Sporting Kansas City vs. San Jose Earthquakes 7/21/21 - MLS Picks & Predictions

Sporting Kansas City hosts the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday in a MLS Western Conference fixture. Sporting Kansas City is second in the conference table at 8-2-3 on 26 points with a goal difference of +9. Sporting KC defeated LA Galaxy 2-0 on the road July 4 in its most recent MLS match. Scoring for Sporting KC were Johnny Russell in the 81st minute and Khiry Shelton added an insurance goal in stoppage time.

Sporting Kansas City has three wins, one draw and one loss over its last five matches in the MLS and during that span has scored nine goals and allowed five. Daniel Salloi is the leading goal scorer for Sporting KC with seven, while Alan Pulido has scored six. Salloi and Johnny Russell are the leaders in assists with three each.

San Jose is 11th in the conference table at 3-3-7 on twelve points with a goal difference of -8. San Jose was able to take one point from its most recent outing after fighting to a 1-1 draw on the road against Colorado. San Jose opened the scoring in the 11th minute with a goal by Javier Lopez but gave up an equaliser in the 53rd minute to share spoils with the Rapids.

San Jose has three draws and two losses in it's last five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored four goals and allowed 11. San Jose has been held scoreless in two of its last five matches. Cade Cowell is the leading goal scorer for San Jose with four, while Javier Lopez has scored three. Cowell is leading the Earthquakes in assists with four.