Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Sporting Kansas City

3 – 0

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 27 Aug 2023 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park 18,892 HT 45' · FT 45'

Daniel Salloi 3' 1–0

Johnny Russell 42' 2–0

Erik Thommy 69' 3–0

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

2023-08-27 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-04-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–0	W
16 Jul	Austin FC	A	1–2	L
13 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	2–2	D
09 Jul	Houston Dynamo	A	2–2	D
02 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
25 Jun	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–1	L

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–3	L
21 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
13 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–0	W
09 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D
02 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–2	D
25 Jun	St. Louis City	H	1–2	L

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' That's the starting whistle at Children's Mercy Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes.
3' Assisted by Johnny Russell with the perfectly-timed delivery and Daniel Salloi makes no mistake. 1-0!
8' 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.
13' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
18' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their 4-3-3 trying to find a way past San Jose Earthquakes's compact 4-2-3-1.
23' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
28' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
33' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
38' Jamiro Monteiro has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
42' What composure from Johnny Russell! The Scotland international strokes it home. 2-0.
46' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Cade Cowell is replaced by Matthew Hoppe on 46 minute.
51' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
54' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell is replaced by Khiry Shelton.
59' San Jose Earthquakes come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
64' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
66' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 66 minute. Jamiro Monteiro leaves to be changed by Jack Skahan.
67' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Carlos Akapo is replaced by Paul Marie.
69' What composure from Erik Thommy! The Germany international strokes it home. 3-0.
74' The 29-year-old Jackson Yueill has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
75' Niko Tsakiris is replacing Cristian Espinoza for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
80' Dany Rosero is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for San Jose Earthquakes tonight.
84' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Nemanja Radoja trudges off to be replaced by Roger Espinoza on 84 minutes.
89' The energy levels are beginning to show. Luchi Gonzalez might look to freshen things up shortly.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-0.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

29
Carlos Akapo ↓ Paul Marie 67'
21
Miguel Trauco
14
Jackson Yueill
7
Carlos Gruezo
11
Jeremy Ebobisse ↓ Ayo Akinola 66'
42
Daniel
10
Cristian Espinoza ↓ Niko Tsakiris 75'
26
Rodrigues
44
Cade Cowell ↓ Matthew Hoppe 46'
15
Tanner Beason
35
Jamiro Monteiro ↓ Jack Skahan 66'

Bench

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

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
Ilie Sanchez	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-08-27 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2023-07-16 Austin FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2023-07-09 Houston Dynamo 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-07-02 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2023-06-25 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Chicago Fire FC L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-08-27 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-08-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2023-07-13 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2023-07-09 Los Angeles FC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2023-07-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-06-25 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 St. Louis City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.31 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.98 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes 76% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw24% San Jose Earthquakes43%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.29

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

57%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

67%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City20% Draw41% San Jose Earthquakes39%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–0 not predicted

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

10.6%

1 – 2

9.2%

0 – 2

7.3%

0 – 1

6.8%

2 – 1

6.1%

1 – 3

2 – 2

0 – 0

5.3%

0 – 3

4.7%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

2 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	14%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	48%	—	52%
+1	48%	21%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	16%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

15% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

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