Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Portland Timbers

6 – 0

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sun 10 May 2026 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Kristoffer Velde 6' 1–0

Kevin Kelsy 15' 2–0

Cole Bassett 22' 3–0

Jake Davis og 26' 4–0

Ariel Lassiter 71' 5–0

Kevin Kelsy 74' 6–0

Y 19' Lasse Berg Johnsen

Jose Caicedo 33' Y

Y 41' Jake Davis

Y 45' Jayden Reid

Y 53' Ethan Bartlow

Y 76' Capita

Overview

Match Preview

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)

Match Details

Referee Ramy Touchan
Assistant 1 Ryan Graves (USA)
Assistant 2 Kali Smith (USA)

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

2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	6–0	W
02 May	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
26 Apr	San Diego FC	A	2–1	W
19 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	0–2	L
11 Apr	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
05 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–3	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 May	Portland Timbers	A	0–6	L
02 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
26 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–5	L
18 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–3	L
12 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–3	L
04 Apr	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L

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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Portland Timbers is hosting Sporting Kansas City for another epic battle.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 281 games and scored 435 goals.
6' GOAL! Kristoffer Velde scores on 6. Assisted by David Pereira da Costa
11' 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.
15' What a strike from Kevin Kelsy! The score is 2-0.
16' Kevin Kelsy with the second goal in the match!
19' It’s gonna be a card for Lasse Berg Johnsen.
22' GOAL! Cole Bassett scores on 22.
26' GOAL! Jake Davis scores on 26.
31' 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.
33' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Jose Caicedo gets a card.
38' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 38.
41' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jake Davis on 41.
45' Jayden Reid is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
50' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
53' The referee calls foul for Ethan Bartlow. He receives a card.
58' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
63' It’s high time Raphaël Wicky made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
68' Supporters expect more eagerness from Finn Surman, as he is very good at scoring at Providence Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
71' What a strike from Ariel Lassiter! The score is 5-1.
74' What a strike from Kevin Kelsy! The score is 6-1.
76' The referee calls foul for Capita. He receives a card.
81' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
86' Jacob Bartlett has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
Full Time. Portland Timbers beats Sporting Kansas City

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Phil Neville

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

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

2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-05-02 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2026-04-26 San Diego FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2026-04-19 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2026-04-11 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2026-04-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-04-26 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

3.51 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

0.9 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Portland Timbers to win 78%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers78% Draw13% Sporting Kansas City9%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 4.41

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	62%	38%
± 4.5	43%	57%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

92%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

22%

Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City

87%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers65% Draw28% Sporting Kansas City7%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

8.9%

2 – 0

7.9%

3 – 1

7.8%

4 – 0

7.6%

2 – 1

6.8%

4 – 1

6.8%

5 – 0

5.3%

5 – 1

4.8%

1 – 1

4.5%

1 – 0

4.5%

3 – 2

3.5%

6 – 0

Actual

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	48%	—	52%
-2	48%	20%	33%
-1.5	67%	—	33%
-1	67%	16%	17%
-0.5	83%	—	17%
+0.5	94%	—	6%
+1	94%	4%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

41% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

4% ✓

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