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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
11 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.2 goals/game

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

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
21 Points 45
26 Played 27
6 / 3 / 17 W / D / L 13 / 6 / 8
31 Scored 49
63 Conceded 39
-32 GD +10
0.81 PPG 1.67
23% Win % 48%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
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

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' The wait is over. San Jose Earthquakes get us underway at .
  • 5' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Fatai Alashe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 10' Sporting Kansas City 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' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past San Jose Earthquakes's compact .
  • 20' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 25' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 30' 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 Shea Salinas suffering a number of foals already.
  • 35' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 286 games and scored 429 goals.
  • 40' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 50' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 55' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 60' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 65' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. San Jose Earthquakes needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 70' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Jack Skahan scoring 2 goals.
  • 75' San Jose Earthquakes fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 80' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 85' Ilie Sanchez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
  • 90' San Jose Earthquakes come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mikael Stahre

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.97 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.35 San Jose Earthquakes xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes 79%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City39% Draw21% San Jose Earthquakes40%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes77% 0% No23%
Avg goals/match: 4.32
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 93%
7%
± 2.5 79%
21%
± 3.5 61%
39%
± 4.5 43%
57%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
61%
Draw or San Jose Earthquakes
61%
Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City27% Draw36% San Jose Earthquakes37%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 2
7.1%
1 – 1
6.9%
2 – 2
6.8%
2 – 1
6%
1 – 3
5.5%
2 – 3
5.3%
3 – 2
Actual
3 – 1
3.9%
0 – 2
3.8%
3 – 3
3.5%
1 – 4
3.2%
2 – 4
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 10% 82%
-1.5 18% — 82%
-1 18% 15% 67%
-0.5 33% — 67%
+0.5 54% — 46%
+1 54% 18% 28%
+1.5 72% — 28%
+2 72% 14% 15%
+2.5 85% — 15%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
10% ✓
San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

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