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 34 games · 52 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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
#19	Position	#30
52	Points	26
34	Played	34
14 / 10 / 10	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
57	Scored	40
51	Conceded	81
+6	GD	-41
1.53	PPG	0.76
41%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

14/7

16-30

6/7

31-45

6/7

46-60

7/8

61-75

6/3

76+

10/16

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	17 G	3 A
Ousseni Bouda	7 G	1 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: San Jose Earthquakes gets underway.
5' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Jack Skahan scoring 2 goals.
15' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
18' A stunning finish from Logan Ndenbe — that came from absolutely nowhere!
21' Daniel Salloi adds to his 6 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
24' Assisted by Magomed Suleymanov with the perfectly-timed delivery and Manu Garcia makes no mistake. 0-3!
29' San Jose Earthquakes are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
30' Goal! Josef Martinez scores his 149 goal in 303 matches.
35' The energy levels are beginning to show. Kerry Zavagnin might look to freshen things up shortly.
36' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Mark-Anthony Kaye.
41' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Logan Ndenbe gets a card.
42' What composure from Cristian Arango! The Colombia international strokes it home. 2-3.
45' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 45 minute. Joaquin Fernandez leaves to be changed by Robert Voloder.
50' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Mark-Anthony Kaye exits the field as Ian Harkes enters on 50.
52' San Jose Earthquakes receives a card for a hard tackle on 52.
57' With 8 assists to his name this season, Niko Tsakiris is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
62' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
67' The crowd applauds Nemanja Radoja as he leaves the pitch. Zorhan Bassong steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
72' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
73' Daniel Salloi with the second goal in the match!
77' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ousseni Bouda is hanging Vitor Costa on the field on 77 minute.
78' Amahl Pellegrino gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Niko Tsakiris and will look to change the dynamic.
81' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Beau Leroux is replaced by Preston Judd on 81 minute.
85' What a strike from Erik Thommy! The score is 2-5.
88' Max Floriani has so much to prove this time. He replaces Rodrigues on 88 minute.
90' John Pulskamp catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
90' Manu Garcia makes way for Memo Rodriguez at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
With this win, Sporting Kansas City is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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
Shea Salinas	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

2.59 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

2 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes45% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes79% 0% No21%

Avg goals/match: 4.59

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	82%	18%
± 3.5	66%	34%
± 4.5	48%	52%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

68%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

55%

San Jose Earthquakes or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes39% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City26%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–5 not predicted

3 – 5

Actual

2 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 1

3 – 1

5.7%

3 – 2

5.6%

1 – 2

5.2%

2 – 3

4.3%

3 – 3

3.8%

4 – 1

3.7%

4 – 2

3.7%

2 – 0

3.6%

1 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	15%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	18%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	14%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	9%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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