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 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

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	#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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Sporting Kansas City launch into their encounter with San Jose Earthquakes.
3' Cristian Arango does the damage! The net is bulging and San Jose Earthquakes surge ahead!
5' It’s gonna be a card for Tim Leibold.
10' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
16' Jacob Bartlett has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 16.
19' Against the run of play, Josef Martinez has scored! This game has turned on its head.
24' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Bruce Arena will be considering his options from the bench.
27' Goal! Dejan Joveljic scores his 62 goal in 245 matches.
32' Mark-Anthony Kaye needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
37' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
42' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
45' It’s gonna be a card for Jake Davis.
50' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
52' It’s gonna be a card for Hernan Lopez Munoz.
56' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Tim Leibold is replaced by Logan Ndenbe.
59' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Jacob Bartlett departs to be replaced by Nemanja Radoja.
61' The supporters are chanting for Mark-Anthony Kaye. He replaces Josef Martinez on 61 minute.
66' Memo Rodriguez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 20 goals in his last 275 appearances.
67' Poor challenge from Nemanja Radoja. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
72' With 1 assists to his name this season, Magomed Suleymanov is clearly more than just a goal scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.
76' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Nick Lima comes on to replace Beau Leroux.
77' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Zorhan Bassong is replaced by Memo Rodriguez on 77 minute.
81' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Cristian Arango departs to be replaced by Ousseni Bouda.
86' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 279 games and scored 424 goals.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sporting Kansas City.

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
Shea Salinas	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

1.08 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.54 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City20% Draw22% San Jose Earthquakes58%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

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

42%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

80%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City13% Draw37% San Jose Earthquakes50%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

8.7%

1 – 1

8.1%

1 – 3

7.6%

0 – 3

7.1%

0 – 1

6.5%

1 – 4

4.8%

2 – 2

4.8%

0 – 4

4.5%

2 – 3

4.1%

0 – 0

3.9%

2 – 1

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	4%	95%
-1.5	5%	—	95%
-1	5%	9%	86%
-0.5	14%	—	86%
+0.5	32%	—	68%
+1	32%	21%	47%
+1.5	53%	—	47%
+2	53%	20%	27%
+2.5	73%	—	27%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

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