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- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (28) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Major League Soccer
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.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for SJ Earthquakes and Sporting KC.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Major League Soccer, have collected 12 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 3-3-1. When SJ Earthquakes hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders, Portland Timbers and SJ Earthquakes), they have won 2 of 2 matches! Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Earthquakes, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The SJ Earthquakes regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Portland Timbers and win 3-2. Monteiro (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.45/10. Monteiro scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 54 successful passes (of 61 total).
Before that, Earthquakes played out a draw 3-3 when visiting Vancouver Whitecaps.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SJ Earthquakes handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
There will be little rest for Earthquakes after this match as they are travelling to Sacramento Republic for a US Open Cup game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and SJ Earthquakes are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. SJ Earthquakes have conceded 15 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Sporting KC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting KC so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
The club members enjoyed Sporting KC's previous match versus Colorado Rapids (placed 7th), a 2-1 win played at home. Attacker Sallói got a player rating of 8.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Sallói scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 2-7 defeat away at Portland Timbers before that.Sporting KC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
A new game in only three days for Sporting KC, the US Open Cup home match versus Houston Dynamo. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sporting KC as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Sporting KC are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 5 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one SJ Earthquakes victory, four draws and five Sporting KC wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ebobisse 7 goals |  C. Espinoza 4 goals |   D. Salloi 4 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 22 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 83% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 62% |
| 75% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 67% | 86% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 38% |
| 42% | 43% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 8% |
| 67% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 5.6 | 6.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.8 | 15 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9.4 | 10.3 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 40% | 46% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 29% |
| 14.1 | 12.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12 | 11.4 |
| 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
- SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SJ Earthquakes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting KC have scored away.
- SJ Earthquakes have scored in all their home matches so far.
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (28) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most scored goals (16) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting KC have the most conceded goals (19) away in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Austin | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Dallas | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 12 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
