San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

San Jose Earthquakes

3 – 5

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 20 Apr 2025 · 02:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Mark-Anthony Kaye 36' Y

Y 41' Logan Ndenbe

Rodrigues 52' Y

Y 90' John Pulskamp

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

2025-04-20 San Jose Earthquakes 3–5 Sporting Kansas City 2025-03-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes 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

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–5	L
13 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	1–2	L
06 Apr	D.C. United SC	H	6–1	W
30 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
22 Mar	Charlotte FC	A	1–4	L
16 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–2	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	5–3	W
13 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	2–4	L
06 Apr	St. Louis City	H	2–0	W
30 Mar	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
23 Mar	Los Angeles FC	H	0–2	L
16 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	3–3	D

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' In just a few seconds PayPal Park will turn into a battlefield for San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City.
5' Dejan Joveljic is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
10' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
15' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
18' Logan Ndenbe doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
21' Daniel Salloi has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 21 minutes.
24' What composure from Manu Garcia! The Spain international strokes it home. 0-3.
29' Sporting Kansas City have won 443 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
30' Josef Martinez adds to his 0 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 1-3 — and this changes everything.
35' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
36' It’s gonna be a card for Mark-Anthony Kaye.
41' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Logan Ndenbe.
42' GOAL! Cristian Arango scores on 42. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza
45' Joaquin Fernandez makes way for Robert Voloder at the 45 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
50' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Mark-Anthony Kaye has done his job and it is now time for Ian Harkes to step up.
52' San Jose Earthquakes receives a card for a hard tackle on 52.
57' Zorhan Bassong, a Canada , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
62' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
67' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Nemanja Radoja trudges off to be replaced by Zorhan Bassong on 67 minutes.
72' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
73' Magnificent from Daniel Salloi! That is 65 goals in 290 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
77' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Vitor Costa is replaced by Ousseni Bouda.
78' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Niko Tsakiris has done his job and it is now time for Amahl Pellegrino to step up.
81' Beau Leroux makes way for Preston Judd at the 81 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
85' A goal from the Germany international Erik Thommy! He fires home on 85 to make it 2-5!
88' Max Floriani has so much to prove this time. He replaces Rodrigues on 88 minute.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for John Pulskamp.
90' Memo Rodriguez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Manu Garcia at the 90 minute mark.
Sporting Kansas City celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

24
Nick Lima
6
Ian Harkes ↑ 50'
11
Ousseni Bouda ↑ 77'
7
Amahl Pellegrino ↑ 78'
19
Preston Judd ↑ 81'
2
Jamar Ricketts
31
Francesco Montali
25
Max Floriani ↑ 88'
18
Reid Roberts

Coach Bruce Arena

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

21
Manu Garcia ↓ Memo Rodriguez 90'
6
Nemanja Radoja ↓ Zorhan Bassong 67'
24
Joaquin Fernandez ↓ Robert Voloder 45'
10
Daniel Salloi
11
Khiry Shelton
9
Dejan Joveljic
18
Logan Ndenbe
1
John Pulskamp
93
Magomed Suleymanov ↓ Erik Thommy 67'
16
Jacob Bartlett
15
Jansen Miller

Bench

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

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
Javier Lopez	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2025-04-20 San Jose Earthquakes 3–5 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-04-13 Los Angeles FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-04-06 San Jose Earthquakes 6–1 D.C. United SC W 2025-03-30 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2025-03-22 Charlotte FC 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-03-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-04-20 San Jose Earthquakes 3–5 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers L 2025-04-06 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 St. Louis City W 2025-03-30 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-03-23 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC L 2025-03-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Minnesota United FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.75 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.99 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 84% + Both teams to score 80%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes47% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City31%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes80% 0% No20%

Avg goals/match: 4.74

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	95%	5%
± 2.5	84%	16%
± 3.5	68%	32%
± 4.5	50%	50%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

69%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

53%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes42% Draw34% Sporting Kansas City24%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–5 not predicted

3 – 5

Actual

2 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

6.3%

3 – 1

5.8%

3 – 2

5.7%

1 – 1

5.5%

1 – 2

4.8%

2 – 3

4.2%

4 – 1

4 – 2

3.9%

3 – 3

3.8%

2 – 0

3.5%

1 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	15%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	18%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	13%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	8%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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