Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Tue 28 Feb 2023 · 03:00 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Juan Mosquera 6' 1–0

Y 16' Erik Thommy

Dario Zuparic 26' Y

Eryk Williamson 74' Y

Evander 89' Y

Overview

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

Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)

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

Portland Timbers 17 games · Avg 3.6 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2022-08-21 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers 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

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Feb	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–0	W
09 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
02 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–2	L
18 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–1	D
11 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W
04 Sep	Atlanta United FC	H	2–1	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Feb	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
09 Oct	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
02 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
18 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	4–1	W
14 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	3–0	W
11 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	0–0	D

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' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
5' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
6' Juan Mosquera has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 6 minutes.
11' Portland Timbers currently sit 16 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
16' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a Yellow card on 16.
21' With 0 assists to his name this season, Khiry Shelton is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
26' Dario Zuparic was booked on 26.
31' Portland Timbers are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
33' A change in the Portland Timbers ranks — Yimmi Chara exits the field as Santiago Moreno enters on 33.
38' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
43' Justin Rasmussen has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 287 appearances.
48' It’s high time Giovanni Savarese made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
53' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
58' 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.
62' The crowd applauds Jaroslaw Niezgoda as he leaves the pitch. Nathan Fogaca steps in for Portland Timbers.
67' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
70' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Felipe Hernandez is hanging Roger Espinoza on the field on 70 minute.
71' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Marinos Tzionis on, Erik Thommy off on 71 minutes.
73' The supporters are chanting for Tim Leibold. He replaces Ben Sweat on 73 minute.
74' Eryk Williamson has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 74.
79' Remi Walter has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
80' Time for substitution for Portland Timbers. Eryk Williamson is replaced by Cristhian Paredes.
85' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portland Timbers that had 287 games and scored 458 goals.
89' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Evander.
Another three points for Portland Timbers.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

20
Evander
23
Yimmi Chara ↓ Santiago Moreno 33'
1
David Bingham
21
Diego Chara
19
Eryk Williamson ↓ Cristhian Paredes 80'
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Diego Gutierrez 80'
13
Dario Zuparic
18
Zac McGraw
11
Jaroslaw Niezgoda ↓ Nathan Fogaca 62'
14
Justin Rasmussen
29
Juan Mosquera

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

54
Remi Walter
26
Erik Thommy ↓ Marinos Tzionis 71'
8
Graham Zusi
20
Daniel Salloi
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 70'
11
Khiry Shelton
2
Ben Sweat ↓ Tim Leibold 73'
4
Robert Voloder
1
John Pulskamp
23
William Agada
3
Andreu Fontas

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-10-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Portland Timbers L 2022-10-02 Portland Timbers 1–2 Los Angeles FC L 2022-09-18 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2022-09-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2022-09-04 Portland Timbers 2–1 Atlanta United FC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-10-09 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-10-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-09-18 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC W 2022-09-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 D.C. United SC W 2022-09-11 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.26 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.07 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Portland Timbers to win 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers60% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.33

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

82%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

40%

Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers46% Draw39% Sporting Kansas City15%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.4%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

9.1%

1 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

7.1%

3 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

0 – 0

1 – 2

4.5%

4 – 1

4.1%

3 – 2

3.8%

4 – 0

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	19%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	22%	37%
-0.5	63%	—	37%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	10%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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