Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Portland Timbers

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 26 May 2024 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 41' Memo Rodriguez

Overview

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

Portland Timbers 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

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

Portland Timbers 18 games · Avg 3.8 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2024-05-26 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2024-04-07 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Portland Timbers 2023-05-28 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers 2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2022-08-21 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W
19 May	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
16 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	4–2	W
12 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
04 May	Charlotte FC	A	0–2	L
28 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	2–3	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 May	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
19 May	Austin FC	A	2–3	L
12 May	Houston Dynamo	H	1–2	L
05 May	Real Salt Lake	A	0–1	L
28 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
21 Apr	St. Louis City	H	3–3	D

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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City get this one started.
5' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' Portland Timbers are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
17' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Felipe Hernandez comes on to replace Erik Thommy.
22' The 28-year-old Evander has been sensational this season — 11 goals and 9 assists is a remarkable return.
27' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
32' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
37' 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.
41' A moment of madness from Memo Rodriguez on 41 minutes earns him a card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
46' It is a cagey affair so far. Portland Timbers in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
51' Assisted by Evander with the perfectly-timed delivery and Felipe Mora makes no mistake. 1-0!
56' Nemanja Radoja has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
61' Kamal Miller has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
62' What a strike from Memo Rodriguez! The score is 1-1.
67' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
72' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 301 games and scored 461 goals.
75' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Daniel Salloi is replaced by Marinos Tzionis on 75 minute.
80' The home supporters are growing impatient. Portland Timbers must find a spark to ignite this game.
83' What composure from Evander! The Brazil international strokes it home. 2-1.
88' Eric Miller is replacing Juan Mosquera for the Portland Timbers side.
89' The supporters are chanting for Willy Agada. He replaces Memo Rodriguez on 89 minute.
90' Claudio Bravo gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Evander and will look to change the dynamic.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sporting Kansas City.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sebastian Blanco	5
Daniel Salloi	4
Felipe Mora	4
Kevin Kelsy	4
Diego Rubio	2
Marvin Loria	2
Willy Agada	2
Evander	2

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2024-05-26 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-05-19 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Portland Timbers L 2024-05-16 Portland Timbers 4–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-05-12 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-05-04 Charlotte FC 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2024-04-28 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-05-26 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-05-19 Austin FC 3–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-05-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Houston Dynamo L 2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-04-28 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 St. Louis City D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.57 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.53 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers58% Draw20% Sporting Kansas City22%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 4.1

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	76%	24%
± 3.5	57%	43%
± 4.5	38%	62%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

79%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

42%

Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers45% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

7.3%

3 – 1

6.9%

2 – 2

6.1%

2 – 0

5.6%

3 – 2

5.2%

1 – 2

4.9%

3 – 0

4.7%

4 – 1

4.4%

1 – 0

4 – 2

3.4%

2 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	17%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	20%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	12%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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