By The Numbers presented by KDOT: #SJvSKC

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On the heels of consecutive losses, Sporting Kansas City (4-3-0, 12 points) heads west for a two-game road trip that begins Sunday against the San Jose Earthquakes (3-2-2, 11 points) at Avaya Stadium. The match will kick off at 2:30 p.m. CT with national television coverage on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, as well as a local Spanish radio broadcast on La Grande 1340 AM. Sporting KC already has two road wins in 2016, but hasn't tasted victory in San Jose since Manager Peter Vermes was the club's center back. We take a statistical look at the matchup in our By The Numbers preview...

Head-to-head

• Sporting KC last won in San Jose on Aug. 16, 2000, but the Earthquakes have collected 12 wins and five draws in home meetings ever since (including playoffs).
• Since 2004, the home team in the fixture is 17-1-2 across all competitions, with the lone road win coming last August when San Jose cruised 5-0 at Children's Mercy Park.
• San Jose holds a narrow 23-21-7 edge in the regular season series, including a 15-4-6 mark at home.
• Four of Sporting KC's last five visits to San Jose have resulted in a 1-0 defeat.
• San Jose forward Chris Wondolowski has seven goals and one assist in 10 regular season appearances against Sporting KC, including a brace in the Earthquakes' 5-0 win in Kansas City last year.
• San Jose midfielder Anibal Godoy has scored two goals in his MLS career, both coming last season against Sporting KC.
• Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis has four goals and six assists in 24 regular season appearances against San Jose.

San Jose Earthquakes

• 2016 MLS record: 3-2-2, 11 points (6th in West)
• 2016 MLS home record: 3-0-1 (6 GF, 2 GA)
• San Jose is one of two teams (Colorado) yet to concede a goal in the first 30 minutes of matches. However, San Jose's six goals conceded after the 60th minute are tied for the most in MLS.
• San Jose has been outshot 109-72 this season, the second worst discrepancy in MLS, and ranks 19th with 10.3 shots per game.
• Chris Wondolowski is tied for the MLS lead with six goals. His 102 regular season goals  from 2010-2015 were the most over a six-year span in MLs history, and he is the first player to reach double-digit goals in six straight seasons.
• Quincy Amarikwa is tied for third in MLS with three assists. He also leads the league in both fouls committed (19) and fouls suffered (19).
• Anibal Godoy ranks second in MLS with 92.3 percent passing accuracy (minimum 300 minutes played).

Sporting Kansas City

• 2016 MLS record: 4-3-0, 12 points (4th in West)
• 2016 MLS road record: 2-1-0 (4 GF, 2 GA)
• SKC is one of four teams with two road wins this season, and its plus-2 road goal differential is the best in MLS.
• Six of SKC's seven games have been decided by a single goal.
• SKC's 13 fouls committed over the last three matches are their fewest over a three-game span in team history (regular season).
• Tim Melia is tied for the MLS lead in wins (four) and shutouts (three), while ranking second in save percentage (80.6), third in saves (29) and fourth in goals against average (1.00).
• Dom Dwyer is one of four MLS players (Joao Plata, Ignacio Piatti, Sebastian Giovinco) with at least four goals and two assists.

Milestones and Miscellany

• Brad Davis has 40 career game-winning assists in the regular season, one shy of tying Landon Donovan and Steve Ralston for the all-time MLS record.
• Dom Dwyer is one shy of his 50th career goal for Sporting KC in all competitions.
• Matt Besler is 75 minutes shy of passing Chris Klein for sixth in club history with 16,381 regular season minutes played for the club.
• Graham Zusi has 24 game-winning assists in MLS (including playoffs), one shy of passing Preki for sole possession of first place in club history.

Team stats (2016 regular season)

MLS rank in parenthesis (source: WhoScored.com)

Recent #SJvSKC regular season meetings

• Regular season record vs. San Jose: 21-23-7
• Regular season road record at San Jose: 4-15-6 (19 GF, 36 GA)