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 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

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
#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' The wait is over. Sporting Kansas City get us underway at Providence Park.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portland Timbers that had 291 games and scored 469 goals.
10' Portland Timbers looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Kevin Kelsy scoring 2 goals.
15' Nemanja Radoja needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
17' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Felipe Hernandez on, Erik Thommy off on 17 minutes.
22' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
27' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Juan Mosquera has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
32' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
37' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
41' The referee has no hesitation. Memo Rodriguez is booked for Sporting Kansas City — card on 41.
46' 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.
51' A goal from the Chile international Felipe Mora! He fires home on 51 to make it 1-0!
56' Portland Timbers are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
61' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
62' What an equalizer from Memo Rodriguez!
67' Portland Timbers currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
72' It is a cagey affair so far. Portland Timbers in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
75' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Daniel Salloi is withdrawn and Marinos Tzionis gets his opportunity.
80' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
83' Evander does the damage! The net is bulging and Portland Timbers surge ahead!
88' Time for substitution for Portland Timbers. Juan Mosquera is replaced by Eric Miller.
89' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Memo Rodriguez is replaced by Willy Agada.
90' Claudio Bravo gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Evander and will look to change the dynamic.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Erik Thommy	2
Johnny Russell	2
Willy Agada	2
William Agada	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

2.71 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.45 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers61% Draw20% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 4.16

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

81%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

39%

Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers47% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

3 – 1

7.2%

1 – 1

6.9%

2 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 2

5.2%

3 – 0

5.1%

4 – 1

4.9%

1 – 2

4.4%

1 – 0

4 – 2

3.6%

4 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	25%	—	75%
-2	25%	18%	57%
-1.5	43%	—	57%
-1	43%	20%	37%
-0.5	63%	—	37%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	10%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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