Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Portland Timbers

6 – 0

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sun 10 May 2026 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Kristoffer Velde 6' 1–0

Kevin Kelsy 15' 2–0

Cole Bassett 22' 3–0

Jake Davis og 26' 4–0

Ariel Lassiter 71' 5–0

Kevin Kelsy 74' 6–0

Y 19' Lasse Berg Johnsen

Jose Caicedo 33' Y

Y 41' Jake Davis

Y 45' Jayden Reid

Y 53' Ethan Bartlow

Y 76' Capita

Overview

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Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ramy Touchan
Assistant 1 Ryan Graves (USA)
Assistant 2 Kali Smith (USA)

8 games this season 🟨 6.3/game ⚽ 18.4 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Portland Timbers 18 games · Avg 3.8 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City 2025-05-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers 2024-05-26 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2024-04-07 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

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

Sporting Kansas City

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
#22	Position	#30
46	Points	26
34	Played	34
13 / 7 / 14	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
62	Scored	40
61	Conceded	81
+1	GD	-41
1.35	PPG	0.76
38%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

9% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Portland Timbers are 22nd (46 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

7/10

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

6/5

61-75

10/4

76+

12/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kristoffer Velde	12 G	6 A
Ariel Lassiter	9 G	4 A
Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Portland Timbers get us underway at Providence Park.
5' Jose Caicedo, a Colombia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
6' GOAL! Kristoffer Velde scores on 6. Assisted by David Pereira da Costa
11' Both keepers have barely been tested. Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
15' The Venezuela Kevin Kelsy breaks the deadlock on 15 minutes. 2-0!
16' GOAL! Kevin Kelsy scores on 16.
19' A moment of madness from Lasse Berg Johnsen on 19 minutes earns him a card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
22' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Cole Bassett makes it 4-0.
26' Jake Davis makes no mistake. The score reads 4-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
31' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 31 minutes.
33' Jose Caicedo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 33.
38' Kamal Miller is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
41' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Jake Davis gets a card.
45' That is a card for Sporting Kansas City. Jayden Reid will be fuming at that decision.
50' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Portland Timbers winning 50% of all matches.
53' Ethan Bartlow was booked on 53.
58' The energy levels are beginning to show. Raphaël Wicky might look to freshen things up shortly.
63' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
68' Portland Timbers looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Ariel Lassiter scoring 2 goals.
71' GOAL! Ariel Lassiter fires home to make it 5-1!
74' What a strike from Kevin Kelsy! The score is 6-1.
76' That looks like a foul for a card for Capita.
81' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
86' A quiet spell here at Providence Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Portland Timbers players.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Phil Neville

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sebastian Blanco	5
Daniel Salloi	4
Felipe Mora	4
Kevin Kelsy	4
Diego Rubio	2
Marvin Loria	2
Willy Agada	2
Evander	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 L

Sporting 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 accuracy

3 / 4

3.65 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.95 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Portland Timbers to win 79%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers79% Draw13% Sporting Kansas City8%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 4.6

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	81%	19%
± 3.5	65%	35%
± 4.5	46%	54%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

92%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

21%

Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City

87%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers66% Draw27% Sporting Kansas City7%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

8.4%

3 – 1

7.7%

4 – 0

7.5%

2 – 0

7.3%

4 – 1

6.9%

2 – 1

6.6%

5 – 0

5.4%

5 – 1

5.1%

1 – 1

4.2%

1 – 0

3 – 2

3.6%

6 – 0

Actual

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	49%	—	51%
-2	49%	19%	32%
-1.5	68%	—	32%
-1	68%	15%	16%
-0.5	84%	—	16%
+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

39% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

3% ✓

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