Matchday

MLS 2026 · 8 Mar 2026

Sporting Kansas City 0–1 San Diego FC

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Feb 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.4 – 1.2
Actual xG
0.4 – 1.9
Goals
0 – 1

Footybot made Sporting Kansas City favourites at 41%.

San Diego FC won and made the better chances: 1.9 xG to 0.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Duran Ferree, 61.3 in 90′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Sporting Kansas City

1 Mar 2026D 2–2v Columbus Crew MLS
22 Feb 2026L 0–3at San Jose Earthquakes MLS

San Diego FC

2 Mar 2026W 2–0v St.Louis City MLS
22 Feb 2026W 5–0v CF Montréal MLS

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Sporting Kansas City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
John Pulskamp Goalkeeper9000–55.3–
Stephen Afrifa Forward19000.0441.7–
Wyatt Meyer Defender9000–41.5–
Shapi Suleymanov Midfielder79000.0435.1–
Dejan Joveljić Forward90000.1833.8–
Ethan Bartlow Defender9000–32.0–
Calvin Harris Midfielder7900–30.9–
Jacob Bartlett Midfielder7100–29.3–
Kwaku Agyabeng Midfielder1100–27.9–
Manu García Midfielder9000–27.4–
Jayden Reid Defender9000–27.0–
Jacob Davis Defender8900–25.8–
Jansen Miller Defender9000–25.8–
Taylor Calheira Forward11000.1114.9–

San Diego FC

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Duran Ferree Goalkeeper9000–61.3–
Aníbal Godoy Midfielder100–60.0–
David Vazquez Midfielder26000.0649.7–
Jeppe Tverskov Midfielder9000–49.5–
Pedro Soma Midfielder6400–45.9–
Anders Dreyer Forward90100.9044.3−3.8
Manu Duah Defender9000–42.3–
Amahl Pellegrino Forward89000.2840.5–
Luca Bombino Defender6400–37.9–
Marcus Ingvartsen Forward7600–37.8–
Lewis Morgan Forward14000.0536.9–
Christopher McVey Defender9000–36.4–
Onni Valakari Midfielder89010.5532.5–
Ian Pilcher Defender100–32.1–
Oscar Verhoeven Defender2600–28.6–
Kieran Sargeant Defender90000.0126.1–