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Sporting KC v SJ Earthquakes : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

It's an away match for Bruce Arena's SJ Earthquakes side on Sunday morning, as they visit the Children's Mercy Park for a Major League Soccer tie with Kerry Zavagnin's Sporting KC. Statistics power the algorithmic predictions below for seventeen markets, and changing between them will display bespoke analysis, including head to head (H2H), form and much more besides. Odds are also provided. Hit the tabs below to explore.

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Sporting KC's next match is v Vancouver at 03:30 on Saturday 18th April
SJ Earthquakes's next match is v LAFC at 00:00 on Monday 20th April

The last American Major League Soccer meeting between Sporting KC and San Jose was on Sunday 12th April 2026

American Major League Soccer

April 12th 2026

Sporting KC 1	3 San Jose

J. Bartlett 27'	44' J. Skahan
	49' J. Skahan
	75' D. Romney

	SKC SJE
Shots On	4 3
Shots Off	5 5
Corners	2 4
Possession	49% 51%
Fouls	9 6
Yellow/red cards	3/0

Sporting KC	San Jose

J. Pulskamp I. James L. Johnsen M. García Alonso (J. Davis 66') D. Joveljić C. Harris (O. Capemba 57') J. Reynolds D. Borges da Silva J. Bartlett (T. Calheira 81') M. Suleymanov (S. Afrifa 66') J. Reid (K. Agyabeng 81')	D. de Sousa Brito D. Romney D. Munie R. Roberts N. Tsakiris R. Vieira Nan (N. Fernandez 69') J. Skahan O. Bouda (P. Marie 87') P. Judd (I. Harkes 69') B. Leroux (J. Jasinski 76') B. Kikanovic

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

Our prediction for Sunday's game is over 2.5 goals, meaning that we expect Sporting KC and San Jose to score 3 goals or more combined during the regulation 90 mins. 2 goals or less would mean a losing bet but, with stats below suggesting there will be plenty of firepower on the pitch, we think it looks like a great bet.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 56% chance of San Jose coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sporting KC 24%	16/5	14/5
Draw 20%	31/10	3/1
San Jose 56%	69/100	4/6
San Jose 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1
Draw 1-1 9%	15/2	7/1
San Jose 3-1 7%	11/1	10/1
San Jose 2-0 7%	11/1	9/1
Draw 2-2 6%	10/1	10/1
San Jose 1-0 6%	11/1	10/1
Sporting KC 2-1 6%	14/1	12/1
San Jose 3-0 5%	14/1	12/1
San Jose 3-2 5%	16/1	14/1
Sporting KC 1-0 4%	20/1	14/1
San Jose 4-1 4%	20/1	16/1
Sporting KC 3-2 3%	25/1	20/1
Draw 0-0 3%	20/1	18/1
San Jose 4-0 3%	25/1	20/1
Sporting KC 3-1 3%	28/1	20/1
Over 2.5 Goals 69%	2/5	2/5
Under 2.5 Goals 31%	15/8	7/4
Home 1st Goal 45%	13/10	29/20
Away 1st Goal 54%	4/7	11/20
No 1st Goal 1%	20/1	18/1
BTTS - Yes 66%	4/9	4/9
BTTS - No 34%	13/8	8/5
BTTS - Home Win 15%	11/2	19/4
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	18/5
BTTS - Away Win 34%	7/4	7/4
Home/draw 44%	21/20	11/10
Away/draw 76%	2/9	2/9
Home/away 80%	2/9	2/9
Over 1.5 Goals 87%	1/9	1/9
Under 1.5 Goals 13%	11/2	5/1
Over 3.5 Goals 48%	1/1	1/1
Under 3.5 Goals 52%	8/11	8/11
Over 4.5 Goals 29%	12/5	11/5
Under 4.5 Goals 71%	3/10	3/10
Over 5.5 Goals 15%	5/1	19/4
Under 5.5 Goals 85%	1/8	1/8
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/66	1/80
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	20/1	18/1
Home DNB 38%	9/4	21/10
Away DNB 70%	1/3	1/3
Sporting KC win to nil 8%	10/1	-
San Jose win to nil 22%	3/1	-
Sporting KC / Sporting KC 13%	11/2	5/1
Sporting KC / San Jose 5%	16/1	16/1
Sporting KC / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Sporting KC 8%	9/1	17/2
Draw / San Jose 16%	4/1	17/4
Draw / Draw 11%	13/2	6/1
San Jose / Sporting KC 3%	28/1	28/1
San Jose / San Jose 32%	13/8	6/4
San Jose / Draw 6%	12/1	12/1

