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Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

MLS · 2018
Portland Timbers
0 – 0
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
Mon 26 Nov 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Corey Rockwell
  • Referee Robert Sibiga
  • Referee Ted Unkel
  • Referee C.J. Morgante
  • Referee Edvin Jurisevic

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 27 60
2 Internacional CF Miami 27 46
3 New England Revolution 27 46
4 Charlotte FC 27 43
5 Chicago Fire FC 26 42
6 Philadelphia Union 27 39
7 Orlando City SC 27 34
8 New York City FC 27 33
9 FC Cincinnati 26 33
10 New York Red Bulls 26 33
11 D.C. United SC 26 30
12 Columbus Crew SC 27 29
13 Toronto FC 27 29
14 Atlanta United FC 27 27
15 Montreal Impact FC 27 24
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 50
17 FC Dallas 27 47
18 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
19 St. Louis City 26 44
20 Houston Dynamo 27 44
21 Los Angeles FC 28 41
22 Colorado Rapids SC 27 36
23 Los Angeles Galaxy 28 36
24 Seattle Sounders FC 26 35
25 San Diego FC 27 32
26 Portland Timbers 27 32
27 Real Salt Lake 27 32
28 Austin FC 27 31
29 Minnesota United FC 27 29
30 Sporting Kansas City 26 21

Head-to-Head

9
5
3
Portland Timbers 17 games · Avg 3.6 goals Sporting Kansas City
Last 5 meetings
2018-11-26 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2018-08-19 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Portland Timbers 2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Nov Sporting Kansas City H 0–0 D
09 Nov Seattle Sounders FC A 2–3 L
04 Nov Seattle Sounders FC H 2–1 W
01 Nov FC Dallas A 2–1 W
28 Oct Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–2 L
21 Oct Real Salt Lake H 3–0 W
Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Nov Portland Timbers A 0–0 D
11 Nov Real Salt Lake H 4–2 W
05 Nov Real Salt Lake A 1–1 D
28 Oct Los Angeles FC H 2–1 W
21 Oct FC Dallas A 3–0 W
18 Oct Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 4–1 W

Season Stats

Portland Timbers Sporting Kansas City
#26 Position #30
32 Points 21
27 Played 26
9 / 5 / 13 W / D / L 6 / 3 / 17
48 Scored 31
51 Conceded 63
-3 GD -32
1.19 PPG 0.81
33% Win % 23%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers
0-15
4/9
16-30
7/9
31-45
5/8
46-60
5/4
61-75
7/–
76+
10/8
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
3/8
16-30
7/7
31-45
5/8
46-60
2/6
61-75
4/11
76+
4/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers
Kevin Kelsy 9 G 2 A
Kristoffer Velde 8 G 5 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Portland Timbers is hosting Sporting Kansas City for another epic battle.
  • 5' 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 Khiry Shelton suffering a number of foals already.
  • 10' Ike Opara has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Portland Timbers must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 20' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 25' Ilie Sanchez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 30' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 35' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jorge Villafana, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 40' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 45' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
  • 50' Portland Timbers looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Kevin Kelsy scoring 2 goals.
  • 55' Dairon Asprilla is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
  • 60' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 65' 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.
  • 70' Jeremy Ebobisse has been relatively quiet despite scoring 69 goals in his last 296 appearances.
  • 75' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 80' Sporting Kansas City have won 443 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 85' 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.
  • 90' 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.
  • 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

PlayerGoals
Sebastian Blanco 5
Kevin Kelsy 4
Daniel Salloi 4
Felipe Mora 4
Bill Tuiloma 2
Santiago Moreno 2
Nathan Fogaca 2
Erik Thommy 2

Head to Head

2018-11-26 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2018-08-19 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Portland Timbers 2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City

Portland Timbers Form

2018-11-26 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-11-09 Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2018-11-04 Portland Timbers 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2018-11-01 FC Dallas 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2018-10-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Portland Timbers L 2018-10-21 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-11-26 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-11-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Real Salt Lake W 2018-11-05 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2018-10-21 FC Dallas 0–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-10-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–4 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.82 Portland Timbers xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.17 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Portland Timbers47% Draw26% Sporting Kansas City27%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 2.99
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw
74%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
53%
Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Portland Timbers37% Draw44% Sporting Kansas City19%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.6%
2 – 1
9.4%
1 – 0
8.4%
2 – 0
8.2%
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 2
6%
3 – 1
5.7%
2 – 2
5.5%
0 – 1
5.1%
3 – 0
4.9%
0 – 2
3.4%
3 – 2
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap Portland Timbers covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 16% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 22% 49%
-0.5 51% — 49%
+0.5 77% — 23%
+1 77% 14% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
32% ✗
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
17% ✗

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