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 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 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	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

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	#23
14	Points	24
18	Played	18
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 8
18	Scored	33
46	Conceded	33
-28	GD	+0
0.78	PPG	1.33
22%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Sporting Kansas City host Portland Timbers — let the battle begin!
5' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
10' Andy Polo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
15' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. David Guzman has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Portland Timbers needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' Diego Chara has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
35' Portland Timbers fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
40' Matt Besler is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
45' Sporting Kansas City have won 439 goals from 285 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
50' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
55' 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.
60' Portland Timbers has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
65' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
70' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jeff Attinella suffering a number of foals already.
75' Portland Timbers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
80' 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.
85' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
90' Portland Timbers is showing some good football. However, Portland Timbers are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
2-3 the final result. Sporting Kansas City will be bitterly disappointed.

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
Daniel Salloi	4
Felipe Mora	4
Kevin Kelsy	4
Diego Valeri	2
Bill Tuiloma	2
Santiago Moreno	2
Nathan Fogaca	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

1.66 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.25 Portland Timbers xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw24% Portland Timbers44%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.91

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	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

55%

Draw or Portland Timbers

68%

Sporting Kansas City or Portland Timbers

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw38% Portland Timbers38%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 1

6.1%

1 – 3

6.1%

0 – 2

5.2%

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 1

4.1%

0 – 3

3.8%

3 – 2

3.7%

1 – 4

3.4%

3 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	8%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	14%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	19%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	15%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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