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

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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 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 34 games · 52 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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	#19
26	Points	52
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	14 / 10 / 10
40	Scored	57
81	Conceded	51
-41	GD	+6
0.76	PPG	1.53
21%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

14/7

16-30

6/7

31-45

6/7

46-60

7/8

61-75

6/3

76+

10/16

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	17 G	3 A
Ousseni Bouda	7 G	1 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Children's Mercy Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. San Jose Earthquakes needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
10' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
11' Vitor Costa is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
16' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 16 minutes.
18' The Colombia Dany Rosero breaks the deadlock on 18 minutes. 1-1!
23' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
28' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
29' The deadlock is broken! Alan Pulido gets on the scoresheet on 29 minutes.
34' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past San Jose Earthquakes's compact .
35' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Dany Rosero on 35 minutes.
40' USA international Jake Davis has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
45' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
46' Remi Walter gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Memo Rodriguez and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
53' The crowd applauds Johnny Russell as he leaves the pitch. Stephen Afrira steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
58' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Luchi Gonzalez will be considering his options from the bench.
63' The whistle greets Amahl Pellegrino as he departs to be replaced by Jack Skahan.
64' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Benjamin Kikanovic is hanging Jeremy Ebobisse on the field on 64 minute.
66' It’s gonna be a card for Ousseni Bouda.
71' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Jack Skahan scoring 2 goals.
72' Alfredo Morales has so much to prove this time. He replaces Carlos Gruezo on 72 minute.
77' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
80' San Jose Earthquakes receives a card for a hard tackle on 80.
82' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
85' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Paul Marie departs to be replaced by Tommy Thompson.
87' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Willy Agada comes on to replace Alan Pulido.
88' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Alenis Vargas is hanging Daniel Salloi on the field on 88 minute.
90' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Erik Thommy on 90 minutes.
Sporting Kansas City celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

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

3 / 4

1.5 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.7 San Jose Earthquakes xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City43% Draw24% San Jose Earthquakes33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.2

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

66%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

57%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City26% Draw43% San Jose Earthquakes31%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

1 – 2

8.5%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.3%

0 – 1

6.2%

0 – 2

5.9%

0 – 0

5.7%

1 – 0

5.4%

1 – 3

4.8%

2 – 0

4.6%

3 – 1

3.7%

2 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	17%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	19%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	13%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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