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 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 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	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

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	#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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes get this one started.
5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Danny Hoesen is clearly more than just a goal scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.
10' Florian Jungwirth has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 22 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
15' Johnny Russell is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
20' A quiet spell here at . Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
25' What a moment for Chris Wondolowski! That strike on 25 puts his side firmly in control.
30' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
35' 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.
40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
45' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
50' Benny Feilhaber adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
55' San Jose Earthquakes fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
56' Daniel Salloi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jimmy Medranda at the 56 minute mark.
59' The referee calls foul for Judson. He receives a Yellow card.
60' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Benny Feilhaber is withdrawn and Ilie Sanchez gets his opportunity.
61' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Jackson Yueill on 61 minutes.
65' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a Yellow card on 65.
67' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Chris Wondolowski exits the field as Danny Hoesen enters on 67.
68' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Judson exits the field as Andres Rios enters on 68.
73' Andres Rios is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
74' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Roger Espinoza is withdrawn and Gianluca Busio gets his opportunity.
76' Magnificent from Graham Smith! That is 1 goals in 289 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
76' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 76 minute. Nick Lima leaves to be changed by Shea Salinas.
77' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Nick Lima departs to be replaced by Shea Salinas.
82' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 82.
87' Felipe Gutierrez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 26 goals in his last 289 appearances.
88' Johnny Russell has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 88.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 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

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

1.63 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.23 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes 78% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City35% Draw22% San Jose Earthquakes43%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.86

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

57%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

65%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City23% Draw38% San Jose Earthquakes39%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 2

6.6%

1 – 3

6.1%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

5.3%

2 – 3

4.9%

0 – 1

4.3%

0 – 3

3.9%

3 – 2

3.6%

1 – 4

3.4%

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	14%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	19%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	15%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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