Stephen Afrira on 50 minute.
55' San Jose Earthquakes have won 424 goals from 279 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
57' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Alan Pulido makes it 0-2.
59' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Benjamin Kikanovic departs to be replaced by Paul Marie.
64' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
69' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Preston Judd is hanging Jeremy Ebobisse on the field on 69 minute.
74' Over 74 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
78' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Jack Skahan comes on to replace Cristian Espinoza.
83' The deadlock is broken! Khiry Shelton gets on the scoresheet on 83 minutes.
84' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Erik Thommy by Willy Agada on 84 minute.
87' That looks like a foul for a card for Jack Skahan.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for San Jose Earthquakes.

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
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

2.69 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.06 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes58% Draw20% Sporting Kansas City22%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

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	50%	50%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

79%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

42%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes52% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City13%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.8%

2 – 0

8.6%

3 – 1

7.8%

1 – 1

7.5%

3 – 0

7.5%

1 – 0

6.1%

4 – 1

5.2%

4 – 0

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 2

4.1%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

3.5%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	30%	—	70%
-2	30%	20%	50%
-1.5	50%	—	50%
-1	50%	20%	30%
-0.5	70%	—	30%
+0.5	88%	—	12%
+1	88%	8%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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