Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Portland Timbers

7 – 2

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 15 May 2022 · 02:00 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 18' Roger Espinoza

Y 35' Robert Voloder

Jose Van Rankin 64' Y

Bill Tuiloma 72' Y

Jose Van Rankin 74' R

R 78' Robert Voloder

Diego Chara 86' Y

Overview

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

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

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

2022-05-15 Portland Timbers 7–2 Sporting Kansas City 2021-08-19 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Portland Timbers 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

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	7–2	W
07 May	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
01 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L
24 Apr	Real Salt Lake	H	0–0	D
16 Apr	Houston Dynamo	A	0–0	D
10 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–2	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 May	Portland Timbers	A	2–7	L
07 May	New York City FC	A	0–0	D
01 May	FC Dallas	H	2–2	D
24 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D
17 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L
10 Apr	Nashville SC	H	1–2	L

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' KICK OFF: Portland Timbers gets underway.
5' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
12' A stunning finish from Bill Tuiloma — that came from absolutely nowhere!
13' Bill Tuiloma with the second goal in the match!
18' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Roger Espinoza.
23' A quiet spell here at Providence Park. Portland Timbers seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
28' Portland Timbers have won 469 goals from 291 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
33' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
35' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Robert Voloder will be fuming at that decision.
40' Portland Timbers are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
45' Roger Espinoza is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
46' The supporters are chanting for Felipe Hernandez. He replaces Roger Espinoza on 46 minute.
46' Magnificent from Sebastian Blanco! That is 50 goals in 291 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
51' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
52' Sebastian Blanco doubles the advantage! 4-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
56' GOAL! Nathan Fogaca fires home to make it 5-0!
57' Goal! Johnny Russell scores his 73 goal in 285 matches.
58' Marinos Tzionis is replacing Oriol Rosell for the Sporting Kansas City side.
63' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
64' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jose Van Rankin.
69' Nathan Fogaca adds to his 0 season tally! Portland Timbers lead 6-1 — and this changes everything.
70' The supporters are chanting for Santiago Moreno. He replaces Eryk Williamson on 70 minute.
72' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Bill Tuiloma.
74' Portland Timbers player sees a Red card in front of him.
75' GOAL! Marinos Tzionis fires home to make it 6-2!
77' It is a substitution in Portland Timbers team. Sebastian Blanco is replaced by Pablo Bonilla on 77 minute.
78' Robert Voloder picks up a Red card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
83' Another change for Portland Timbers made on 83 minute. Bill Tuiloma leaves to be changed by Zac McGraw.
84' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Johnny Russell departs to be replaced by Nikola Vujnovic.
86' Diego Chara picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
88' The Costa Rica Marvin Loria breaks the deadlock on 88 minutes. 7-2!
89' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Jacob Davis comes on to replace Khiry Shelton.
Portland Timbers celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

23
Yimmi Chara ↓ Marvin Loria 83'
2
Jose Van Rankin
21
Diego Chara
25
Bill Tuiloma ↓ Zac McGraw 83'
22
Cristhian Paredes
10
Sebastian Blanco ↓ Pablo Bonilla 77'
19
Eryk Williamson ↓ Santiago Moreno 70'
31
Aljaz Ivacic
13
Dario Zuparic
14
Justin Rasmussen
99
Nathan Fogaca ↓ Tega Ikoba 70'

Bench

1
David Bingham
27
Dairon Asprilla
44
Marvin Loria ↑ 83'
28
Pablo Bonilla ↑ 77'
18
Zac McGraw ↑ 83'
30
Santiago Moreno ↑ 70'
17
Tega Ikoba ↑ 70'

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

54
Remi Walter
7
Johnny Russell ↓ Nikola Vujnovic 84'
29
Tim Melia
20
Daniel Salloi
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 46'
11
Khiry Shelton ↓ Jacob Davis 89'
12
Kortne Ford
18
Logan Ndenbe
6
Oriol Rosell ↓ Marinos Tzionis 58'
28
Cameron Duke ↓ Kayden Pierre 84'
4
Robert Voloder

Bench

21
Felipe Hernandez ↑ 46'
2
Ben Sweat
1
John Pulskamp
27
Marinos Tzionis ↑ 58'
3
Andreu Fontas
48
Kaveh Rad
24
Kayden Pierre ↑ 84'
17
Jacob Davis ↑ 89'
19
Nikola Vujnovic ↑ 84'

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

Portland Timbers Form

2022-05-15 Portland Timbers 7–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-05-07 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2022-05-01 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2022-04-24 Portland Timbers 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2022-04-16 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2022-04-10 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–3 Portland Timbers W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-05-15 Portland Timbers 7–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-05-07 New York City FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 FC Dallas D 2022-04-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-04-17 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-04-10 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Nashville SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

3.49 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.19 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 83% + Portland Timbers to win 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers74% Draw15% Sporting Kansas City11%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 4.68

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	83%	17%
± 3.5	66%	34%
± 4.5	48%	52%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

89%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

26%

Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City

85%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers61% Draw29% Sporting Kansas City10%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 7–2 not predicted

7 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

7.7%

2 – 1

6.8%

3 – 0

6.7%

4 – 1

6.7%

2 – 0

4 – 0

5.7%

5 – 1

4.7%

1 – 1

4.6%

3 – 2

4.6%

2 – 2

5 – 0

4 – 2

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	42%	—	58%
-2	42%	19%	39%
-1.5	61%	—	39%
-1	61%	17%	22%
-0.5	78%	—	22%
+0.5	91%	—	9%
+1	91%	6%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

4% ✓

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