Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes

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🕒 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 01:30 Europe/London 📍 Children's Mercy Park 🧑‍⚖️ Sergiy Boyko 🔁 Regular Season - 2 🏁 match finished
Season
2025-2026 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 2
Regular Season Table
Sporting Kansas City 27 · San Jose Earthquakes 19
Referee Stats
25 matches · 3.88 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 3.88
Reds avg 0.28
Penalties avg 0.52
Over 4.5 cards 40%
Home wins 44%
Draws 20%
Away wins 36%
How the match was won
  • Sporting Kansas City outshot their opponent (15-7).
  • Sporting Kansas City controlled possession (68%).
  • San Jose Earthquakes had the sharper finishing (3-5 shots on target).

Team Overview

Sporting Kansas City (Home stats)

Games / Record

17
W-D-L: 4-5-8

Goals For / Against

25 / 32
Avg: 1.47 / 1.88

Points

17
Avg: 1.00

Clean Sheets

3

Failed to Score

4
San Jose Earthquakes (Away stats)

Games / Record

17
W-D-L: 6-2-9

Goals For / Against

23 / 31
Avg: 1.35 / 1.82

Points

20
Avg: 1.18

Clean Sheets

4

Failed to Score

1

Match Context & Trends

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

Quick comparison bars

1.00
PPG
1.18
1.47
GF
1.35
1.88
GA
1.82
53%
O2.5
71%
65%
BTTS
76%
24%
Score 1st
41%

League-position context

Sporting Kansas City rank27th
San Jose Earthquakes rank19th
Sporting Kansas City points28
San Jose Earthquakes points41
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.
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.
13-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Sporting Kansas City last 5 home

D L L W L
Points4/15
Weighted index24
Goals5-8
Record1-1-3
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 last 5 away

L W L W L
Points6/15
Weighted index40
Goals6-10
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 trend breakdown

Over 2.553%
BTTS65%
BTTS + O2.553%
1H Over 0.535%
Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 88% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 0%

San Jose Earthquakes trend breakdown

Over 2.571%
BTTS76%
BTTS + O2.571%
1H Over 0.553%
Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Sporting Kansas City score at home76%
Sporting Kansas City clean sheet at home18%
San Jose Earthquakes score away94%
San Jose Earthquakes clean sheet away24%

First-goal patterns

Sporting Kansas City score first24%
Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first50%
San Jose Earthquakes score first41%
San Jose Earthquakes win after scoring first71%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Sporting Kansas City 54% · San Jose Earthquakes 22%
Avg first goal minute: Sporting Kansas City 24.3' · San Jose Earthquakes 34.4'

Vs league average

Sporting Kansas City score at home1.47 vs 1.64
Sporting Kansas City concede at home1.88 vs 1.36
San Jose Earthquakes score away1.35 vs 1.36
San Jose Earthquakes concede away1.82 vs 1.64
Sporting Kansas City score 10% below league average, while San Jose Earthquakes score 1% below league average.
Defensive side: Sporting Kansas City are 38% above league average at home, and San Jose Earthquakes are 11% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals4.20
BTTS80%
Over 2.5100%
At this venue setup: 2.60 goals on average across the last 5.

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (home)

1H scored: 31% 2H scored: 69% Danger: 61-75 Vulnerable: 0-15
Goals scored by 15-minute interval
61-75 8
76-90+ 8
16-30 5
46-60 4
0-15 3
31-45 1
Goals conceded by 15-minute interval
0-15 8
16-30 8
31-45 7
76-90+ 5
46-60 4
61-75 4

San Jose Earthquakes goal timing (away)

1H scored: 28% 2H scored: 72% Danger: 76-90+ Vulnerable: 31-45
Goals scored by 15-minute interval
76-90+ 8
46-60 5
61-75 5
16-30 3
0-15 2
31-45 2
Goals conceded by 15-minute interval
31-45 7
61-75 7
76-90+ 5
16-30 4
0-15 3
46-60 3

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
3
5
Total Shots
15
7
Shots off Goal
7
0
Blocked Shots
5
2
Shots Inside Box
8
5
Shots Outside Box
7
2
Ball Possession
68%
32%
Corner Kicks
6
2
Fouls
14
15
Offsides
3
1
Yellow Cards
4
2
Red Cards
0
1
Goalkeeper Saves
3
2
Total Passes
664
320
Passes Accurate
574
246
Passes %
86%
77%

Events

Yellow Cards
Home
4
Away
2
Red Cards
Home
0
Away
1
Substitutions
Home
5
Away
3
3'
3' Goal · 0-1
C. Arango
Normal Goal
5'
5' T. Leibold
16'
16' J. Bartlett
19'
19' Goal · 0-2
Josef Martínez
Normal Goal
27'
27' Goal · 1-2
D. Joveljić
Penalty
45'
45' J. Davis
45+5'
45+5' H. López
52'
52' H. López
52'
52' H. López
56'
56' J. Davis
1st substitution · For: A. Brody
56'
56' J. Bartlett
2nd substitution · For: N. Radoja
56'
56' T. Leibold
3rd substitution · For: L. Ndenbe
61'
61' Josef Martínez
1st substitution · For: M. Kaye
67'
67' N. Radoja
76'
76' Beau Leroux
2nd substitution · For: N. Lima
77'
77' Z. Bassong
4th substitution · For: M. Rodríguez
77'
77' E. Thommy
5th substitution · For: D. Sallói
81'
81' C. Arango
3rd substitution · For: O. Bouda

Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes 1-2: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

San Jose Earthquakes beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Sunday, 02 March 2025 in MLS. The match was refereed by Sergiy Boyko. It was played at Children's Mercy Park.

First half: San Jose Earthquakes took an early lead at 3' when C. Arango scored, making the score 0-1. T. Leibold received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 5'. J. Bartlett received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 16'. San Jose Earthquakes extended the lead at 19' when Josef Martínez scored, making the score 0-2. Sporting Kansas City reduced the deficit at 27' when D. Joveljić scored (Penalty), making the score 1-2. J. Davis received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 45'. H. López received a yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes at 45+5'.

Second half: No goals were scored in the second half. H. López received a yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes at 52'. H. López received a red card for San Jose Earthquakes at 52'. Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 56', with J. Davis replacing A. Brody. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 56', with J. Bartlett replacing N. Radoja. Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 56', with T. Leibold replacing L. Ndenbe. San Jose Earthquakes made their 1st substitution at 61', with Josef Martínez replacing M. Kaye. N. Radoja received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 67'. San Jose Earthquakes made their 2nd substitution at 76', with Beau Leroux replacing N. Lima. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 77', with Z. Bassong replacing M. Rodríguez. Sporting Kansas City made their 5th substitution at 77', with E. Thommy replacing D. Sallói. San Jose Earthquakes made their 3rd substitution at 81', with C. Arango replacing O. Bouda.

Sporting Kansas City used 5 substitutions while San Jose Earthquakes used 3 substitutions. Sporting Kansas City got 4 yellow cards, while San Jose Earthquakes got 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

How the match was won

  • Sporting Kansas City outshot their opponent (15-7).
  • Sporting Kansas City controlled possession (68%).
  • San Jose Earthquakes had the sharper finishing (3-5 shots on target).

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games18
Home Wins9
Draws4
Away Wins5
Over 2.5 Goals14 (77.8%)
BTTS13 (72.2%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games10
Home Wins5
Draws3
Away Wins2
Over 2.5 Goals7 (70.0%)
BTTS7 (70.0%)

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