Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes Prediction: Sporting Kansas City will progress

Sporting Kansas City made it to the playoffs after recording a final-day win against Minnesota United at home and they ended in 8th spot with 44 points at the end of the season. San Jose Earthquakes played out a draw with Austin FC in their final game and that was enough to place them in 9th place, as Portland Timbers trailed them by a single point. At the end of the season, they had 44 points. These two teams face each other in the playoffs and only one thing has the chance to make it to the next round.

At the end of last season, Sporting Kansas City had 44 points from 12 wins, 8 draws, and 14 defeats throughout the season. They scored a total of 48 goals and conceded 51 goals. They scored an average of 1.4 goals per game and had an 11% conversion rate. They also kept 7 clean sheets and conceded an average of 1.5 goals. Sporting Kansas’ top scorer was Alan Pulido with 14 goals, while Daniel Salloi registered 7 assists last season.

Sporting Kansas City had to put up a good performance in their last 2 matches, to see them make it to the playoffs. Their final game was against Minnesota United and they won 3-1 at full-time. Johnny Russell and Remi Walter scored both goals in the first half and Johnny Russell scored the third goal in the 78th minute to seal the 3-1 win.

Sporting Kansas City won the most recent meeting against San Jose Earthquakes by 3 goals to nil. Daniel Salloi, Johnny Russell, and Erik Thommy were all on the scoresheet in that game.

The Earthquakes barely made it to the playoffs with just a single point separating them from Portland Timbers below them. San Jose had a total of 44 points from 10 wins, 14 draws, and 10 defeats. They scored 39 goals and conceded 43 in 34 games. They scored an average of 1.1 goals and they had a 9% conversion rate, while they conceded 9 goals and conceded an average of 1.3 goals. Cristian Espinoza ended the season with 13 goals, while also registering 8 assists last season.

San Jose had failed to win their last 5 matches in a row, losing 1 and drawing 4 of those games. Their final game of the season against Austin FC ended in a 1-1 draw. Cristian Espinoza scored the only goal for the Earthquakes in the 17th minute, but they conceded and went on to draw the game at full-time.

San Jose have bitter memories of their last meeting against Sporting Kansas City, as they lost the game 3-0 away from home. But they also beat Sporting Kansas City by the same scoreline in their first meeting this season. Cristian Espinoza scored once, while Jeremy Ebobisse scored a brace in that game.

Sporting Kansas City have beaten San Jose Earthquakes 11 times in their 20 meetings, while San Jose have won only 6 times and they played a draw 3 times.

Sporting Kansas City are looking more confident than the Earthquakes here. Both are coming off the season with contrasting form, with Sporting Kansas City winning back-to-back games, while The Earthquakes have failed to win in 5 matches.

Sporting Kansas City’s last 4 games have ended with more than 2.5 goals scored. While The Earthquakes have seen just 2 goals scored in their last 4 matches. Both teams have also failed to score in their 3 of their last 5 meetings.

• Sporting Kansas City to Win at 1.686 Odds
• More than 2.5 Goals at 1.61 Odds
• Correct Score 2-1 at 8.50 Odds