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

Match Details

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

15 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 8.7 goals/game

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

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	#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' Sporting Kansas City have kicked off against San Jose Earthquakes. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jack Skahan is clearly more than just a goal scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
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' 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.
25' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Beau Leroux has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
27' Jacob Bartlett is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 2 goals this season for the .
32' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
37' Ronaldo Vieira needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
42' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. San Jose Earthquakes seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
44' A goal from the USA international Jack Skahan! He fires home on 44 to make it 1-1!
49' Jack Skahan adds to his 2 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 1-2 — and this changes everything.
54' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Magomed Suleymanov on 54 minutes.
57' Capita is ready to make an impact after coming on for Calvin Harris at the 57 minute mark.
62' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
66' The supporters are chanting for Jake Davis. He replaces Manu Garcia on 66 minute.
69' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Beau Leroux is withdrawn and Ian Harkes gets his opportunity.
74' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
75' What a strike from Dave Romney! The score is 1-3.
76' Jack Jasinski is replacing Benjamin Kikanovic for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
81' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Jacob Bartlett is withdrawn and Taylor Calheira gets his opportunity.
82' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Taylor Calheira gets a card.
87' Paul Marie has so much to prove this time. He replaces Preston Judd 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
Erik Thommy	3
Danny Hoesen	3
Cristian Arango	3
Chris Wondolowski	3
Felipe Gutierrez	3
Gerso Fernandes	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

1.21 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.39 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 68% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City21% Draw22% San Jose Earthquakes57%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.6

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

44%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

79%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City16% Draw38% San Jose Earthquakes46%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

9.1%

1 – 1

8.7%

0 – 2

7.8%

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 1

6.1%

0 – 3

6.1%

2 – 2

5.5%

2 – 1

4.7%

2 – 3

4.4%

1 – 4

4.3%

0 – 0

0 – 4

3.6%

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	38%	—	62%
+1	38%	21%	41%
+1.5	59%	—	41%
+2	59%	18%	23%
+2.5	77%	—	23%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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