Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 10 Jun 2018 · 02:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jeremy Hanson
Referee Chris Penso
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee Jeff Hosking
Referee Joe Dickerson

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

Portland Timbers 17 games · Avg 3.6 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–0	D
02 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D
27 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	3–2	W
19 May	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
13 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
06 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–0	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	0–0	D
04 Jun	Minnesota United FC	H	4–1	W
27 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D
20 May	Minnesota United FC	A	1–1	D
09 May	Atlanta United FC	A	2–0	W
06 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Sporting Kansas City
#23	Position	#30
24	Points	14
18	Played	18
7 / 3 / 8	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
33	Scored	18
33	Conceded	46
+0	GD	-28
1.33	PPG	0.78
39%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 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

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City.
5' It is a cagey affair so far. Portland Timbers in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Gerso Fernandes made 285 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
15' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' Both keepers have barely been tested. Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
30' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
35' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
40' Portland Timbers is showing some good football. However, Portland Timbers are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
45' Johnny Russell is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
50' The energy levels are beginning to show. Giovanni Savarese might look to freshen things up shortly.
55' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
60' Marco Farfan is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Portland Timbers tonight.
65' Portland Timbers looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Kevin Kelsy scoring 2 goals.
70' Matt Besler has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
75' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ilie Sanchez, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
80' Portland Timbers has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
85' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
90' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Portland Timbers winning 100% of all matches.
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sebastian Blanco	5
Daniel Salloi	4
Felipe Mora	4
Kevin Kelsy	4
Diego Rubio	2
Evander	2
Dairon Asprilla	2
Diego Rubio	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.86 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

0.75 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Portland Timbers to win 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers57% Draw25% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 2.61

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

82%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

43%

Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers43% Draw45% Sporting Kansas City12%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

12.9%

2 – 0

12.4%

1 – 1

11%

2 – 1

9.2%

0 – 0

Actual

3 – 0

7.5%

3 – 1

5.8%

0 – 1

4.6%

1 – 2

3.7%

4 – 0

3.5%

2 – 2

3.5%

4 – 1

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	19%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	25%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	9%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

48% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✗

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

Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

Sporting Kansas City Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Clean Sheet