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San Diego vs Sporting Kansas City prediction

United States · Major League Soccer
San Diego badgeSan Diego#13 · 38 ptsWLDDD
0 - 1Full time
Sporting Kansas City badgeSporting Kansas City#15 · 26 ptsDLLLL

Pre-match probabilities

⚽ André Luiz 76' (p)

Saturday, November 7 · 19:00 (Peru time) · Snapdragon Stadium · Referee: Ramy Touchan

Picky
🎯 Model pick

San Diego or draw

82%
Full data

⚡ Summary

@ = fair odds (no margin). If the bookmaker pays more, there's value.

Minuto a minuto

88'🔁 Sub: Stephen Afrifa · Shapi SuleymanovSporting Kansas City
87'🔁 Sub: Osvaldo Pedro Capemba · Jayden ReidSporting Kansas City
76'⚽ André Luiz (pen.)Sporting Kansas City
72'🟨 Christopher McVeySan Diego
70'🟨 Justin ReynoldsSporting Kansas City
69'🔁 Sub: Lasse Berg Johnsen · Justin ReynoldsSporting Kansas City
69'🔁 Sub: Onni Valakari · David MimbangSan Diego
69'🔁 Sub: Marcus Ingvartsen · David VazquezSan Diego
67'🟨 Manu DuahSan Diego
61'🟨 Lasse Berg JohnsenSporting Kansas City
59'🔁 Sub: Alejandro Alvarado Jr · Gabriel PiraniSan Diego
59'🔁 Sub: Bryan Zamblé · Amahl PellegrinoSan Diego
58'🔁 Sub: Pedro soma · Jeppe TverskovSan Diego
57'🟨 Marcus IngvartsenSan Diego
12'🔁 Sub: Taylor Calheira · Ruben Ramos JrSporting Kansas City

Win probability minute by minute

San DiegoDrawSporting Kansas City
At kick-off59%24%18%Full time0%0%100%
0%25%50%75%100% ⚽0'45'90'

Calculated with the PickMania model: each team's expected goals are spread over the time remaining and recalculated after every goal.

Probabilities

Calculated before the match.

59%San Diego to win@1.70
24%Draw@4.25
18%Sporting Kansas City to win@5.65
Over 1.5 goals90%
Over 2.5 goals74%
Over 3.5 goals57%
Both teams to score72%
San Diego or draw82%
Sporting Kansas City or draw41%
San Diego to score92%
Sporting Kansas City to score77%

Most likely scores

1-19%2-18%2-27%3-17%2-06%

Expected goals per the model: San Diego 2.57 · Sporting Kansas City 1.46

How many goals will there be?

2%0 goals7%1 goals14%2 goals19%3 goals20%4 goals38%5+ goals

Pink: 2 goals or fewer (under 2.5) · Orange: 3 or more (over 2.5) · Total expected goals: 4.03.

Corners, cards and first half

🚩 Corners

Expected: 9.4 in total · San Diego 5.2 · Sporting Kansas City 4.3

56%Over 8.5@1.80
45%Over 9.5@2.21
36%Over 10.5@2.81
45678910111213141516+

Grey: 9 or fewer · orange: 10 or more.

🟨 Cards

Expected: 3.9

51%Over 3.5@1.96
34%Over 4.5@2.90
21%Over 5.5@4.65

⏱️ First half

50% of these teams' goals come before half-time · expected in the 1st half: 2.03

87%Goal in the 1st half@1.15
60%Over 1.5 in the 1st half@1.66
86%Goal in the 2st half@1.16

⚽ Goals per team

73%San Diego +1.5@1.38
43%Sporting Kansas City +1.5@2.33
20%San Diego to win to nil@4.96

Estimates based on each team's (and the referee's) season averages, not the goals model. @ = fair odds: the odds matching that probability with no margin. If the bookmaker pays more, there's value.

