Portland Timbers vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Portland Timbers vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Providence Park.
- Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Aug FC Cincinnati H 2–3 L 10 Aug FC Dallas A 0–2 L 26 Jul Los Angeles FC A 1–0 W 20 Jul Minnesota United FC H 1–1 D 17 Jul Real Salt Lake H 0–1 L 13 Jul St. Louis City A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Aug Portland Timbers A 3–2 W 10 Aug Charlotte FC H 0–1 L 26 Jul Internacional CF Miami A 0–0 D 20 Jul Real Salt Lake A 1–0 W 16 Jul Internacional CF Miami H 3–0 W 13 Jul Columbus Crew SC H 2–4 L Season Stats
Portland Timbers FC Cincinnati #28 Position #7 14 Points 20 14 Played 15 4 / 2 / 8 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 22 Scored 36 28 Conceded 37 -6 GD -1 1.00 PPG 1.33 29% Win % 33% Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this seasonPortland Timbers are 28th (14 pts). FC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Portland Timbers0-152/516-303/331-453/346-60–/261-752/–76+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Portland Timbers to score. At the same time, FC Cincinnati does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Kei Kamara has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 10' Goal! Kevin Denkey scores his 77 goal in 190 matches.
- 13' The referee calls foul for Kevin Kelsy. He receives a card.
- 18' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 23' It’s high time Phil Neville made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' What a strike from Pavel Bucha! The score is 0-2.
- 30' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Stiven Jimenez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
- 36' GOAL! Evander scores on 36. Assisted by Matt Miazga
- 38' GOAL! Kevin Kelsy scores on 38. Assisted by Ariel Lassiter
- 43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Cincinnati that had 245 games and scored 352 goals.
- 45' The referee shows FC Cincinnati player a card on 45.
- 50' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 58' Cristhian Paredes is replacing Julio Ortiz for the Portland Timbers side.
- 60' That looks like a foul for a card for Cristhian Paredes.
- 65' DeAndre Yedlin needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 68' What a strike from Kevin Kelsy! The score is 2-3.
- 73' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 78' It is a substitution in FC Cincinnati team. Miles Robinson is replaced by Teenage Hadebe on 78 minute.
- 82' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Kamal Miller departs to be replaced by Dario Zuparic.
- 83' It is a substitution in Portland Timbers team. Ariel Lassiter is replaced by Omir Fernandez on 83 minute.
- 85' Felipe Mora has so much to prove this time. He replaces David Ayala on 85 minute.
- 90' The FC Cincinnati manager makes a substitution. DeAndre Yedlin departs to be replaced by Alvas Powell.
- The final score is 2-3.
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Lineups
Portland Timbers Lineups
Starting XI
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4
Kamal Miller ↓ Dario Zuparic 82'
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7
Ariel Lassiter ↓ Omir Fernandez 83'
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24
David Ayala ↓ Felipe Mora 85'
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- 11
- 20
- 19
- 29
- 27
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80
Julio Ortiz ↓ Cristhian Paredes 58'
Bench
- 21
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17
Cristhian Paredes ↑ 58'
- 41
- 15
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13
Dario Zuparic ↑ 82'
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22
Omir Fernandez ↑ 83'
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Felipe Mora ↑ 85'
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Coach Phil NevilleFC Cincinnati Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
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91
DeAndre Yedlin ↓ Alvas Powell 90'
- 21
- 4
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12
Miles Robinson ↓ Teenage Hadebe 78'
- 20
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9
Kevin Denkey ↓ Kei Kamara 58'
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- 29
- 37
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66
Ender Echenique ↓ Kenji Mboma 58'
Bench
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2
Alvas Powell ↑ 90'
- 14
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85
Kei Kamara ↑ 58'
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16
Teenage Hadebe ↑ 78'
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22
Gerardo Valenzuela ↑ 90'
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35
Kenji Mboma ↑ 58'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Mathieu Deplagne 2 Kevin Kelsy 2 Evander 1 Pavel Bucha 1 Kevin Denkey 1 Kendall Waston 1 Allan Cruz 1 Jaroslaw Niezgoda 1 Head to Head
Portland Timbers Form
FC Cincinnati Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.88 Portland Timbers xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.4 FC Cincinnati xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 76%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Cincinnati winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.28Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 92% 8% ± 2.5 79% 21% ± 3.5 61% 39% ± 4.5 42% 58% Double Chance
Portland Timbers or Draw 53%Draw or FC Cincinnati 70%Portland Timbers or FC Cincinnati 77%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Cincinnati win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 2 7.4%1 – 1 7%2 – 2 6.7%2 – 1 5.8%1 – 3 5.8%2 – 3 Actual3 – 2 4.2%0 – 2 4.1%3 – 1 3.6%1 – 4 3.5%3 – 3 3.4%2 – 4 3.2%Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers
Handicap Portland Timbers covers Push FC Cincinnati covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 9% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 14% 70% -0.5 30% — 70% +0.5 51% — 49% +1 51% 18% 30% +1.5 70% — 30% +2 70% 14% 16% +2.5 84% — 16% Clean Sheet
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet 10% ✓FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.