Only a few games have been played in the Major League Soccer so far, with SJ Earthquakes placed 11th and Sporting KC sitting in the 1st position.
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!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Major League Soccer games here at Avaya Stadium.
The SJ Earthquakes fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at Avaya Stadium: A 2-5 defeat against Minnesota United (placed 2nd). In the match before that, SJ Earthquakes hosted Toronto and drew the game 2-2.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
At Avaya Stadium, SJ Earthquakes has the goal stats of 4-7 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Sporting KC form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Major League Soccer, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats from 17 matches.
Sporting KC won their last game, 4-0 versus Houston Dynamo played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Vancouver Whitecaps.
As you can tell from the results above, Sporting KC was very dominant against Houston Dynamo, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Alan Pulido, Roger Espinoza, Gadi Kinda and Khiry Shelton providing the goals.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sporting KC has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two SJ Earthquakes victories, two draws and six Sporting KC wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 2 goals |  G. Kinda 2 goals |   M. Eriksson 1 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 31 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 29 |
| 12 | 12 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 33% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 58% |
| SJ Earthquakes | Last season | Sporting KC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 52 | 32 | Scored | S | 19 | 49 | ||
| 55 | 20 | Conceded | C | 37 | 67 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 85% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 59% | ||
| 44% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 26% | ||
| 65% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 62% | ||
| 21% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 18% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 21% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 594 | 304 | Total Shots | T S | 225 | 495 | ||
| 207 | 114 | Shots on Target | S O | 85 | 175 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 13 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 85 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 48 | 72 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 56 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 53 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 53 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 58 | 59 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -1 | 51 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 49 |
| 7 | Dallas | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 48 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | -3 | 44 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 63 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -5 | 42 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 49 | 59 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 40 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 38 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | -22 | 34 |