Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 28 Aug 2022 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Ben Sweat 42' Y

William Agada 45' Y

Y 57' Tanner Beason

Y 58' Tanner Beason

Andreu Fontas 88' Y

Y 90' Oskar Aagren

Overview

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

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

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

2022-08-28 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2022-05-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	W
21 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W
14 Aug	Austin FC	A	3–4	L
07 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	4–2	W
31 Jul	Austin FC	H	0–2	L
24 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	0–2	L

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–1	L
21 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
14 Aug	FC Dallas	A	1–4	L
07 Aug	Austin FC	A	3–3	D
04 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	H	0–1	L
31 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	2–2	D

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' Welcome to Children's Mercy Park that hosts another battle between Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 290 games and scored 443 goals.
10' What a moment for Daniel Salloi! That strike on 10 puts his side firmly in control.
15' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
25' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
30' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
35' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
40' The 39-year-old Roger Espinoza has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
42' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
45' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. William Agada gets a Yellow card.
46' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Roger Espinoza is withdrawn and Felipe Hernandez gets his opportunity.
51' 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.
54' Logan Ndenbe is replacing Ben Sweat for the Sporting Kansas City side.
57' The referee calls foul for Tanner Beason. He receives a Yellow card.
58' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
59' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
64' 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 Graham Zusi suffering a number of foals already.
65' The crowd applauds Benjamin Kikanovic as he leaves the pitch. Cade Cowell steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
70' Jackson Yueill has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
73' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Jan Gregus is replaced by Niko Tsakiris on 73 minute.
78' San Jose Earthquakes come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
79' The crowd applauds Daniel Salloi as he leaves the pitch. Khiry Shelton steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
81' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Shea Salinas on, Paul Marie off on 81 minutes.
86' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
88' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Andreu Fontas on 88 minutes.
90' The referee calls foul for Oskar Aagren. He receives a Yellow card.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sporting Kansas City 1-0 San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

5
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin
54
Remi Walter
26
Erik Thommy
7
Johnny Russell
8
Graham Zusi
20
Daniel Salloi ↓ Khiry Shelton 79'
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 46'
2
Ben Sweat ↓ Logan Ndenbe 54'
1
John Pulskamp
23
William Agada
3
Andreu Fontas

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

93
Judson
6
Shea Salinas ↑ 81'
12
Matt Bersano
5
Eric Remedi
44
Cade Cowell ↑ 65'
16
Jack Skahan ↑ 81'
30
Niko Tsakiris ↑ 73'
20
William Richmond

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

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

2022-08-28 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2022-08-21 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2022-08-14 Austin FC 4–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-08-07 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-07-31 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Austin FC L 2022-07-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2022-08-28 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2022-08-21 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2022-08-14 FC Dallas 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2022-08-07 Austin FC 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D 2022-08-04 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Internacional CF Miami L 2022-07-31 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Real Salt Lake D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.69 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.92 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes 77% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City41% Draw23% San Jose Earthquakes36%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.61

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

64%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

59%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City27% Draw40% San Jose Earthquakes33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.6%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 1

7.2%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 3

5.2%

0 – 2

0 – 1

4.6%

2 – 3

4.4%

0 – 0

4.1%

3 – 1

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	16%	66%
-0.5	34%	—	66%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	19%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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