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

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

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	#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' We are underway at Children's Mercy Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
15' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
20' Javier Lopez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
25' San Jose Earthquakes fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
30' Gadi Kinda, a Israel , has 1 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
35' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
40' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Javier Lopez will be fuming at that decision.
45' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andreu Fontas, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
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 is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
57' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Jaylin Lindsey.
60' The supporters are chanting for Roger Espinoza. He replaces Gadi Kinda on 60 minute.
61' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Wilson Harris is replaced by Khiry Shelton on 61 minute.
64' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Marcos Lopez has done his job and it is now time for Luciano Abecasis to step up.
69' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Andres Rios comes on to replace Chris Wondolowski.
74' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 74 minutes.
75' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Javier Lopez departs to be replaced by Carlos Fierro.
80' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
81' A moment of madness from Cristian Espinoza on 81 minutes earns him a Yellow card. San Jose Earthquakes will be frustrated.
85' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
86' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a Yellow card on 86.
90' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a Red card in front of him.
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
Erik Thommy	3
Danny Hoesen	3
Cristian Arango	3
Chris Wondolowski	3
Felipe Gutierrez	3
Felipe Gutierrez	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

1.29 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.4 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City29% Draw21% San Jose Earthquakes50%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

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

50%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

71%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City17% Draw38% San Jose Earthquakes45%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

7.2%

1 – 3

7.1%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 3

5.6%

0 – 1

5.6%

2 – 1

4.9%

2 – 3

4.6%

1 – 4

4.3%

0 – 0

3.7%

0 – 4

3.4%

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%	11%	81%
-0.5	19%	—	81%
+0.5	39%	—	61%
+1	39%	21%	40%
+1.5	60%	—	40%
+2	60%	18%	22%
+2.5	78%	—	22%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

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