SJ Earthquakes have delivered 3 home victories this season, Sporting KC have won 0 away. Who upgrades their results after this meeting?
- SJ Earthquakes have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (2) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Sporting KC have to travel 2900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
The overall Major League Soccer statistics playing at home this season for SJ Earthquakes are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
SJ Earthquakes travelled for their previous game, a trip to New York RB that ended 1-1. Midfield player Yueill got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Yueill hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Before that, Earthquakes had a home game versus Houston Dynamo which ended with a victory 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how SJ Earthquakes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.
The SJ Earthquakes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. From these home matches, Earthquakes have conceded only 2 goals.
Sporting KC form and stats
0-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting KC in their Major League Soccer matches away.
Agada was the last player to score for the away team. Sporting KC haven't scored a league goal in the last 265 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Sporting KC in their previous game as they lost hosting Colorado Rapids, 0-1. Valencia, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Valencia hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.
Before that, Sporting KC travelled to Philadelphia Union and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.We have checked recent matches where Sporting KC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 11 defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sporting KC's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 4 matches. Sporting KC are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sporting KC have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (3-3-0) when facing SJ Earthquakes.Top Goalscorers
  C. Espinoza 4 goals |  J. Ebobisse 2 goals |  C. Akapo Martínez 1 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 86% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 5.6 | 6.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| 5 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.3 | 15 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 15.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 29% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 5% | 5% |
| 12.7 | 8.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.2 | 11.1 |
| 3.6 | 1.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
- SJ Earthquakes have not yet lost a game at home.
- SJ Earthquakes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- SJ Earthquakes have scored more than double the goals of Sporting KC.
- SJ Earthquakes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (2) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting KC have yet to win a game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Saint Louis City | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Dallas | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | SJ Earthquakes | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Austin | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 5 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
