San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City

San Jose Earthquakes

3 - 5

Sporting Kansas City

🕒 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 03:30 Europe/London 📍 PayPal Park 🧑‍⚖️ Joe Dickerson 🔁 Regular Season - 9 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 9

Regular Season Table

San Jose Earthquakes 19 · Sporting Kansas City 27

Referee Stats

Joe Dickerson

13 matches · 4.23 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	4.23
Reds avg	0.15
Penalties avg	0.31
Over 4.5 cards	46%
Home wins	23%
Draws	38%
Away wins	38%

How the match was won

San Jose Earthquakes outshot their opponent (22-7).
San Jose Earthquakes controlled possession (67%).
San Jose Earthquakes had the sharper finishing (7-5 shots on target).

Team Overview

San Jose Earthquakes (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 5-6-6

Goals For / Against

37 / 32

Avg: 2.18 / 1.88

Points

Avg: 1.24

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Sporting Kansas City (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 3-2-12

Goals For / Against

21 / 38

Avg: 1.24 / 2.24

Points

Avg: 0.65

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

1.24

PPG

0.65

2.18

1.24

1.88

2.24

76%

O2.5

82%

88%

BTTS

71%

47%

Score 1st

29%

League-position context

San Jose Earthquakes rank19th

Sporting Kansas City rank27th

San Jose Earthquakes points41

Sporting Kansas City points28

San Jose Earthquakes: #19 · 41 pts · GD -3

24 pts off the top 2. 17 pts off the play-off line. 13 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Sporting Kansas City: #27 · 28 pts · GD -24

37 pts off the top 2. 30 pts off the play-off line. 2 pts from safety.

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

San Jose Earthquakes last 5 home

W L L L W

Points6/15

Weighted index40

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.

Sporting Kansas City last 5 away

Points0/15

Weighted index0

Goals5-17

Record0-0-5

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 2.576%

BTTS88%

BTTS + O2.571%

1H Over 0.565%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 94% · Over 3.5 53% · 1H BTTS 0%

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.582%

BTTS71%

BTTS + O2.571%

1H Over 0.576%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 41% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

San Jose Earthquakes score at home94%

San Jose Earthquakes clean sheet at home6%

Sporting Kansas City score away71%

Sporting Kansas City clean sheet away6%

First-goal patterns

San Jose Earthquakes score first47%

San Jose Earthquakes win after scoring first50%

Sporting Kansas City score first29%

Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first40%

Comeback rate after conceding first: San Jose Earthquakes 44% · Sporting Kansas City 18%

Avg first goal minute: San Jose Earthquakes 30.6' · Sporting Kansas City 29.2'

Vs league average

San Jose Earthquakes score at home2.18 vs 1.64

San Jose Earthquakes concede at home1.88 vs 1.36

Sporting Kansas City score away1.24 vs 1.36

Sporting Kansas City concede away2.24 vs 1.64

San Jose Earthquakes score 33% above league average, while Sporting Kansas City score 9% below league average.

Defensive side: San Jose Earthquakes are 38% above league average at home, and Sporting Kansas City are 36% above 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)

1H scored: 47% 2H scored: 53% Danger: 16-30 Vulnerable: 76-90+

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

16-30 10

76-90+ 10

61-75 7

31-45 6

46-60 3

0-15 2

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 9

31-45 8

16-30 6

0-15 5

46-60 3

61-75 3

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (away)

1H scored: 53% 2H scored: 47% Danger: 16-30 Vulnerable: 31-45

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

16-30 5

31-45 4

76-90+ 4

46-60 3

61-75 2

0-15 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

31-45 11

76-90+ 8

0-15 6

46-60 6

61-75 6

16-30 3

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

67%

33%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

553

283

Passes Accurate

450

172

Passes %

81%

61%

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

18' ⚽

⚽

18' ⚽ Goal · 0-1

L. Ndenbe

Normal Goal

20' ⚽

⚽

20' ⚽ Goal · 0-2

D. Sallói

Normal Goal · Assist: J. Pulskamp

24' ⚽

⚽

24' ⚽ Goal · 0-3

Manu García

Normal Goal

30' ⚽

⚽

30' ⚽ Goal · 1-3

Josef Martínez

Normal Goal · Assist: Rodrigues

36'

