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Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

MLS · 2018
Portland Timbers
0 – 0
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
Sun 10 Jun 2018 · 02:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Match Details

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

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

9
5
3
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#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 history
7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers
0-15
2/5
16-30
3/3
31-45
3/3
46-60
–/2
61-75
2/–
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/6
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/3
46-60
1/3
61-75
2/5
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City.
  • 5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 10' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 20' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 25' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 30' 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.
  • 35' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 40' Portland Timbers are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
  • 45' Daniel Salloi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 50' Sporting Kansas City have won 435 goals from 281 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 55' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 60' Portland Timbers has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 65' The 36-year-old Johnny Russell has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 70' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 75' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Sebastian Blanco has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 80' Lawrence Olum has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 85' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 90' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 90.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Sebastian Blanco 5
Daniel Salloi 4
Felipe Mora 4
Kevin Kelsy 4
Diego Rubio 2
Marvin Loria 2
Diego Valeri 2
Bill Tuiloma 2

Head to Head

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

Portland Timbers Form

2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-06-02 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2018-05-27 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Portland Timbers W 2018-05-19 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2018-05-13 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2018-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Portland Timbers W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-06-04 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC W 2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-05-09 Atlanta United FC 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.6 Portland Timbers xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.79 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 58% + Under — clean sheet likely 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Portland Timbers52% Draw27% Sporting Kansas City21%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes44% 0% No56%
Avg goals/match: 2.39
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 89%
11%
± 1.5 69%
31%
± 2.5 42%
58%
± 3.5 22%
78%
± 4.5 10%
90%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw
80%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
48%
Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Portland Timbers38% Draw48% Sporting Kansas City14%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
13.8%
1 – 1
12.4%
2 – 0
11.4%
0 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
9%
0 – 1
6.2%
3 – 0
6%
3 – 1
4.8%
1 – 2
4.4%
2 – 2
3.6%
0 – 2
2.7%
4 – 0
2.4%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap Portland Timbers covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 17% 70%
-1.5 30% — 70%
-1 30% 25% 45%
-0.5 55% — 45%
+0.5 83% — 17%
+1 83% 12% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
46% ✗
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
21% ✗

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