Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers, 2026

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Fri 30 Nov 2018 · 02:30 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 Mark Geiger
Referee Joe Fletcher
Referee Baldomero Toledo
Referee David Gantar
Referee Matthew Nelson

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

2018-11-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Portland Timbers 2018-11-26 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 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
30 Nov	Portland Timbers	H	2–3	L
26 Nov	Portland Timbers	A	0–0	D
11 Nov	Real Salt Lake	H	4–2	W
05 Nov	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D
28 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
21 Oct	FC Dallas	A	3–0	W

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Nov	Sporting Kansas City	A	3–2	W
26 Nov	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–0	D
09 Nov	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–3	L
04 Nov	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
01 Nov	FC Dallas	A	2–1	W
28 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L

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' Three points are at stake. Sporting Kansas City host Portland Timbers — let the battle begin!
5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
10' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Giovanni Savarese might look to freshen things up shortly.
20' Lawrence Olum, a Kenya , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
35' Supporters expect more eagerness from Graham Zusi, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
45' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
50' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
55' Diego Valeri is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
60' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Giovanni Savarese will be considering his options from the bench.
65' Dairon Asprilla has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
70' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
75' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
80' Sporting Kansas City have won 443 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
85' 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.
90' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Portland Timbers's compact .
The final score is 2-3.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-11-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Portland Timbers L 2018-11-26 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-11-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Real Salt Lake W 2018-11-05 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2018-10-21 FC Dallas 0–3 Sporting Kansas City W

Portland Timbers Form

2018-11-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Portland Timbers W 2018-11-26 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-11-09 Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2018-11-04 Portland Timbers 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2018-11-01 FC Dallas 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2018-10-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.81 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.13 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Portland Timbers 76% + Over 2.5 goals 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City35% Draw24% Portland Timbers41%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 3.94

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

59%

Draw or Portland Timbers

65%

Sporting Kansas City or Portland Timbers

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City27% Draw38% Portland Timbers35%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

7.8%

2 – 2

6.9%

2 – 1

6.6%

1 – 3

5.5%

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 2

4.5%

3 – 2

4.2%

3 – 1

3.9%

0 – 1

3.7%

2 – 0

3.3%

0 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	16%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	55%	—	45%
+1	55%	18%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	14%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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