Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Sporting Kansas City

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 17 Mar 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Dany Rosero 35' Y

Y 66' Ousseni Bouda

Y 80' Cristian Espinoza

Daniel Salloi 82' Y

Erik Thommy 90' Y

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

2024-03-17 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
10 Mar	Los Angeles FC	A	0–0	D
03 Mar	Philadelphia Union	H	1–1	D
25 Feb	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
22 Oct	Minnesota United FC	H	3–1	W
08 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	3–2	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L
10 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–2	L
03 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–3	L
25 Feb	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
22 Oct	Austin FC	H	1–1	D
08 Oct	FC Dallas	A	1–1	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' Three points are at stake. Sporting Kansas City host San Jose Earthquakes — let the battle begin!
5' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' Memo Rodriguez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 20 goals in his last 275 appearances.
11' GOAL! Vitor Costa fires home to make it 0-1!
16' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
18' Dany Rosero adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
23' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Jeremy Ebobisse has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
28' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
29' What a strike from Alan Pulido! The score is 2-1.
34' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
35' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Dany Rosero.
40' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
45' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
46' The crowd applauds Memo Rodriguez as he leaves the pitch. Remi Walter steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
51' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
53' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Johnny Russell is withdrawn and Stephen Afrira gets his opportunity.
58' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
63' Amahl Pellegrino makes way for Jack Skahan at the 63 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
64' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Jeremy Ebobisse has done his job and it is now time for Benjamin Kikanovic to step up.
66' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ousseni Bouda on 66.
71' It’s high time Luchi Gonzalez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
72' Alfredo Morales is ready to make an impact after coming on for Carlos Gruezo at the 72 minute mark.
77' Daniel Salloi, a Hungary , has 25 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
80' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a card in front of him.
82' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a card on 82.
85' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Paul Marie is withdrawn and Tommy Thompson gets his opportunity.
87' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Alan Pulido has done his job and it is now time for Willy Agada to step up.
88' The whistle greets Daniel Salloi as he departs to be replaced by Alenis Vargas.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Erik Thommy.
San Jose Earthquakes will have plenty to reflect on. Sporting Kansas City were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

14
Jackson Yueill
7
Carlos Gruezo ↓ Alfredo Morales 72'
11
Jeremy Ebobisse ↓ Benjamin Kikanovic 64'
42
Daniel
94
Vitor Costa
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
3
Paul Marie ↓ Tommy Thompson 85'
4
Bruno Wilson
9
Amahl Pellegrino ↓ Jack Skahan 63'
19
Preston Judd ↓ Ousseni Bouda 63'

Bench

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

2024-03-17 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-03-10 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2024-03-03 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2024-02-25 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-10-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Minnesota United FC W 2023-10-08 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas City W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2024-03-17 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-03-10 San Jose Earthquakes 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-03-03 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2024-02-25 FC Dallas 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2023-10-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Austin FC D 2023-10-08 FC Dallas 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.22 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.21 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw21% San Jose Earthquakes46%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.43

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

54%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

67%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City17% Draw40% San Jose Earthquakes43%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.5%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 2

7.9%

1 – 3

6.8%

0 – 1

6.7%

0 – 3

5.7%

2 – 2

5.6%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

4.6%

2 – 3

4.2%

1 – 4

3.8%

1 – 0

3.3%

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%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	41%	—	59%
+1	41%	21%	37%
+1.5	63%	—	37%
+2	63%	18%	20%
+2.5	80%	—	20%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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