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 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

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	#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' 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 referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Sporting Kansas City is taking the lead after the goal scored by Daniel Salloi on 10.
15' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
20' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
25' Paul Marie has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
30' Cristian Espinoza needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
35' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
42' The referee has no hesitation. Ben Sweat is booked for Sporting Kansas City — Yellow card on 42.
45' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. William Agada gets a Yellow card.
46' Felipe Hernandez gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Roger Espinoza and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Germany international Erik Thommy has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
54' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 54 minute. Ben Sweat leaves to be changed by Logan Ndenbe.
57' Tanner Beason picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
58' The referee calls foul for Tanner Beason. He receives a Yellow card.
59' Against the run of play, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin has scored! This game has turned on its head.
64' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
65' Cade Cowell is replacing Benjamin Kikanovic for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
70' San Jose Earthquakes have won 424 goals from 279 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
73' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Jan Gregus is replaced by Niko Tsakiris.
78' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past San Jose Earthquakes's compact .
79' Khiry Shelton is replacing Daniel Salloi for the Sporting Kansas City side.
81' Shea Salinas gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Paul Marie and will look to change the dynamic.
86' The energy levels are beginning to show. Luchi Gonzalez might look to freshen things up shortly.
88' The referee has no hesitation. Andreu Fontas is booked for Sporting Kansas City — Yellow card on 88.
90' Oskar Aagren is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.

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
Felipe Gutierrez	3
Erik Thommy	3
Danny Hoesen	3
Cristian Arango	3
Chris Wondolowski	3
Jeremy Ebobisse	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

0 / 4

1.42 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.3 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw22% San Jose Earthquakes45%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.72

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

55%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

67%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City20% Draw38% San Jose Earthquakes42%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–0 not predicted

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

8.8%

1 – 1

8.7%

1 – 3

6.7%

0 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

6.2%

2 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

5.1%

0 – 3

4.8%

2 – 3

4.8%

1 – 4

3.9%

0 – 0

3.6%

3 – 2

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%	12%	77%
-0.5	23%	—	77%
+0.5	44%	—	56%
+1	44%	20%	36%
+1.5	64%	—	36%
+2	64%	17%	19%
+2.5	81%	—	19%

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.