Major League Soccer · Matchday 34 
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San Diego’s unbeaten run gives them the edge against Sporting Kansas City
San Diego have not lost any of their three meetings with Sporting Kansas City, including a 1-0 win in March. They return to Snapdragon Stadium with a clear points advantage and a stronger recent run.
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Match report
Final result: San Diego 0-1 Sporting Kansas City.
Match statistics (home team first). Shots: 16–15; Shots on target: 4–6; Corners: 8–4; Expected goals: 0.85–1.98.
Goals
- 76' André Luiz (pen.) · Sporting Kansas City
Cards
- 57' Marcus Ingvartsen · San Diego
- 61' Lasse Berg Johnsen · Sporting Kansas City
- 67' Manu Duah · San Diego
- 70' Justin Reynolds · Sporting Kansas City
- 72' Christopher McVey · San Diego
Match stats
⭐ Top-rated player: P. Sisniega (San Diego) 7.7
Ratings and statistics: API-Football.
Confirmed lineups
San Diego · 4-3-3
- 13P. SisniegaG
- 3D. ÞórhallssonD
- 97C. McVeyD
- 26M. DuahD
- 5Kieran SargeantD
- 70A. AlvaradoM
- 15P. SomaM
- 8O. ValakariM
- 10A. DreyerF
- 7M. IngvartsenF
- 14B. B. ZambleF
Coach: Mikey Varas
Sporting Kansas City · 4-4-2
- 30S. ClevelandG
- 8J. DavisD
- 15Jansen MillerD
- 28Wyatt MeyerD
- 18E. KarićD
- 11André LuizM
- 4L. JohnsenM
- 33O. WolffM
- 7CapitaM
- 19T. CalheiraF
- 17S. AfrifaF
Coach: R. Wicky
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 1.2 | 2.5 |
League position
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | San Diego | 33 | -5 | 38 |
| 15 | Sporting Kansas City | 33 | -42 | 23 |
Last meetings
- 2026 Sporting Kansas City 0-1 San Diego
- 2025 Sporting Kansas City 0-2 San Diego
- 2025 San Diego 0-0 Sporting Kansas City
PreviaXI model
Model confidence: Strong
- Expected goals (model)
- 2.51 – 1.14
- Double chance
- 1X · 85%12 82% · X2 33%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 71%Over 1.5: 88% · Over 3.5: 50%
- Both teams score
- 63%
- Clean sheet
- 32% – 8%San Diego–Sporting Kansas City
- Half-time result
- 1 · 51%X 32% · 2 17%
- Half-time / full-time
- 1/1 · 45%X/1 18% · X/X 9%
- Expected corners
- 9.16.0 – 3.1 · Over 9.5: 42%
- Expected cards
- 4.11.8 – 2.3 · Over 3.5: 60%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
The most recent meeting ended with San Diego taking a 1-0 win away to Sporting Kansas City in March. That result extended San Diego’s unbeaten record against their opponents to three meetings, a run that gives the hosts a strong starting point as the sides meet again at Snapdragon Stadium.
A gap in the Western Conference
Both clubs have played 33 league matches, but San Diego sit 13th in the 15-team Western Conference with 38 points, two places and 15 points above Sporting Kansas City. Kansas City are bottom of the conference on 23 points, with a goal difference of -42 compared with San Diego’s -5.
San Diego have the stronger recent form
San Diego’s last five league matches have brought a win, three draws and a defeat, with nine goals scored and 11 conceded. They also won their most recent league match. At home, they have six wins, five draws and five defeats from 16 games, scoring 37 goals.
Sporting Kansas City have gone seven matches without a win. Their last five brought four defeats and a draw, with four goals scored and 13 conceded; their most recent league match ended level. Away from home, they have lost 13 of 16 league matches and conceded 46 goals.
The recent meetings favour San Diego
San Diego have two wins and a draw from the last three meetings, remaining unbeaten throughout. Sporting Kansas City have yet to win in that sequence, and each of the three matches finished with two goals or fewer. The latest 1-0 result underlines how difficult San Diego have been for Kansas City to overcome.
San Diego’s home threat
San Diego have scored 37 times in 16 home league matches, while Sporting Kansas City have conceded 46 goals in 16 away games. That contrast could be decisive, although San Diego’s 11 goals conceded across their last five matches suggest Kansas City may still find opportunities.
Our prediction
San Diego’s home scoring and unbeaten head-to-head record point to another difficult evening for Sporting Kansas City, whose away defence has struggled. Kansas City’s recent run makes a response uncertain, but San Diego’s advantage should tell.
San Diego 2-1 Sporting Kansas City
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