Sporting KC vs SJ Earthquakes preview for sports gamblers

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Thu 26.Oct
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Children's Mercy Park (18467 seats)

This is football, this is Major League Soccer and this is Sporting KC - SJ Earthquakes. Prepare with our comprehensive match preview!

Insights:
  • Sporting KC have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SJ Earthquakes have scored away.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for SJ Earthquakes, who are travelling more than 2900 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither Sporting KC nor SJ Earthquakes as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sporting KC form and stats

Overall Major League Soccer stats at home this season for Sporting KC are 9-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Sporting KC bring valid hopes of a third.

A nice win for Sporting KC last time playing, versus Minnesota United. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Walter and Russell (2) scoring for the victors. Russell, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion player for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 8.84 (out of 10). Russell scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Real Salt Lake and winning 3-2.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sporting KC matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 8 games).

Some goal stats: A review of the 20 latest league games highlights that 15 of them had at least one goal from each side.

A decent goal production from Sporting KC in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 17 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

There's been little loot from SJ Earthquakes's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 17 away games in the Major League Soccer. SJ Earthquakes only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 7 draws. Sharing is caring, but SJ Earthquakes are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row.

SJ Earthquakes played 1-1 against Austin in their previous match. It's odd; the final result 1-1 has happened four times in a row! Espinoza got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, top player of the team. Espinoza scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Dallas.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Earthquakes playing away, we found 18 games. Results were 4 away wins, 6 draws and 8 home wins.

Take note! Both sides have scored at least once in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, SJ Earthquakes rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sporting KC - SJ Earthquakes 3-0 was the result in these sides' latest head-to-head fixture, played this season. Sporting KC-SJ Earthquakes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sporting KC five wins, SJ Earthquakes two wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sporting KCA. Pulido Izaguirre
A. Pulido Izaguirre
14 goals
SJ EarthquakesC. Espinoza
C. Espinoza
13 goals
SJ EarthquakesJ. Ebobisse
J. Ebobisse
10 goals

Sporting KC missing players

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting KC SJ Earthquakes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 3 Played P 3 17 34
12 9 2 Won W 1 2 10
8 2 1 Drew D 1 7 14
14 6 0 Lost L 1 8 10
48 30 7 Scored S 3 14 39
51 21 3 Conceded C 4 27 43
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
79% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 76% 79%
71% 76% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 53%
32% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 15%
18% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
59% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 65% 68%
21% 24% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 26%
29% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 18%
 
5.7 5.6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.3 4.8 5.8
4 3.7 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.4 5.1
1.7 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13.1 14.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 9.9 12.1
4.8 4.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.5 3.4
29% 36% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 34%
 
11.4 9.8 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14 16.6 13.9
4.4 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.8 5
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • SJ Earthquakes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting KC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SJ Earthquakes have scored away.
  • Sporting KC have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint Louis City 34 17 5 12 62 45 17 11 2 4 41 17 17 6 3 8 21 28 17 56
2 Seattle Sounders 34 14 11 9 41 32 17 7 6 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 22 21 9 53
3 Los Angeles FC 34 14 10 10 54 39 17 10 3 4 36 17 17 4 7 6 18 22 15 52
4 Houston Dynamo 34 14 9 11 51 38 17 11 4 2 36 11 17 3 5 9 15 27 13 51
5 Real Salt Lake 34 14 8 12 48 50 17 6 4 7 25 27 17 8 4 5 23 23 -2 50
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 12 10 55 48 17 8 6 3 35 19 17 4 6 7 20 29 7 48
7 Dallas 34 11 13 10 41 37 17 7 7 3 23 16 17 4 6 7 18 21 4 46
8 Sporting KC 34 12 8 14 48 51 17 9 2 6 30 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -3 44
9 SJ Earthquakes 34 10 14 10 39 43 17 8 7 2 25 16 17 2 7 8 14 27 -4 44
10 Portland Timbers 34 11 10 13 46 58 17 9 3 5 29 22 17 2 7 8 17 36 -12 43
11 Minnesota United 34 10 11 13 46 51 17 4 9 4 24 20 17 6 2 9 22 31 -5 41
12 Austin 34 10 9 15 49 55 17 7 4 6 28 22 17 3 5 9 21 33 -6 39
13 LA Galaxy 34 8 12 14 51 67 17 6 6 5 31 29 17 2 6 9 20 38 -16 36
14 Colorado Rapids 34 5 12 17 26 54 17 3 8 6 13 16 17 2 4 11 13 38 -28 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint Louis City 34 17 5 12 62 45 17 11 2 4 41 17 17 6 3 8 21 28 17 56
2 Seattle Sounders 34 14 11 9 41 32 17 7 6 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 22 21 9 53
3 Los Angeles FC 34 14 10 10 54 39 17 10 3 4 36 17 17 4 7 6 18 22 15 52
4 Houston Dynamo 34 14 9 11 51 38 17 11 4 2 36 11 17 3 5 9 15 27 13 51
5 Real Salt Lake 34 14 8 12 48 50 17 6 4 7 25 27 17 8 4 5 23 23 -2 50
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 12 10 55 48 17 8 6 3 35 19 17 4 6 7 20 29 7 48
7 Dallas 34 11 13 10 41 37 17 7 7 3 23 16 17 4 6 7 18 21 4 46
8 Sporting KC 34 12 8 14 48 51 17 9 2 6 30 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -3 44
9 SJ Earthquakes 34 10 14 10 39 43 17 8 7 2 25 16 17 2 7 8 14 27 -4 44
10 Portland Timbers 34 11 10 13 46 58 17 9 3 5 29 22 17 2 7 8 17 36 -12 43
11 Minnesota United 34 10 11 13 46 51 17 4 9 4 24 20 17 6 2 9 22 31 -5 41
12 Austin 34 10 9 15 49 55 17 7 4 6 28 22 17 3 5 9 21 33 -6 39
13 LA Galaxy 34 8 12 14 51 67 17 6 6 5 31 29 17 2 6 9 20 38 -16 36
14 Colorado Rapids 34 5 12 17 26 54 17 3 8 6 13 16 17 2 4 11 13 38 -28 27

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