San Diego v Sporting Kansas City result

Full-time · San Diego 0–0 Sporting Kansas City

Major League Soccer · Sun, 18 May 2025 03:30 BST

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San Diego 0–0 Sporting Kansas City — this Major League Soccer match was drawn.

Match report, in numbers

The result

San Diego and Sporting Kansas City drew 0–0 in Major League Soccer on Sunday 18 May. Expected goals (xG) tell a different story: San Diego out-shot Sporting Kansas City 10 to 2 and created the better chances, 1.58 xG to 0.05 (the provider’s expected goals for this match). Context.

The goals

It was 0–0 at half-time.

Discipline

Victor Rivas, USA showed five yellow cards — against 5.0 yellows a game across the last 5 matches refereed (all competitions). The bookings — San Diego: A. Godoy (21’) and Luca Bombino (37’); Sporting Kansas City: Jansen Miller (9’), Zorhan Bassong (46’) and Manu García (68’).

What it changes

San Diego are unbeaten in their last four matches in all competitions. Sporting Kansas City are winless in their last three matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, J. Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City) 4.7, J. Tverskov (San Diego) 4.6 and C. J. dos Santos (San Diego) 3.4 led the match.

Next up

San Diego next host Seattle Sounders on 25 October 2026.

Sporting Kansas City next host Austin on 25 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for San Diego: San Diego v Seattle Sounders, Sunday 25 October — the preview. Next for Sporting Kansas City: Sporting Kansas City v Austin, Sunday 25 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: San Diego 0–0 Sporting Kansas City · Major League Soccer
Referee: Victor Rivas, USA
Recent form: San Diego 3W 0D 2L · Sporting Kansas City 2W 1D 2L

San Diego 0–0 Sporting Kansas City (Major League Soccer): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 2 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

2.25 / 1.75

Goals

against 1.5 / 1.75 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.29 / 3.14

Corners

against 3.57 / 6.29 · 1 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 7 matches

5.43 / 4.43

Shots on target

against 5.57 / 4.57 · 4 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 7 matches

2.71 / 1.57

Cards

against 3 / 2.14 · 3 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 7 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 15 May 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 15 May 2025. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	San Diego for / against	Line	Sporting Kansas City for / against
Goals scored	2.25 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.75 for · 1.75 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.29 for · 3.57 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	3.14 for · 6.29 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	14.43 for · 12.71 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	9.86 for · 13 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	5.43 for · 5.57 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	4.43 for · 4.57 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	14.14 for · 13.86 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	11.29 for · 13.29 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	2.71 for · 3 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	1.57 for · 2.14 against n 7 Last 5

Referee: Victor Rivas, USA.

San Diego

San Diego — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. Alvarado Jr n 8	26	3 5/2	2.2 3/2	—
Andres Reyes n 8	74.8	2.7 8/6	0.5 3/0	—
O. Valakari n 8	65.4	2.6 6/5	2.2 6/5	—
Milan Iloski n 8	17.1	2.6 2/1	2.6 1/1	—
H. Lozano n 8	75.9	1.9 6/4	2.4 7/5	E. Thommy

San Diego — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Milan Iloski n 8	17.1	7.2 7/3	5.9 7/2
H. Lozano n 8	75.9	4 8/8	1.5 6/3
A. Dreyer n 8	85.6	2 7/5	0.9 6/1
O. Valakari n 8	65.4	1.5 5/2	0.7 2/2
A. Godoy n 8	73.5	1.2 4/1	0.6 3/1

San Diego — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Milan Iloski n 8	17.1	2 3/0	0 0/0
A. Dreyer n 8	85.6	0.4 3/0	0.7 4/1
H. Lozano n 8	75.9	0.6 3/1	0.4 3/0
O. Valakari n 8	65.4	0.3 2/0	0.3 2/0
A. Godoy n 8	73.5	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0

San Diego — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
A. Alvarado Jr n 8	26	3.9 5/3
J. Löffelsend n 8	52	3.5 6/5
Luca Bombino n 7	71.7	2.9 7/5
W. Kumado n 8	57.5	2.2 7/2
J. Tverskov n 8	87.9	2 6/4

San Diego — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
C. J. dos Santos n 8	90	3.8 8/5

Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
W. Agada n 8	31.6	3.6 7/2	0.7 2/0	—
Tim Leibold n 8	46.3	2.7 6/2	1.9 6/2	—
M. Toye n 8	24	2.3 3/2	0.5 1/0	—
M. Rodríguez n 8	29.4	1.9 2/2	3.1 3/3	—
E. Thommy n 8	23.9	1.9 4/0	0.9 2/0	H. Lozano

Sporting Kansas City — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
M. Toye n 8	24	3.3 3/1	1.9 3/1
S. Afrifa n 8	38.4	2.3 3/2	1.8 3/1
Dániel Sallói n 8	85.4	2.1 6/3	1.1 5/2
D. Joveljic n 8	88.3	1.9 4/4	1.5 4/3
W. Agada n 8	31.6	1.8 4/1	0 0/0

Sporting Kansas City — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
E. Thommy n 8	23.9	0.5 1/0	0.9 2/0
Dániel Sallói n 8	85.4	0.4 2/1	0.3 2/0
S. Suleymanov n 8	69.1	0.2 1/0	0.5 3/0
D. Joveljic n 8	88.3	0.5 3/1	0.1 1/0
S. Afrifa n 8	38.4	0.3 1/0	0.3 1/0

Sporting Kansas City — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
L. Ndenbe n 8	75.8	3.3 6/6
N. Radoja n 8	66.9	3.2 5/5
M. Rodríguez n 8	29.4	3.1 3/2
Zorhan Bassong n 8	40.6	3 7/2
J. Davis n 8	72.3	2.5 7/5

Sporting Kansas City — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 15 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Pulskamp n 8	90	3.2 6/5

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
San Diego		Sporting Kansas City
65%	Possession	35%
1.58	Expected goals (xG)	0.05
10	Shots	2
5	Shots on target	1
4	Shots off target	1
1	Blocked shots	0
6	Shots inside the box	1
8	Corners	1
4	Offsides	1
14	Fouls	20
2	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	0
1	Saves	3
631	Passes	337
89%	Pass accuracy	78%

San Diego player stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
C. J. dos Santos	90	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
C. McVey	90	1	0	0	3	0	7.2
P. McNair	90	0	0	1	1	0	7.2
Luca Bombino	90	0	0	1	3	Y	7.3
J. Tverskov	90	1	1	1	1	0	7.7
A. Dreyer	90	3	1	1	0	0	7
A. Mighten	81	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
H. Lozano	81	2	1	1	0	0	7.3
O. Verhoeven	72	0	0	1	2	0	7.7
L. de la Torre	72	2	2	0	1	0	6.3
A. Godoy	60	0	0	0	2	Y	6.3
O. Valakari sub	30	0	0	0	1	0	6.7
W. Kumado sub	18	0	0	2	0	0	6.9
Milan Iloski sub	18	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
E. Boateng sub	9	0	0	0	1	0	6.6
Tomás Ángel sub	9	0	0	0	0	0	6.3

Sporting Kansas City player stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
J. Pulskamp	90	0	0	0	0	0	7.5
Jansen Miller	90	0	0	0	1	Y	6.9
Robert Voloder	90	0	0	0	1	0	7.7
J. Bartlett	90	0	0	0	1	0	7.3
Zorhan Bassong	90	0	0	0	2	Y	6.6
S. Suleymanov	90	2	1	0	2	0	6.9
Manu García	86	0	0	0	1	Y	6.7
S. Muñóz	84	0	0	1	1	0	6.9
Khiry Shelton	60	0	0	0	2	0	6.7
Tim Leibold	60	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
E. Thommy	60	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
Andrew Brody sub	30	0	0	0	1	0	6.9
L. Ndenbe sub	30	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Dániel Sallói sub	30	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
M. Toye sub	10	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
M. Rodríguez sub	8	0	0	0	0	0	6.3

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind San Diego v Sporting Kansas City — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

San DiegoLLWWW

Last 5: 3W 0D 2L · 2 scored / 1.4 conceded per game

Sporting Kansas CityWLWLD

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 1.8 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

League standing · 2025

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

San Diego#1 pos63 pts34 pl+23 GD

Sporting Kansas City#15 pos28 pts34 pl-24 GD

Goals per game

San Diego scored1.88

Sporting Kansas City scored1.35

San Diego conceded1.21

Sporting Kansas City conceded2.06

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