Sporting KC supporters put their faith in manager P. Vermes to deliver victory against SJ Earthquakes

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Children's Mercy Park (21650 seats)

The visiting SJ Earthquakes side should be favourites in this visit to Sporting KC, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Major League Soccer match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Orlando City.

SJ Earthquakes have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Sporting KC form and stats

The story so far for Sporting KC at their home stadium (Children's Mercy Park) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Sporting KC, their manager P. Vermes and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

In their previous game, the manager P. Vermes led his Sporting KC to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Orlando City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Children's Mercy Park. Preceding that match was a defeat to Real Salt Lake (1-2).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sporting KC's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Sporting KC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Children's Mercy Park with 22 goals in 12 matches. Sporting KC have conceded 24 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of SJ Earthquakes playing as the away team this season.

SJ Earthquakes play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Colorado Rapids. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Columbus Crew.

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 SJ Earthquakes playing away, we found eight games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 7 home wins.

SJ Earthquakes has another fixture away, a Major League Soccer game, against Los Angeles FC in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

SJ Earthquakes find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures. SJ Earthquakes have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the SJ Earthquakes - Sporting KC 4-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sporting KC won 5, SJ Earthquakes won 3 and 2 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

F. Gutiérrez
10 goals / 1 assists
C. Wondolowski
9 goals / 1 assists
J. Russell
8 goals / 3 assists

Sporting KC missing players

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Sporting KC SJ Earthquakes
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
25 12 2 Played 3 11 24
7 4 1 Won 1 3 11
7 3 0 Drew 0 3 5
11 5 1 Lost 2 5 8
37 22 4 Scored 5 16 41
44 24 7 Conceded 5 20 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 91% 96%
84% 92% 100% Over 1.5 100% 91% 88%
52% 58% 100% Over 2.5 100% 82% 75%
36% 42% 100% Over 3.5 33% 55% 46%
24% 33% 100% Over 4.5 0% 9% 17%
60% 58% 100% BTTS 100% 91% 67%
16% 17% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 9% 25%
24% 25% 0% Failed To Score 0% 9% 12%
 
5.4 5.8 2 Corners For (avg) 7 6.5 6.6
4.2 3.1 1.5 Corners Against (avg) 3.3 5 4.8
2.2 2 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 2.5 2.2
4 2 0 Red Cards 1 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting KC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Sporting KC
21-07-19 MLS Sporting KC 0 - 2 Dallas
26-07-19 MLS New York City 3 - 1 Sporting KC
05-08-19 MLS Seattle Sounders 2 - 3 Sporting KC
11-08-19 MLS Sporting KC 1 - 2 Real Salt Lake
14-08-19 MLS Orlando City 1 - 0 Sporting KC
18-08-19 MLS Sporting KC 00:30 SJ Earthquakes
23-08-19 MLS Sporting KC 01:30 Minnesota United
01-09-19 MLS Sporting KC 00:30 Houston Dynamo
08-09-19 MLS Portland Timbers 02:30 Sporting KC
16-09-19 MLS LA Galaxy 02:00 Sporting KC
SJ Earthquakes
17-07-19 CF SJ Earthquakes 1 - 1 Real Valladolid
21-07-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 1 - 3 SJ Earthquakes
28-07-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 3 - 1 Colorado Rapids
04-08-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 1 - 1 Columbus Crew
11-08-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 2 - 1 SJ Earthquakes
18-08-19 MLS Sporting KC 00:30 SJ Earthquakes
22-08-19 MLS Los Angeles FC 02:30 SJ Earthquakes
25-08-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 02:00 Vancouver Whitecaps
01-09-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 02:30 Orlando City
12-09-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 01:30 SJ Earthquakes

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Los Angeles FC 24 17 4 3 65 25 11 10 1 0 34 12 13 7 3 3 31 13 40 55
2 Minnesota United 25 12 5 8 43 35 13 8 4 1 22 9 12 4 1 7 21 26 8 41
3 Seattle Sounders 24 11 6 7 38 34 13 8 3 2 25 16 11 3 3 5 13 18 4 39
4 SJ Earthquakes 24 11 5 8 41 36 13 8 2 3 25 16 11 3 3 5 16 20 5 38
5 Real Salt Lake 24 11 4 9 35 32 11 8 1 2 22 10 13 3 3 7 13 22 3 37
6 LA Galaxy 24 12 1 11 31 36 12 8 0 4 20 16 12 4 1 7 11 20 -5 37
7 Dallas 25 10 6 9 36 31 13 7 5 1 23 13 12 3 1 8 13 18 5 36
8 Portland Timbers 23 10 4 9 38 34 7 4 2 1 17 7 16 6 2 8 21 27 4 34
9 Houston Dynamo 25 9 3 13 35 41 13 7 3 3 21 14 12 2 0 10 14 27 -6 30
10 Sporting KC 25 7 7 11 37 44 12 4 3 5 22 24 13 3 4 6 15 20 -7 28
11 Colorado Rapids 25 7 5 13 41 50 14 6 2 6 29 28 11 1 3 7 12 22 -9 26
12 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 5 9 12 26 45 12 3 4 5 11 17 14 2 5 7 15 28 -19 24