Sunday , 16 August 2026

Portland Timbers vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
Portland Timbers
2 – 3
Full Time
FC Cincinnati
Sun 17 Aug 2025 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Kevin Kelsy 13' Y
Y 45' Miles Robinson
Cristhian Paredes 60' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Providence Park.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

1
3
Portland Timbers 4 games · Avg 3.3 goals FC Cincinnati
Last 5 meetings
2025-08-17 Portland Timbers 2–3 FC Cincinnati 2023-04-22 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Portland Timbers 2020-07-29 Portland Timbers 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2019-03-17 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#23 Position #6
24 Points 26
18 Played 18
7 / 3 / 8 W / D / L 7 / 5 / 6
33 Scored 45
33 Conceded 44
+0 GD +1
1.33 PPG 1.44
39% Win % 39%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season
21% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts). FC Cincinnati are 6th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers
0-15
2/5
16-30
4/5
31-45
4/4
46-60
3/2
61-75
5/–
76+
5/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
FC Cincinnati
0-15
3/2
16-30
4/7
31-45
9/5
46-60
4/7
61-75
2/1
76+
11/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers
Kevin Kelsy 8 G 2 A
FC Cincinnati
Evander 10 G 4 A
Kevin Denkey 10 G 1 A
Tom Barlow 5 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Portland Timbers vs FC Cincinnati — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Portland Timbers and FC Cincinnati are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 10' What composure from Kevin Denkey! The Togo international strokes it home. 0-1.
  • 13' The referee calls foul for Kevin Kelsy. He receives a card.
  • 18' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 23' 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.
  • 25' Assisted by Evander with the perfectly-timed delivery and Pavel Bucha makes no mistake. 0-2!
  • 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alvas Powell made 288 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 35' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 36' Against the run of play, Evander has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 38' Kevin Kelsy doubles the advantage! 1-3 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 43' Portland Timbers currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 45' FC Cincinnati player sees a card in front of him.
  • 50' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ender Echenique, as he is very good at scoring at Providence Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 55' Kenji Mboma has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 58' A change in the Portland Timbers ranks — Julio Ortiz exits the field as Cristhian Paredes enters on 58.
  • 60' Cristhian Paredes was booked on 60.
  • 65' FC Cincinnati come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 68' Kevin Kelsy is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 6 goals this season for the .
  • 73' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 78' Teenage Hadebe is ready to make an impact after coming on for Miles Robinson at the 78 minute mark.
  • 82' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Kamal Miller by Dario Zuparic on 82 minute.
  • 83' Omir Fernandez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ariel Lassiter at the 83 minute mark.
  • 85' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace David Ayala by Felipe Mora on 85 minute.
  • 90' Alvas Powell is replacing DeAndre Yedlin for the FC Cincinnati side.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Portland Timbers.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Phil Neville

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pat Noonan

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Kevin Kelsy 2
Mathieu Deplagne 2
Kevin Denkey 1
Kendall Waston 1
Allan Cruz 1
Jaroslaw Niezgoda 1
Jurgen Locadia 1
Dairon Asprilla 1

Head to Head

2025-08-17 Portland Timbers 2–3 FC Cincinnati 2023-04-22 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Portland Timbers 2020-07-29 Portland Timbers 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2019-03-17 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Portland Timbers

Portland Timbers Form

2025-08-17 Portland Timbers 2–3 FC Cincinnati L 2025-08-10 FC Dallas 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2025-07-26 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Portland Timbers W 2025-07-20 Portland Timbers 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2025-07-17 Portland Timbers 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2025-07-13 St. Louis City 2–1 Portland Timbers L

FC Cincinnati Form

2025-08-17 Portland Timbers 2–3 FC Cincinnati W 2025-08-10 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Charlotte FC L 2025-07-26 Internacional CF Miami 0–0 FC Cincinnati D 2025-07-20 Real Salt Lake 0–1 FC Cincinnati W 2025-07-16 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Internacional CF Miami W 2025-07-13 FC Cincinnati 2–4 Columbus Crew SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.13 Portland Timbers xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.37 FC Cincinnati xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Portland Timbers34% Draw22% FC Cincinnati44%
Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes79% 0% No21%
Avg goals/match: 4.5
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 94%
6%
± 2.5 81%
19%
± 3.5 64%
36%
± 4.5 46%
54%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw
57%
Draw or FC Cincinnati
66%
Portland Timbers or FC Cincinnati
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Portland Timbers30% Draw35% FC Cincinnati35%
Actual: FC Cincinnati win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 2
6.8%
1 – 2
6.6%
1 – 1
6.4%
2 – 1
5.9%
2 – 3
Actual
1 – 3
5.1%
3 – 2
4.8%
3 – 1
4.1%
3 – 3
3.8%
0 – 2
3.3%
2 – 4
3.2%
1 – 4
3%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap Portland Timbers covers Push FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 11% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 16% 64%
-0.5 36% — 64%
+0.5 56% — 44%
+1 56% 17% 27%
+1.5 73% — 27%
+2 73% 13% 14%
+2.5 86% — 14%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
10% ✓
FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.