San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City

San Jose Earthquakes

3 - 0

Sporting Kansas City

🕒 Sun, 16 Apr 2023 03:30 Europe/London 📍 PayPal Park 🧑‍⚖️ T. Ford 🔁 Regular Season - 12 🏁 match finished

Season

2023-2024 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 12

Regular Season Table

San Jose Earthquakes 16 · Sporting Kansas City 15

Referee Stats

T. Ford

14 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	64%
Draws	14%
Away wins	21%

How the match was won

Shots were tight (10-9).
Possession was balanced (54%-46%).
San Jose Earthquakes had the sharper finishing (6-3 shots on target).

Team Overview

San Jose Earthquakes (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 8-7-2

Goals For / Against

25 / 16

Avg: 1.47 / 0.94

Points

Avg: 1.82

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Sporting Kansas City (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-6-9

Goals For / Against

22 / 32

Avg: 1.16 / 1.68

Points

Avg: 0.95

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this MLS fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.82

PPG

0.95

1.47

1.16

0.94

1.68

53%

O2.5

65%

71%

BTTS

65%

Score 1st

League-position context

San Jose Earthquakes rank16th

Sporting Kansas City rank15th

San Jose Earthquakes points44

Sporting Kansas City points44

San Jose Earthquakes: #16 · 44 pts · GD -4

19 pts off the top 2. 8 pts off the play-off line. 8 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Sporting Kansas City: #15 · 44 pts · GD -3

19 pts off the top 2. 8 pts off the play-off line. 8 pts clear of the relegation zone.

0-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

San Jose Earthquakes last 5 home

D D W D L

Points6/15

Weighted index44

Goals7-7

Record1-3-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Sporting Kansas City last 5 away

W L W L L

Points6/15

Weighted index53

Goals8-11

Record2-0-3

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

San Jose Earthquakes trend breakdown

Over 2.553%

BTTS71%

BTTS + O2.547%

1H Over 0.559%

Also: Over 0.5 88% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 12% · 1H BTTS 0%

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.565%

BTTS65%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.553%

Also: Over 0.5 88% · Over 1.5 76% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

San Jose Earthquakes score at home88%

San Jose Earthquakes clean sheet at home29%

Sporting Kansas City score away71%

Sporting Kansas City clean sheet away18%

First-goal patterns

San Jose Earthquakes score first0%

San Jose Earthquakes win after scoring first0%

Sporting Kansas City score first0%

Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: San Jose Earthquakes 0% · Sporting Kansas City 0%

Vs league average

San Jose Earthquakes score at home1.47 vs 1.69

San Jose Earthquakes concede at home0.94 vs 1.07

Sporting Kansas City score away1.16 vs 1.07

Sporting Kansas City concede away1.68 vs 1.69

San Jose Earthquakes score 13% below league average, while Sporting Kansas City score 8% above league average.

Defensive side: San Jose Earthquakes are 12% below league average at home, and Sporting Kansas City are level with league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals4.20

BTTS80%

Over 2.5100%

At this venue setup: 3.80 goals on average across the last 5.

San Jose Earthquakes goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

54%

46%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

585

499

Passes Accurate

488

416

Passes %

83%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	18
Home Wins	5
Draws	4
Away Wins	9
Over 2.5 Goals	14 (77.8%)
BTTS	13 (72.2%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	8
Home Wins	3
Draws	1
Away Wins	4
Over 2.5 Goals	7 (87.5%)
BTTS	6 (75.0%)

San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City Head-to-Head History by Season

2026-2027 Season

12 Apr 2026 Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 3 22 Feb 2026 San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City 3 - 0

2025-2026 Season

20 Apr 2025 San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City 3 - 5 02 Mar 2025 Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 2

2024-2025 Season

14 Jul 2024 San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City 1 - 2 17 Mar 2024 Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 2 - 1

2023-2024 Season

26 Oct 2023 Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 0 - 0 27 Aug 2023 Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 3 - 0 16 Apr 2023 San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City 3 - 0

2022-2023 Season

28 Aug 2022 Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 0 22 May 2022 San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1

2021-2022 Season

22 Jul 2021 Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 23 May 2021 San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City 1 - 3

2020-2021 Season

22 Nov 2020 Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 3 - 3

2019-2020 Season

18 Aug 2019 Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 2 - 1 21 Apr 2019 San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City 4 - 1

2018-2019 Season

16 Sep 2018 San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City 1 - 5 18 Mar 2018 Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 3 - 2