Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Sporting Kansas City

1 – 3

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 12 Apr 2026 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park 16,921 HT 45' · FT 45'

Jacob Bartlett 27' 1–0

1–1 44' Jack Skahan

1–2 49' Jack Skahan

1–3 75' Dave Romney

Magomed Suleymanov 54' Y

Taylor Calheira 82' 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)

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Assistant 1 Logan Brown
Assistant 2 Brian Dunn (USA)

9 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 8.2 goals/game

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

2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2026-02-22 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2025-04-20 San Jose Earthquakes 3–5 Sporting Kansas City 2025-03-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–3	L
04 Apr	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
22 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–4	L
15 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–1	W
08 Mar	San Diego FC	H	0–1	L
01 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–2	D

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	A	3–1	W
05 Apr	San Diego FC	H	3–0	W
22 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
15 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–1	L
08 Mar	Philadelphia Union	A	1–0	W
01 Mar	Atlanta United FC	H	2–0	W

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.
5' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' USA international Dave Romney has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
20' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
27' Against the run of play, Jacob Bartlett has scored! This game has turned on its head.
32' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
37' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Justin Reynolds made 275 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
42' Supporters expect more eagerness from Paul Marie, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
44' What composure from Jack Skahan! The USA international strokes it home. 1-1.
49' Jack Skahan does the damage! The net is bulging and San Jose Earthquakes surge ahead!
54' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a card on 54.
57' Capita is ready to make an impact after coming on for Calvin Harris at the 57 minute mark.
62' Ousseni Bouda, a Burkina Faso , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
66' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Manu Garcia is replaced by Jake Davis.
69' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Beau Leroux is replaced by Ian Harkes.
74' With 1 assists to his name this season, Manu Garcia is clearly more than just a goal scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.
75' What composure from Dave Romney! The USA international strokes it home. 1-3.
76' The whistle greets Benjamin Kikanovic as he departs to be replaced by Jack Jasinski.
81' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Jacob Bartlett departs to be replaced by Taylor Calheira.
82' Taylor Calheira has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 82.
87' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Paul Marie comes on to replace Preston Judd.
The points are shared — Sporting Kansas City 1-3 San Jose Earthquakes. Honours even.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

6
Manu Garcia ↓ Jake Davis 66'
9
Dejan Joveljic
1
John Pulskamp
11
Calvin Harris ↓ Capita 57'
4
Lasse Berg Johnsen
93
Magomed Suleymanov ↓ Stephen Afrira 66'
99
Jayden Reid ↓ Kwaku Agyabeng 81'
13
Justin Reynolds
57
Diego
16
Jacob Bartlett ↓ Taylor Calheira 81'
2
Ian James

Bench

7
Capita ↑ 57'
23
Ethan Bartlow
8
Jake Davis ↑ 66'
17
Stephen Afrira ↑ 66'
19
Taylor Calheira ↑ 81'
14
Cielo Tschantret
15
Jansen Miller
20
Kwaku Agyabeng ↑ 81'
12
Jack Kortkamp

Coach Raphaël Wicky

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

14
Ronaldo Vieira
42
Daniel
16
Jack Skahan ↓ Nick Fernandez 69'
28
Benjamin Kikanovic ↓ Jack Jasinski 76'
4
Dave Romney
10
Niko Tsakiris
7
Ousseni Bouda
19
Preston Judd ↓ Paul Marie 87'
5
Daniel Munie
34
Beau Leroux ↓ Ian Harkes 69'
18
Reid Roberts

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Salloi	6
Alan Pulido	5
Danny Hoesen	3
Cristian Arango	3
Chris Wondolowski	3
Felipe Gutierrez	3
Erik Thommy	3
Johnny Russell	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-03-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-03-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-03-08 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 San Diego FC L 2026-03-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-04-05 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 San Diego FC W 2026-03-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-03-15 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2026-03-08 Philadelphia Union 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-03-01 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Atlanta United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.06 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.78 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + San Jose Earthquakes to win 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City17% Draw20% San Jose Earthquakes63%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.84

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

37%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

83%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City12% Draw34% San Jose Earthquakes54%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

8.6%

0 – 2

8.4%

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 3

7.6%

1 – 1

7.1%

0 – 1

5.8%

1 – 4

5.5%

0 – 4

5.2%

2 – 2

4.5%

2 – 3

4.2%

2 – 1

3.3%

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	96%
-1.5	4%	—	96%
-1	4%	7%	88%
-0.5	12%	—	88%
+0.5	28%	—	72%
+1	28%	20%	52%
+1.5	48%	—	52%
+2	48%	20%	32%
+2.5	68%	—	32%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

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