Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Thu 22 Jul 2021 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 40' Javier Lopez

Y 49' Judson

Jaylin Lindsey 57' Y

Y 81' Cristian Espinoza

Graham Zusi 85' Y

Y 86' Nathan

R 90' Judson

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2021-05-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Sporting Kansas City 2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-04-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–1	D
05 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–0	W
26 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
24 Jun	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W
20 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
12 Jun	Austin FC	H	1–1	D

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
18 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D
04 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	2–2	D
27 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–3	L
22 Jun	Orlando City SC	A	0–5	L
20 Jun	Austin FC	A	0–0	D

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' Temperatures are rising at Children's Mercy Park as Sporting Kansas City face off against San Jose Earthquakes in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
10' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
20' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' 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.
35' 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.
40' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Javier Lopez.
45' Marcos Lopez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
46' Jaylin Lindsey has so much to prove this time. He replaces Remi Walter on 46 minute.
49' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Judson will be fuming at that decision.
53' Nathan makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and San Jose Earthquakes are in front.
57' The referee has no hesitation. Jaylin Lindsey is booked for Sporting Kansas City — Yellow card on 57.
60' Roger Espinoza is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gadi Kinda at the 60 minute mark.
61' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Khiry Shelton on, Wilson Harris off on 61 minutes.
64' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Marcos Lopez exits the field as Luciano Abecasis enters on 64.
69' Another substitution for San Jose Earthquakes to replace Chris Wondolowski by Andres Rios on 69 minute.
74' Judson has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
75' The crowd applauds Javier Lopez as he leaves the pitch. Carlos Fierro steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
80' Tanner Beason has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
81' The referee calls foul for Cristian Espinoza. He receives a Yellow card.
85' Graham Zusi was booked on 85.
86' A moment of madness from Nathan on 86 minutes earns him a Yellow card. San Jose Earthquakes will be frustrated.
90' San Jose Earthquakes receives a Red card for a hard tackle on 90.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Salloi	6
Alan Pulido	5
Chris Wondolowski	3
Felipe Gutierrez	3
Erik Thommy	3
Danny Hoesen	3
Cristian Arango	3
Josef Martinez	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-07-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2021-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-06-20 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC D

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2021-07-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-04 Minnesota United FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-06-27 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-06-22 Orlando City SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-06-20 Austin FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.42 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.27 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw22% San Jose Earthquakes46%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.69

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

54%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

68%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City20% Draw38% San Jose Earthquakes42%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.8%

1 – 3

6.6%

0 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

6.2%

2 – 1

5.6%

0 – 1

5.2%

0 – 3

4.8%

2 – 3

4.7%

1 – 4

3.8%

0 – 0

3.7%

1 – 0

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	13%	77%
-0.5	23%	—	77%
+0.5	45%	—	55%
+1	45%	20%	35%
+1.5	65%	—	35%
+2	65%	17%	18%
+2.5	82%	—	18%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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