Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers, 2018

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MLS · 2018

Sporting Kansas City

3 – 0

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Portland Timbers

Sun 19 Aug 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Referee Peter Balciunas
Referee M. de Oliveira
Referee Mike Kampmeinert
Referee Kevin Stott

11 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.2 goals/game

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

Sporting Kansas City 17 games · Avg 3.6 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2018-08-19 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Portland Timbers 2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	3–0	W
12 Aug	Los Angeles FC	A	2–0	W
05 Aug	Houston Dynamo	A	1–0	W
29 Jul	FC Dallas	H	2–3	L
14 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	2–3	L
08 Jul	Toronto FC	H	2–2	D

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–3	L
16 Aug	D.C. United SC	A	1–4	L
12 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–2	L
05 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	3–0	W
29 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
22 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Portland Timbers
#30	Position	#26
21	Points	32
26	Played	27
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 13
31	Scored	48
63	Conceded	51
-32	GD	-3
0.81	PPG	1.19
23%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	5 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Sporting Kansas City get us underway at .
5' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
20' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
25' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
30' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
35' With 0 assists to his name this season, Sebastian Blanco is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
40' Puerto Rico international Zarek Valentin has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
45' The 36-year-old Samuel Armenteros has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
50' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
55' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
60' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Ike Opara has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
65' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
70' Sporting Kansas City have won 443 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
75' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Portland Timbers backline.
80' A quiet spell here at . Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
85' Roger Espinoza is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
90' Portland Timbers come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
3-0 the final result. Portland Timbers will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

20
David Guzman
99
Samuel Armenteros
8
Diego Valeri C ↓ Tomas Conechny 81'
1
Jeff Attinella
13
Lawrence Olum
16
Zarek Valentin
33
Larrys Mabiala ↓ Bill Tuiloma 45'
18
Julio Cascante
14
Andres Flores
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ Sebastian Blanco 57'
32
Marco Farfan

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.05 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.57 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City51% Draw23% Portland Timbers26%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.62

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

74%

Draw or Portland Timbers

49%

Sporting Kansas City or Portland Timbers

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City36% Draw40% Portland Timbers24%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.4%

2 – 1

8.5%

2 – 2

6.6%

1 – 2

6.6%

3 – 1

5.8%

2 – 0

5.7%

1 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.6%

0 – 0

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

3.6%

2 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	15%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	20%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	15%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

22% ✗

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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

Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

Portland Timbers Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Clean Sheet