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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 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

9
6
3
Portland Timbers 18 games · Avg 3.8 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
#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' Three points are at stake. Portland Timbers host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 15' It is a cagey affair so far. Portland Timbers in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
  • 20' Emiliano Amor has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 35' A quiet spell here at . Portland Timbers seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 40' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 45' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 50' Over 50 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 55' Gerso Fernandes has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 60' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 65' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portland Timbers that had 307 games and scored 498 goals.
  • 70' Jaylin Lindsey needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 75' It’s high time Giovanni Savarese made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 80' 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.
  • 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
  • 90' Portland Timbers 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.
  • It finishes all square. Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City share the spoils 0-0.

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
Dairon Asprilla 2
Diego Rubio 2
Marvin Loria 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
1.73 Portland Timbers xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.83 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Portland Timbers54% Draw26% Sporting Kansas City20%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes47% 0% No53%
Avg goals/match: 2.56
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 72%
28%
± 2.5 46%
54%
± 3.5 26%
74%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw
80%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
46%
Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Portland Timbers40% Draw46% Sporting Kansas City14%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
12.6%
1 – 1
11.9%
2 – 0
11.3%
0 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
9.3%
3 – 0
6.4%
0 – 1
5.5%
3 – 1
5.4%
1 – 2
4.4%
2 – 2
3.9%
4 – 0
2.8%
0 – 2
2.6%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap Portland Timbers covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 18% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 25% 43%
-0.5 57% — 43%
+0.5 83% — 17%
+1 83% 11% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
44% ✗
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
19% ✗

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