Match stats

0.81Expected goals (xG)1.83
4Shots on target6
5Saves4
1Offsides2
16Shots15
3Yellow cards2
8Corners4
11Fouls13
0Red cards0
66Possession %34

Goals in the last 10 matches

San Diego · last 10 matches
8/10+2.5 goals7/10both teams to score4.1goals per match
2.5vs Philadelphia Unión: 0-5 0-5 en Inter Miami: 2-2 2-2 ambosen Austin: 3-3 3-3 ambosen New York Red Bulls: 1-4 1-4 ambosvs Houston Dynamo: 3-3 3-3 ambosen Los Angeles Galaxy: 2-2 2-2 ambosvs Seattle Sounders: 2-2 2-2 ambosen Vancouver Whitecaps: 1-4 1-4 ambosen St. Louis City: 1-0 1-0 vs Sporting Kansas City: 0-1 0-1

Pink bar = over 2.5 goals · dot = result (green W, grey D, red L) · "BTTS" = both teams scored · oldest to newest.

Sporting Kansas City · last 10 matches
7/10+2.5 goals7/10both teams to score3.6goals per match
2.5vs Philadelphia Unión: 3-4 3-4 ambosen Houston Dynamo: 2-0 2-0 en Seattle Sounders: 1-2 1-2 ambosvs Portland Timbers: 3-3 3-3 ambosen Nashville SC: 0-4 0-4 vs Real Salt Lake: 1-3 1-3 ambosvs Austin: 1-2 1-2 ambosen Minnesota United FC: 1-3 1-3 ambosvs FC Dallas: 1-1 1-1 ambosat San Diego: 1-0 1-0

Pink bar = over 2.5 goals · dot = result (green W, grey D, red L) · "BTTS" = both teams scored · oldest to newest.

Season comparison

San DiegoSporting Kansas City
1.7Goals scored per match1.2
1.9Goals conceded per match2.5
79%Matches with over 1.5 goals97%
70%Matches with over 2.5 goals79%
61%Both teams to score67%
24%Clean sheet3%
15%Matches without scoring30%
4.8Corners won per match4.2
1.7Yellow cards per match1.9

San Diego: 33 matches · Sporting Kansas City: 33 matches (all competitions with data).

San Diego at home · Sporting Kansas City away

San Diego at home
6G5E5P
DDLLW
Sporting Kansas City away
3G0E13P
LLLWL

When do they score and concede?

San Diego · goals by minute in 27 matches scored conceded
780-1551116-3071031-458546-607861-75101276-90
Sporting Kansas City · goals by minute in 27 matches scored conceded
3110-1581116-3091031-453646-6061661-7541376-90

The first goal

San Diego

Scores first in 12 of 27 matches and wins 6 of them.

Concedes first in 15 and avoids defeat in 4.

Sporting Kansas City

Scores first in 10 of 27 matches and wins 4 of them.

Concedes first in 17 and avoids defeat in 5.

Players in form

San Diego

C. Bakambu · 3 goles, 0 assists in 4 matches

Anders Dreyer · 3 goles, 0 assists in 5 matches

Gabriel Pirani · 2 goles, 0 assists in 5 matches

Sporting Kansas City

Taylor Calheira · 2 goles, 0 assists in 5 matches

Andre Luiz · 0 goles, 2 assists in 5 matches

S. Afrifa · 1 gol, 0 assists in 4 matches

Head to head

2San Diego to win
1Draws
0Sporting Kansas City to win

3 matches · 1.0 goals per match

Recent meetings
2026-03-08Sporting Kansas City 0-1 San DiegoMajor League Soccer
2025-08-10Sporting Kansas City 0-2 San DiegoMajor League Soccer
2025-05-18San Diego 0-0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer

Standings

Major League Soccer standings
#TeamPGDPts
1Vancouver Whitecaps34+4064
2FC Dallas34+1158
3St. Louis City34+1154
4San Jose Earthquakes34+652
5Houston Dynamo34051
6Los Angeles FC34+1247
7Portland Timbers34+146
8Seattle Sounders34-246
9Real Salt Lake34+145
10Minnesota United FC34-244
11Los Angeles Galaxy34-744
12Colorado Rapids34-343
13San Diego34-638
14Austin34-2334
15Sporting Kansas City34-4126

More stats

Referee: Ramy Touchan

5 matches · – yellows and – reds per match

Half-time

San Diego: 7 days since last match · Sporting Kansas City: 7 days

Probabilities calculated by the PickMania model (Poisson + Dixon–Coles with team data and market odds). Updated: 2026-11-08 02:30 UTC.

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