Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Sporting Kansas City

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Sporting Kansas City are hoping to win again following a 0-2 MLS success vs Los Angeles Galaxy.

In that game, Sporting Kansas City managed 46% possession and 12 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For Sporting Kansas City, the scorers were Russell (81') and Shelton (95'). Los Angeles Galaxy had 18 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target.

SKC have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets recently, although they have also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, SKC have seen their goal breached in 5 of them as well as managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches. Previous results aside, time will tell whether that trend will persist in this next match.

San Jose Earthquakes

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In their previous game, San Jose Earthquakes drew 1-1 in the MLS tie with Colorado Rapids.

In that game, San Jose Earthquakes managed 51% possession and 7 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for San Jose Earthquakes was López (11'). Colorado Rapids got 14 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Bassett (53') scored for Colorado Rapids.

The stats tell the story, and San Jose Earthquakes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 12 goals in all. Defensively, Quakes have seen their frailties exposed.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head to head meetings going back to 18/03/2018 tells us that Sporting Kansas City have won 4 of them and San Jose Earthquakes 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 29 overall which averages out at 4.83 goals per match.

The last league match featuring these clubs was MLS match day 9 on 23/05/2021 and the score finished San Jose Earthquakes 1-3 Sporting Kansas City.

That time, San Jose Earthquakes managed 57% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was López (4').

On the other side, Sporting Kansas City had 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. Lindsey (15'), Pulido (60') and Sallói (75') scored.

The match was refereed by Allen Chapman.

📰 Team News: Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City manager Peter Vermes will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game with a completely healthy group to choose from.

📋 Team News: San Jose Earthquakes

Due to a completely injury-free squad to choose from, San Jose Earthquakes boss Matías Almeyda has zero fitness worries at all coming into this game.

🔮 Prediction

In this game, San Jose Earthquakes must be fancied to break down this Sporting Kansas City side, although that is unlikely to be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re predicting a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Sporting Kansas City after the 90. Definitely a tough call.

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Renata Leite, 23:12 17/07/2021