Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Providence Park.
- Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ramy Touchan
- Assistant 1 Ryan Graves (USA)
- Assistant 2 Kali Smith (USA)
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 10 May Sporting Kansas City H 6–0 W 02 May Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L 26 Apr San Diego FC A 2–1 W 19 Apr Minnesota United FC A 0–2 L 11 Apr Los Angeles FC H 2–1 W 05 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May Portland Timbers A 0–6 L 02 May Seattle Sounders FC H 1–1 D 26 Apr Chicago Fire FC A 0–5 L 18 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–3 L 12 Apr San Jose Earthquakes H 1–3 L 04 Apr Real Salt Lake A 1–3 L Season Stats
Portland Timbers Sporting Kansas City #28 Position #30 14 Points 11 14 Played 14 4 / 2 / 8 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 9 22 Scored 14 28 Conceded 36 -6 GD -22 1.00 PPG 0.79 29% Win % 21% Key Stats
65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this seasonPortland Timbers are 28th (14 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Portland Timbers0-152/516-303/331-453/346-60–/261-752/–76+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededSporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
- 5' Portland Timbers looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Kevin Kelsy scoring 2 goals.
- 6' What a strike from Kristoffer Velde! The score is 1-0.
- 11' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' What a strike from Kevin Kelsy! The score is 2-0.
- 16' What a strike from Kevin Kelsy! The score is 3-0.
- 19' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a card on 19.
- 22' GOAL! Cole Bassett scores on 22.
- 26' What a strike from Jake Davis! The score is 4-1.
- 31' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jacob Bartlett, as he is very good at scoring at Providence Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 33' The referee shows Portland Timbers player a card on 33.
- 38' It’s high time Phil Neville made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 41' Jake Davis was booked on 41.
- 45' That looks like a foul for a card for Jayden Reid.
- 50' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Finn Surman suffering a number of foals already.
- 53' Ethan Bartlow was booked on 53.
- 58' 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.
- 63' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 68' Stefan Cleveland needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 71' Goal! Ariel Lassiter scores his 12 goal in 7 matches.
- 74' GOAL! Kevin Kelsy scores on 74. Assisted by Ariel Lassiter
- 76' It’s gonna be a card for Capita.
- 81' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 86' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Portland Timbers needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Portland Timbers players.
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Lineups
Portland Timbers Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 5
- 17
- 41
- 4
- 99
- 10
- 11
- 20
- 19
- 27
- 30
Bench
- 21
- 25
- 7
- 9
- 6
- 80
- 16
- 28
- 23
Coach Phil NevilleSporting Kansas City Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 6
- 9
- 30
- 7
- 23
- 4
- 8
- 93
- 99
- 28
- 16
Bench
- 22
- 1
- 11
- 17
- 36
- 19
- 14
- 2
- 41
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sebastian Blanco 5 Daniel Salloi 4 Felipe Mora 4 Kevin Kelsy 4 Erik Thommy 2 Johnny Russell 2 Willy Agada 2 William Agada 2 Head to Head
Portland Timbers Form
2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-05-02 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2026-04-26 San Diego FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2026-04-19 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2026-04-11 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2026-04-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers LSporting Kansas City Form
2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-04-26 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 43.51 Portland Timbers xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.9 Sporting Kansas City xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Portland Timbers to win 78%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Portland Timbers winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 4.41Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 93% 7% ± 2.5 80% 20% ± 3.5 62% 38% ± 4.5 43% 57% Double Chance
Portland Timbers or Draw 92%Draw or Sporting Kansas City 22%Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City 87%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Portland Timbers win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 123 – 0 8.9%2 – 0 7.9%3 – 1 7.8%4 – 0 7.6%2 – 1 6.8%4 – 1 6.8%5 – 0 5.3%5 – 1 4.8%1 – 1 4.5%1 – 0 4.5%3 – 2 3.5%6 – 0 ActualAsian Handicap — Portland Timbers
Handicap Portland Timbers covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers -2.5 48% — 52% -2 48% 20% 33% -1.5 67% — 33% -1 67% 16% 17% -0.5 83% — 17% +0.5 94% — 6% +1 94% 4% 2% +1.5 98% — 2% +2 98% 1% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet 41% ✗Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 4% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.