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sporting KC	1 - 4	Colorado
Sporting KC	0 - 1	San Diego
Sporting KC	2 - 2	Columbus
Sporting KC	0 - 0	Houston
Sporting KC	0 - 2	Vancouver
Sporting KC	1 - 2	Austin
Sporting KC	4 - 2	Colorado
Sporting KC	0 - 2	San Diego
Sporting KC	1 - 1	NY City
Sporting KC	2 - 3	Seattle
Sporting KC	1 - 1	Salt Lake
Sporting KC	2 - 1	Charlotte
Sporting KC	2 - 4	Dallas
Sporting KC	3 - 3	New England
Sporting KC	1 - 0	LA Galaxy
Sporting KC	2 - 4	Portland
Sporting KC	2 - 0	Saint Louis City
Sporting KC	0 - 2	LAFC
Sporting KC	3 - 3	Minnesota
Sporting KC	1 - 2	San Jose

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sporting KC	1 - 3	Salt Lake
H	Sporting KC	1 - 4	Colorado
A	Sporting KC	2 - 1	LA Galaxy
H	Sporting KC	0 - 1	San Diego
H	Sporting KC	2 - 2	Columbus
A	Sporting KC	0 - 3	San Jose
H	Sporting KC	0 - 0	Houston
A	Sporting KC	0 - 3	Minnesota
A	Sporting KC	1 - 4	LA Galaxy
H	Sporting KC	0 - 2	Vancouver
A	Sporting KC	1 - 2	Salt Lake
H	Sporting KC	1 - 2	Austin
H	Sporting KC	4 - 2	Colorado
A	Sporting KC	2 - 5	Seattle
A	Sporting KC	1 - 3	Orlando
H	Sporting KC	0 - 2	San Diego
A	Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
H	Sporting KC	1 - 1	NY City
H	Sporting KC	2 - 3	Seattle
A	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Colorado

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Vancouver	0 - 1	San Jose
Philadelphia	0 - 1	San Jose
Vancouver	4 - 1	San Jose
San Diego	0 - 1	San Jose
Austin	3 - 1	San Jose
Houston	1 - 2	San Jose
Salt Lake	2 - 1	San Jose
Seattle	3 - 2	San Jose
Minnesota	4 - 1	San Jose
Dallas	2 - 4	San Jose
Portland	1 - 1	San Jose
Saint Louis City	2 - 1	San Jose
LA Galaxy	0 - 1	San Jose
New England	0 - 0	San Jose
Colorado	0 - 2	San Jose
Columbus	2 - 1	San Jose
LAFC	2 - 1	San Jose
Charlotte	4 - 1	San Jose
Sporting KC	1 - 2	San Jose
LAFC	3 - 1	San Jose

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	San Jose	3 - 0	San Diego
A	San Jose	1 - 0	Vancouver
H	San Jose	0 - 1	Seattle
A	San Jose	1 - 0	Philadelphia
H	San Jose	2 - 0	Atlanta
H	San Jose	3 - 0	Sporting KC
H	San Jose	2 - 1	Austin
A	San Jose	1 - 4	Vancouver
A	San Jose	1 - 0	San Diego
H	San Jose	1 - 3	Saint Louis City
H	San Jose	2 - 4	LAFC
A	San Jose	1 - 3	Austin
A	San Jose	2 - 1	Houston
H	San Jose	1 - 2	San Diego
H	San Jose	2 - 1	Vancouver
A	San Jose	1 - 2	Salt Lake
A	San Jose	2 - 3	Seattle
H	San Jose	2 - 2	Dallas
A	San Jose	1 - 4	Minnesota
H	San Jose	1 - 1	NY Red Bulls

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sporting KC

San Jose

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 9

6 / 9

Clean sheets

3 / 9

1 / 9

SKC

SJE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sporting KC
	1 - 2	San Jose
Sporting KC	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Sporting KC	3 - 0
Sporting KC	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Sporting KC	2 - 1
Sporting KC	3 - 2

San Jose

Sporting KC

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 8

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

0 / 8

SKC

SJE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT San Jose
San Jose	3 - 0
	3 - 5	Sporting KC
	1 - 2	Sporting KC
San Jose	3 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 3	Sporting KC
San Jose	4 - 1
	1 - 5	Sporting KC

Goal Statistics

SJ Earthquakes's defensive record is to be admired, B. Arena's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Major League Soccer games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for Sporting KC makes sense in this context.

A PG of 2.2 is decent for SJ Earthquakes in their meeting with Sporting KC, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 26 consecutive Major League Soccer games.

