Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 2 Mar 2025 · 01:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Tim Leibold 5' Y

Jacob Bartlett 16' Y

Jake Davis 45' Y

Y 45' Hernan Lopez Munoz

YR 52' Hernan Lopez Munoz

Nemanja Radoja 67' 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

2025-03-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–2	L
23 Feb	Austin FC	A	0–1	L
20 Oct	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
06 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	0–3	L
29 Sep	St. Louis City	A	1–3	L
22 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	0–2	L

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–1	W
23 Feb	Real Salt Lake	H	4–0	W
20 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L
06 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
03 Oct	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W
28 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–3	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' The ball is rolling at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City are looking to make home advantage count against San Jose Earthquakes.
3' Cristian Arango puts San Jose Earthquakes on the lead.
5' The referee has no hesitation. Tim Leibold is booked for Sporting Kansas City — card on 5.
10' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
15' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
16' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Jacob Bartlett.
19' What a moment for Josef Martinez! That strike on 19 puts his side firmly in control.
24' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
27' Dejan Joveljic does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Kansas City surge ahead!
32' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
37' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
42' Dave Romney has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
45' Jake Davis catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 45.
50' Zorhan Bassong has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
52' Hernan Lopez Munoz was booked on 52.
56' Tim Leibold makes way for Logan Ndenbe at the 56 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
59' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Jacob Bartlett is replaced by Nemanja Radoja on 59 minute.
61' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Mark-Anthony Kaye on, Josef Martinez off on 61 minutes.
66' 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.
67' That looks like a foul for a card for Nemanja Radoja.
72' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
76' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Beau Leroux departs to be replaced by Nick Lima.
77' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Zorhan Bassong by Memo Rodriguez on 77 minute.
81' Ousseni Bouda has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cristian Arango on 81 minute.
86' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Beau Leroux made 289 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
The points are shared — Sporting Kansas City 1-2 San Jose Earthquakes. Honours even.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Nemanja Radoja ↑ 59'
10
Daniel Salloi ↑ 77'
3
Andrew Brody ↑ 56'
8
Memo Rodriguez ↑ 77'
18
Logan Ndenbe ↑ 56'
5
Dany Rosero
23
Willy Agada
36
Ryan Schewe
2
Ian James

Coach Peter Vermes

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

9
Cristian Arango ↓ Ousseni Bouda 81'
42
Daniel
6
Ian Harkes
17
Josef Martinez ↓ Mark-Anthony Kaye 61'
10
Cristian Espinoza
26
Rodrigues
23
Hernan Lopez Munoz
4
Bruno Wilson
12
Dave Romney
2
Jamar Ricketts
34
Beau Leroux ↓ Nick Lima 76'

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

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

2025-03-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-02-23 Austin FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-10-20 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-10-06 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Los Angeles FC L 2024-09-29 St. Louis City 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Minnesota United FC L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2025-03-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2025-02-23 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Real Salt Lake W 2024-10-20 Los Angeles FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-10-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2024-10-03 San Jose Earthquakes 3–2 FC Dallas W 2024-09-28 Montreal Impact FC 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.21 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.41 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw23% San Jose Earthquakes55%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.62

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

45%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

78%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City16% Draw38% San Jose Earthquakes46%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

8.6%

0 – 2

7.8%

1 – 3

7.2%

0 – 3

6.1%

0 – 1

6.1%

2 – 2

5.4%

2 – 1

4.6%

1 – 4

4.4%

2 – 3

4.4%

0 – 0

3.9%

0 – 4

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	10%	83%
-0.5	17%	—	83%
+0.5	37%	—	63%
+1	37%	21%	42%
+1.5	58%	—	42%
+2	58%	18%	23%
+2.5	77%	—	23%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

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