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Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sporting Kansas City
3 – 2
Full Time
San Jose Earthquakes
Sun 18 Mar 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Referee Adam Wienckowski
  • Referee Kevin Klinger
  • Referee Hilario Grajeda
8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.4 goals/game

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

9
3
5
Sporting Kansas City 17 games · Avg 3.8 goals San Jose Earthquakes
Last 5 meetings
2018-03-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Mar San Jose Earthquakes H 3–2 W
10 Mar Chicago Fire FC A 4–3 W
05 Mar New York City FC H 0–2 L
San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Mar Sporting Kansas City A 2–3 L
04 Mar Minnesota United FC H 3–2 W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' San Jose Earthquakes are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 281 games and scored 435 goals.
  • 25' It’s high time Mikael Stahre made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 40' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 45' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against San Jose Earthquakes's shape.
  • 50' The energy levels are beginning to show. Mikael Stahre might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Harold Cummings made 8 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 60' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 65' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 70' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 75' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 80' 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 Graham Zusi suffering a number of foals already.
  • 85' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with San Jose Earthquakes winning 100% of all matches.
  • 90' San Jose Earthquakes fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mikael Stahre

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.7 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.73 San Jose Earthquakes xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 76%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City32% Draw20% San Jose Earthquakes48%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes76% 0% No24%
Avg goals/match: 4.43
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 93%
7%
± 2.5 80%
20%
± 3.5 63%
37%
± 4.5 45%
55%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
52%
Draw or San Jose Earthquakes
68%
Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes
80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City21% Draw34% San Jose Earthquakes45%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 2
7.4%
1 – 3
6.6%
1 – 1
6.3%
2 – 2
6.2%
2 – 3
5.6%
2 – 1
4.7%
0 – 2
4.6%
1 – 4
4.5%
0 – 3
4%
2 – 4
3.8%
3 – 2
Actual
3 – 3
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5 4% — 96%
-2 4% 7% 89%
-1.5 11% — 89%
-1 11% 12% 77%
-0.5 23% — 77%
+0.5 42% — 58%
+1 42% 19% 39%
+1.5 61% — 39%
+2 61% 17% 23%
+2.5 77% — 23%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
7% ✓
San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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