Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 11 May 2025 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Claudio Bravo 67' Y

Y 73' Magomed Suleymanov

Y 74' Jake Davis

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

2025-05-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers 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

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–0	W
04 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–4	L
28 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	4–2	W
20 Apr	Los Angeles FC	H	3–3	D
13 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	A	4–2	W
05 Apr	Austin FC	A	0–0	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 May	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
04 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–0	W
26 Apr	FC Cincinnati	A	1–2	L
20 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	5–3	W
13 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	2–4	L
06 Apr	St. Louis City	H	2–0	W

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' That's the starting whistle at Providence Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City.
5' Portland Timbers has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
10' Santiago Moreno adds to his 2 season tally! Portland Timbers lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
20' The energy levels are beginning to show. Phil Neville might look to freshen things up shortly.
25' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
30' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
35' Sporting Kansas City have won 440 goals from 289 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
40' Portland Timbers looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Kevin Kelsy scoring 2 goals.
45' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
46' Jake Davis gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Jacob Bartlett and will look to change the dynamic.
51' It is a cagey affair so far. Portland Timbers in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
56' Magomed Suleymanov is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Portland Timbers tonight.
61' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
66' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
67' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Claudio Bravo on 67 minutes.
68' Portland Timbers manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kevin Kelsy is hanging Felipe Mora on the field on 68 minute.
69' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Tim Leibold has done his job and it is now time for Zorhan Bassong to step up.
70' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Erik Thommy comes on to replace Daniel Salloi.
73' Controversy at the stadium! Magomed Suleymanov argues furiously but the card stands.
74' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
78' The supporters are chanting for Omir Fernandez. He replaces Santiago Moreno on 78 minute.
81' Santiago Munoz is ready to make an impact after coming on for Magomed Suleymanov at the 81 minute mark.
84' Eric Miller is replacing Juan Mosquera for the Portland Timbers side.
89' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Kerry Zavagnin will be considering his options from the bench.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Portland Timbers take all three points.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

5
Claudio Bravo
16
Maxime Crepeau
4
Kamal Miller
9
Felipe Mora ↓ Kevin Kelsy 68'
24
David Ayala ↓ Cristhian Paredes 68'
10
David Pereira da Costa ↓ Jonathan Rodriguez 78'
11
Antony
30
Santiago Moreno ↓ Omir Fernandez 78'
20
Finn Surman
29
Juan Mosquera ↓ Eric Miller 84'
80
Julio Ortiz

Bench

17
Cristhian Paredes ↑ 68'
15
Eric Miller ↑ 84'
13
Dario Zuparic
14
Jonathan Rodriguez ↑ 78'
22
Omir Fernandez ↑ 78'
25
Trey Muse
7
Ariel Lassiter
19
Kevin Kelsy ↑ 68'
23
Ian Smith

Coach Phil Neville

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

21
Manu Garcia
14
Tim Leibold ↓ Zorhan Bassong 69'
6
Nemanja Radoja
10
Daniel Salloi ↓ Erik Thommy 70'
3
Andrew Brody ↓ Khiry Shelton 69'
9
Dejan Joveljic
4
Robert Voloder
1
John Pulskamp
93
Magomed Suleymanov ↓ Santiago Munoz 81'
16
Jacob Bartlett ↓ Jake Davis 46'
15
Jansen Miller

Bench

26
Erik Thommy ↑ 70'
11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 69'
8
Memo Rodriguez
22
Zorhan Bassong ↑ 69'
7
Santiago Munoz ↑ 81'
17
Jake Davis ↑ 46'
5
Dany Rosero
30
Stephen Afrira
36
Ryan Schewe

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2025-05-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-05-04 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Portland Timbers L 2025-04-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–4 Portland Timbers W 2025-04-20 Portland Timbers 3–3 Los Angeles FC D 2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers W 2025-04-05 Austin FC 0–0 Portland Timbers D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-05-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-05-04 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2025-04-26 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-04-20 San Jose Earthquakes 3–5 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers L 2025-04-06 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 St. Louis City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.56 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.52 Sporting Kansas City xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers60% Draw20% Sporting Kansas City20%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 4.08

Actual: No — clean sheet

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

80%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

40%

Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers45% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 1

7.4%

3 – 1

6.9%

2 – 2

6.1%

2 – 0

5.7%

3 – 2

5.2%

1 – 2

4.9%

3 – 0

4.7%

4 – 1

4.4%

1 – 0

Actual

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

23% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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