36' M. Kaye

41'

41' L. Ndenbe

42' ⚽

⚽

42' ⚽ Goal · 2-3

C. Arango

Normal Goal

45+2' ↑↓

↑↓

45+2' ⇄ Joaquín Fernández

1st substitution · For: R. Voloder

46' ↑↓

↑↓

46' ⇄ M. Kaye

1st substitution · For: I. Harkes

52'

52' Rodrigues

67' ↑↓

↑↓

67' ⇄ N. Radoja

2nd substitution · For: Z. Bassong

68' ↑↓

↑↓

68' ⇄ M. Suleymanov

3rd substitution · For: E. Thommy

73' ⚽

⚽

73' ⚽ Goal · 2-4

D. Sallói

Normal Goal

78' ↑↓

↑↓

78' ⇄ Vítor Costa

2nd substitution · For: O. Bouda

78' ↑↓

↑↓

78' ⇄ N. Tsakiris

3rd substitution · For: A. Pellegrino

81' ↑↓

↑↓

81' ⇄ Beau Leroux

4th substitution · For: P. Judd

85' ⚽

⚽

85' ⚽ Goal · 2-5

E. Thommy

Normal Goal · Assist: Manu García

88' ↑↓

↑↓

88' ⇄ Rodrigues

5th substitution · For: M. Floriani

90' ⚽

⚽

90' ⚽ Goal · 3-5

C. Arango

Penalty

90+1' ↑↓

↑↓

90+1' ⇄ Manu García

4th substitution · For: M. Rodríguez

90+1' ↑↓

↑↓

90+1' ⇄ D. Joveljić

5th substitution · For: W. Agada

90+2'

90+2' J. Pulskamp

San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City 3-5: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Sporting Kansas City beat San Jose Earthquakes 5-3 on Sunday, 20 April 2025 in MLS. The match was refereed by Joe Dickerson. It was played at PayPal Park.

First half: Sporting Kansas City took the lead at 18' when L. Ndenbe scored, making the score 0-1. Sporting Kansas City extended the lead at 20' when D. Sallói scored, with the assist credited to J. Pulskamp, making the score 0-2. Sporting Kansas City extended the lead at 24' when Manu García scored, making the score 0-3. San Jose Earthquakes reduced the deficit at 30' when Josef Martínez scored, with the assist credited to Rodrigues, making the score 1-3. M. Kaye received a yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes at 36'. L. Ndenbe received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 41'. San Jose Earthquakes reduced the deficit at 42' when C. Arango scored, making the score 2-3. Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 45+2', with Joaquín Fernández replacing R. Voloder.

Second half: San Jose Earthquakes made their 1st substitution at 46', with M. Kaye replacing I. Harkes. Rodrigues received a yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes at 52'. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 67', with N. Radoja replacing Z. Bassong. Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 68', with M. Suleymanov replacing E. Thommy. Sporting Kansas City extended the lead at 73' when D. Sallói scored, making the score 2-4. San Jose Earthquakes made their 2nd substitution at 78', with Vítor Costa replacing O. Bouda. San Jose Earthquakes made their 3rd substitution at 78', with N. Tsakiris replacing A. Pellegrino. San Jose Earthquakes made their 4th substitution at 81', with Beau Leroux replacing P. Judd. Sporting Kansas City extended the lead at 85' when E. Thommy scored, with the assist credited to Manu García, making the score 2-5. San Jose Earthquakes made their 5th substitution at 88', with Rodrigues replacing M. Floriani. San Jose Earthquakes scored late to reduce the deficit at 90' when C. Arango scored (Penalty), making the score 3-5. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 90+1', with Manu García replacing M. Rodríguez. Sporting Kansas City made their 5th substitution at 90+1', with D. Joveljić replacing W. Agada. J. Pulskamp received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 90+2'.

San Jose Earthquakes used 5 substitutions while Sporting Kansas City used 5 substitutions. San Jose Earthquakes got 2 yellow cards, while Sporting Kansas City got 2 yellow cards.