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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
9 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 8.2 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

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 #18
14 Points 33
18 Played 18
4 / 2 / 12 W / D / L 10 / 3 / 5
18 Scored 37
46 Conceded 24
-28 GD +13
0.78 PPG 1.83
22% Win % 56%

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
26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/7
16-30
3/4
31-45
3/6
46-60
2/4
61-75
2/8
76+
3/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded
San Jose Earthquakes
0-15
7/6
16-30
3/4
31-45
3/2
46-60
6/6
61-75
4/1
76+
7/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
Dejan Joveljic 8 G 1 A
San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 11 G 2 A
Ousseni Bouda 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes.
  • 5' Graham Zusi is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
  • 10' San Jose Earthquakes come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 15' Vako Qazaishvili has been relatively quiet despite scoring 33 goals in his last 282 appearances.
  • 20' San Jose Earthquakes is showing some good football. However, San Jose Earthquakes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 25' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Khiry Shelton made 285 appearances and scored 16 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 30' Shea Salinas needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 35' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 282 games and scored 427 goals.
  • 40' It’s high time Mikael Stahre made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 45' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 50' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 55' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 60' Daniel Salloi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
  • 65' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 70' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against San Jose Earthquakes's shape.
  • 75' 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.
  • 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 Fatai Alashe suffering a number of foals already.
  • 85' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 90' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
  • The points are shared — Sporting Kansas City 3-2 San Jose Earthquakes. Honours even.

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
1.83 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.61 San Jose Earthquakes xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes 79%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City35% Draw21% San Jose Earthquakes44%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes77% 0% No23%
Avg goals/match: 4.44
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 93%
7%
± 2.5 81%
19%
± 3.5 63%
37%
± 4.5 45%
55%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
56%
Draw or San Jose Earthquakes
65%
Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City23% Draw35% San Jose Earthquakes42%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 2
7.2%
2 – 2
6.5%
1 – 1
6.4%
1 – 3
6.2%
2 – 3
5.6%
2 – 1
5.1%
0 – 2
4.2%
1 – 4
4%
3 – 2
Actual
2 – 4
3.7%
0 – 3
3.5%
3 – 3
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 8% 86%
-1.5 14% — 86%
-1 14% 13% 73%
-0.5 27% — 73%
+0.5 46% — 54%
+1 46% 19% 35%
+1.5 65% — 35%
+2 65% 16% 19%
+2.5 81% — 19%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
8% ✓
San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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