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 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

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	#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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes has kicked off!
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Carlos Gruezo is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
11' Vitor Costa adds to his 0 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
16' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
18' Against the run of play, Dany Rosero has scored! This game has turned on its head.
23' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
28' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
29' The Mexico Alan Pulido breaks the deadlock on 29 minutes. 2-1!
34' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
35' Controversy at the stadium! Dany Rosero argues furiously but the card stands.
40' Ousseni Bouda, a Burkina Faso , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
45' Cristian Espinoza is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
46' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Memo Rodriguez departs to be replaced by Remi Walter.
51' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
53' Stephen Afrira has so much to prove this time. He replaces Johnny Russell on 53 minute.
58' Germany international Tim Leibold has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
63' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Amahl Pellegrino exits the field as Jack Skahan enters on 63.
64' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Benjamin Kikanovic comes on to replace Jeremy Ebobisse.
66' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a card on 66.
71' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
72' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Alfredo Morales on, Carlos Gruezo off on 72 minutes.
77' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
80' Cristian Espinoza was booked on 80.
82' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Daniel Salloi on 82 minutes.
85' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tommy Thompson is hanging Paul Marie on the field on 85 minute.
87' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Willy Agada on, Alan Pulido off on 87 minutes.
88' Alenis Vargas has so much to prove this time. He replaces Daniel Salloi on 88 minute.
90' That looks like a foul for a 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
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

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

1.35 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.09 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes 78% + Over 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City36% Draw22% San Jose Earthquakes42%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.44

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

58%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

64%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City20% Draw40% San Jose Earthquakes40%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 2

1 – 3

6.3%

0 – 1

6.2%

2 – 2

6.1%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 3

4.8%

0 – 0

4.6%

2 – 3

4.3%

1 – 0

3.7%

1 – 4

3.3%

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%	13%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	21%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	16%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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