Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 18 Aug 2019 · 00:30 UTC HT 45+3' · FT 45+6'

Y 59' Judson

Y 61' Jackson Yueill

Roger Espinoza 65' Y

Johnny Russell 88' Y

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
Referee Brian Poeschel
Referee Drew Fischer
Referee Alejandro Mariscal
Referee Jeremy Kieso

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

Sporting Kansas City 17 games · Avg 3.8 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-04-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Sporting Kansas City 2018-03-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
14 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	0–1	L
11 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	1–2	L
05 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	3–2	W
26 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–3	L
21 Jul	FC Dallas	H	0–2	L

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L
11 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L
04 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–1	D
28 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W
21 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–1	W
13 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–1	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' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' Chris Wondolowski adds to his 0 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
30' San Jose Earthquakes are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
35' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Guram Kashia has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
40' 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 Felipe Gutierrez suffering a number of foals already.
45' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
50' Assisted by Jimmy Medranda with the perfectly-timed delivery and Benny Feilhaber makes no mistake. 1-1!
55' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
56' Jimmy Medranda makes way for Daniel Salloi at the 56 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
59' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a Yellow card on 59.
60' Ilie Sanchez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Benny Feilhaber on 60 minute.
61' The referee has no hesitation. Jackson Yueill is booked for San Jose Earthquakes — Yellow card on 61.
65' Roger Espinoza picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
67' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Chris Wondolowski is replaced by Danny Hoesen on 67 minute.
68' Judson makes way for Andres Rios at the 68 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
73' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
74' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Roger Espinoza trudges off to be replaced by Gianluca Busio on 74 minutes.
76' What a strike from Graham Smith! The score is 2-1.
76' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 76 minute. Nick Lima leaves to be changed by Shea Salinas.
77' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Shea Salinas comes on to replace Nick Lima.
82' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
87' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
88' Johnny Russell has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 88.
Full Time. Sporting Kansas City beats San Jose Earthquakes

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

93
Judson ↓ Andres Rios 68'
37
Guram Kashia
7
Magnus Eriksson
11
Vako Qazaishvili
24
Nick Lima ↓ Shea Salinas 76'
8
Chris Wondolowski C ↓ Danny Hoesen 67'
23
Florian Jungwirth
14
Jackson Yueill
22
Tommy Thompson
10
Cristian Espinoza
17
Daniel Vega

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

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

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2019-08-14 Orlando City SC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-08-11 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Real Salt Lake L 2019-08-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-07-26 New York City FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-07-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 FC Dallas L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2019-08-11 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2019-08-04 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2019-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2019-07-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes W 2019-07-13 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.36 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.62 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City28% Draw20% San Jose Earthquakes52%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.98

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

49%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

72%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City17% Draw36% San Jose Earthquakes47%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

8.5%

1 – 1

7.5%

1 – 3

7.3%

0 – 2

6.6%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 3

5.5%

2 – 3

1 – 4

4.8%

0 – 1

4.6%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 4

3.6%

2 – 4

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	5%	92%
-1.5	8%	—	92%
-1	8%	10%	82%
-0.5	18%	—	82%
+0.5	37%	—	63%
+1	37%	20%	43%
+1.5	57%	—	43%
+2	57%	18%	25%
+2.5	75%	—	25%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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