Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Portland Timbers

2 – 1

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sun 20 Jun 2021 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Dario Zuparic 38' Y

Y 69' Andreu Fontas

Y 74' Roger Espinoza

Y 83' Ilie Sanchez

Renzo Jose Zambrano 87' Y

Overview

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

Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

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

Portland Timbers 17 games · Avg 3.6 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2021-06-20 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2019-09-29 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Portland Timbers 2019-09-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-11-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Portland Timbers 2018-11-26 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W
30 May	Philadelphia Union	A	0–3	L
22 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–0	W
16 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–0	W
09 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
02 May	FC Dallas	A	1–4	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
12 Jun	Austin FC	H	1–1	D
30 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–2	W
23 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–1	W
16 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
13 May	Houston Dynamo	A	0–1	L

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' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Tim Melia has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' 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.
25' 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.
28' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jaylin Lindsey makes no mistake. 0-1!
33' 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.
36' GOAL! Dairon Asprilla fires home to make it 1-1!
38' Dario Zuparic catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 38.
43' It’s high time Giovanni Savarese made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
46' Sensational shot from Marvin Loria. Portland Timbers is back in the lead.
51' Diego Chara has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 23 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
56' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
59' Renzo Jose Zambrano is ready to make an impact after coming on for Dairon Asprilla at the 59 minute mark.
64' With 0 assists to his name this season, Diego Valeri is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
69' A meaty challenge results in booking for Andreu Fontas on 69.
70' The whistle greets Marvin Loria as he departs to be replaced by Larrys Mabiala.
74' Controversy at the stadium! Roger Espinoza argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
79' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
80' Another change for Portland Timbers made on 80 minute. Diego Valeri leaves to be changed by Sebastian Blanco.
83' A moment of madness from Ilie Sanchez on 83 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
87' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Renzo Jose Zambrano gets a Yellow card.
The points are shared — Portland Timbers 2-1 Sporting Kansas City. Honours even.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

2
Jose Van Rankin
21
Diego Chara
8
Diego Valeri ↓ Sebastian Blanco 80'
25
Bill Tuiloma
27
Dairon Asprilla ↓ Renzo Jose Zambrano 59'
12
Steve Clark
19
Eryk Williamson
17
Jeremy Ebobisse
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Larrys Mabiala 70'
5
Claudio Bravo
13
Dario Zuparic

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sebastian Blanco	5
Kevin Kelsy	4
Daniel Salloi	4
Felipe Mora	4
Diego Valeri	2
Bill Tuiloma	2
Santiago Moreno	2
Nathan Fogaca	2

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2021-06-20 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-05-30 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Portland Timbers L 2021-05-22 Portland Timbers 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-05-16 San Jose Earthquakes 0–2 Portland Timbers W 2021-05-09 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-05-02 FC Dallas 4–1 Portland Timbers L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-06-20 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC D 2021-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2021-05-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-05-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2021-05-13 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.47 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.28 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers61% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.75

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

81%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

39%

Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers46% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City17%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

8.3%

2 – 0

7.3%

3 – 1

7.2%

3 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 0

5.5%

1 – 2

4.7%

3 – 2

4.6%

4 – 1

4.5%

0 – 0

3.6%

4 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	18%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	21%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	10%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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