San Diego FC vs Sporting Kansas City — Stats & Match Analysis

Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 8 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC

San Diego FC

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vsPre-match analysis

Sporting Kansas City

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Season

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Goals scored: 1.741.19
Expected goals: 1.461.03
Shots: 11.710.9
Possession: 59.7%44.5%

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What the record shows

One pattern stands out in the record: san Diego have recorded the higher season possession share. The next-strongest reading is weaker: sporting Kansas City's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Sporting Kansas City's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Sporting Kansas City's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2.4 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.19 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	2.4 goals/match	1.19 goals/match	1.53 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

The teams have contrasting possession records

strong

San Diego have recorded the higher season possession share.

59.7% ●PossessionSan Diego · Sporting Kansas City44.5%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 15.2 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	San Diego	Sporting Kansas City	Baseline
Possession	59.7%	44.5%	50%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: San Diego FC favored in 12 of 13 directional metrics · Sporting Kansas City in 0 · 1 too close

recorded edge higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

San Diego FC27 matchesSporting Kansas City27 matches

1.74 goals/match ▲Goals scored27/271.19 goals/match

1.74 goals/match ▲Goals allowed27/272.41 goals/match

1.46 xG/match ▲Expected goals24/241.03 xG/match

11.7 shots/match ▲Shots27/2710.9 shots/match

4.44 shots/matchShots on target27/274.33 shots/match

59.7% ●Possession27/2744.5%

4.7 corners/match ●Corners27/273.93 corners/match

3.5 cards/matchCards12/72.57 cards/match

10.7 fouls/matchFouls27/2712.3 fouls/match

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2San Diego FC

1Draws

0Sporting Kansas City

8 Mar 2026Sporting Kansas City — San Diego FC · Major League Soccer0–1

10 Aug 2025Sporting Kansas City — San Diego FC · Major League Soccer0–2

18 May 2025San Diego FC — Sporting Kansas City · Major League Soccer0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples27 / 27home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

Freshness42 daysstale at cutoff

At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 8 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4