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

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MLS · 2026

Sporting Kansas City

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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 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

11 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.2 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

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
21	Points	45
26	Played	27
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
31	Scored	49
63	Conceded	39
-32	GD	+10
0.81	PPG	1.67
23%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

12/7

16-30

5/4

31-45

5/6

46-60

6/7

61-75

5/2

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	15 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sporting Kansas City to score. At the same time, San Jose Earthquakes does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Justin Reynolds, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' 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.
15' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
27' The deadlock is broken! Jacob Bartlett gets on the scoresheet on 27 minutes.
32' USA international Ian Harkes has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
37' Sporting Kansas City have won 450 goals from 292 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
42' San Jose Earthquakes is showing some good football. However, San Jose Earthquakes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
44' What a strike from Jack Skahan! The score is 1-1.
49' Jack Skahan with the second goal in the match!
54' That is a card for Sporting Kansas City. Magomed Suleymanov will be fuming at that decision.
57' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Calvin Harris trudges off to be replaced by Capita on 57 minutes.
62' With 1 assists to his name this season, Nick Fernandez is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
66' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Manu Garcia is replaced by Jake Davis.
69' Ian Harkes gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Beau Leroux and will look to change the dynamic.
74' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
75' A stunning finish from Dave Romney — that came from absolutely nowhere!
76' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Benjamin Kikanovic is replaced by Jack Jasinski on 76 minute.
81' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Taylor Calheira comes on to replace Jacob Bartlett.
82' The referee has no hesitation. Taylor Calheira is booked for Sporting Kansas City — card on 82.
87' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Paul Marie is hanging Preston Judd on the field on 87 minute.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for San Jose Earthquakes players.

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
Chris Wondolowski	3
Felipe Gutierrez	3
Erik Thommy	3
Danny Hoesen	3
Cristian Arango	3
Josef Martinez	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

1.2 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.52 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City20% Draw22% San Jose Earthquakes58%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.72

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

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

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City15% Draw37% San Jose Earthquakes48%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

1 – 1

8.1%

0 – 2

7.8%

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 3

6.3%

0 – 1

5.8%

2 – 2

5.3%

1 – 4

4.7%

2 – 3

4.5%

2 – 1

4.3%

0 – 4

0 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	4%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	10%	84%
-0.5	16%	—	84%
+0.5	35%	—	65%
+1	35%	21%	44%
+1.5	56%	—	44%
+2	56%	19%	25%
+2.5	75%	—	25%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

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