	Sporting KC 15th	San Jose 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	2.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Sporting KC will score no more than 1 goal	0 11% 1 24% 2 27% 3 20% 4+ 18% There is a 65% probability that San Jose will score 2 or more goals in this match

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Sporting KC have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	+1 San Jose’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	2.0 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2026/2026 season

SKC

SJE

30%

better

view stats

Games scored	4		5
Failed to score	2		1
Scored first	1		5
Goals scored	6		10
Avg. goals scored	1		1.7
Avg. shots per game	5		11
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	19		16
Avg. XG for	0.7		2.2
KickOff rating		+30%

SKC

SJE

82%

better

view stats

Games conceded	6		1
Clean sheets	0		5
Conceded first	5		1
Goals conceded	14		1
Avg. goals conceded	2.3		0.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	12		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		40
Conversion rate against	20%		3%
Avg. XG against	2.7		0.8
KickOff rating		+82%

Sporting KC v San Jose Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Sporting KC Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
7	4	1	2
J Pulskamp	D Joveljic	J Reynolds	M García

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Pulskamp GLK	7			1 -
J Reynolds DEF	4		1	-
I. James DEF	4			-
D. Borges da Silva DEF	2			-
J Reid DEF	5			-
L Johnsen MID	4	1		-
M García MID	7		1	2 -
J. Bartlett MID	7	1		2 -
M Suleymanov FWD	7	1		1 -
D Joveljic FWD	7	4	1	-
C Harris FWD	7		1	-
Subs
J. Kortkamp GLK				-
J. Miller DEF	6			2 -
E Bartlow DEF	5			-
J Davis MID	7		1	1 -
M. Tschantret MID				-
K. Agyabeng MID	5			-
Capita FWD	1			-
S Afrifa FWD	6		1	-
T. Calheira FWD	5			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	8	1	6
D Joveljic	D Joveljic	J Reynolds	M García

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Joveljic FWD	4	8	1	1
L Johnsen MID	1	1
J. Bartlett MID	1	1
M Suleymanov FWD	1	3
J Reynolds DEF		1	1
M García MID		1	1	6
C Harris FWD		2	1	1
Subs
E Bartlow DEF		1
J Davis MID		1	1	1
S Afrifa FWD		1	1
T. Calheira FWD		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
314	22	35
M García	J Davis	M García

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M García MID	314	11	35
L Johnsen MID	291	9	12
Subs
J Davis MID	263	22	35
E Bartlow DEF	239	2	13
J Pulskamp GLK	222		3
J. Bartlett MID	218	7	17
M Suleymanov FWD	187	6	22
J Reid DEF	177	14	23
I. James DEF	168	8	11
Subs
J. Miller DEF	152	4	18
D Joveljic FWD	126	2	17
J Reynolds DEF	110	10	18
C Harris FWD	85	7	31
D. Borges da Silva DEF	69	2	5
Subs
K. Agyabeng MID	53	7	14
S Afrifa FWD	31	4	13
T. Calheira FWD	20		3
Capita FWD	5	2	4

San Jose Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
7	3	2	2
Daniel	P Judd	B. Leroux	N Tsakiris

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Daniel GLK	7			-
B Kikanovic DEF	7			1 -
D Munie DEF	7	2	1	1 -
R. Roberts DEF	7			-
D Romney DEF	3	1		-
B. Leroux MID	7	1	2	-
R Vieira MID	6			-
J Skahan MID	6	2		-
N Tsakiris MID	7	2	1	2 -
O Bouda MID	7	2		1 -
P Judd FWD	7	3	2	2 -
Subs
E Jr. GLK				-
P Marie DEF	5			-
J Jasinski DEF	1			-
M. Floriani DEF				-
I Harkes MID	6			-
N. Fernandez MID	4			-
N Buck MID				-
J González MID	4			1 -
N. Adimabua FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	11	2	4
P Judd	P Judd	B. Leroux	B. Leroux

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Judd FWD	3	11	2	2
D Munie DEF	2	3	1
J Skahan MID	2	2		1
N Tsakiris MID	2	6	1	2
O Bouda MID	2	6
D Romney DEF	1	1
B. Leroux MID	1	2	2	4
B Kikanovic DEF		1		1
R Vieira MID		2		1
Subs
I Harkes MID		1		2
N. Fernandez MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
385	13	36
R. Roberts	N Tsakiris	O Bouda

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
R. Roberts DEF	385	11	19
D Munie DEF	361	5	17
N Tsakiris MID	346	13	24
B. Leroux MID	245	9	27
Daniel GLK	219		7
R Vieira MID	207	6	19
B Kikanovic DEF	202	11	35
O Bouda MID	142	4	36
Subs
I Harkes MID	99	8	11
D Romney DEF	59	2	8
P Judd FWD	57	2	20
J Skahan MID	50	2	4
Subs
N. Fernandez MID	23		2
P Marie DEF	22	1	3
J González MID	22	3	5
J Jasinski DEF	6	1	1