Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

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Portland Timbers

Sun 29 Sep 2019 · 23:30 UTC HT 45+4' · FT 45+4'

Felipe Gutierrez 35' Y

Y 35' Brian Fernandez

R 36' Brian Fernandez

Roger Espinoza 38' R

Roger Espinoza 40' R

Y 60' Renzo Zambrano

Y 65' Sebastian Blanco

Y 72' Zarek Valentin

Botond Barath 75' Y

Tim Melia 81' Y

Ilie Sanchez 84' R

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Referee Armando Villarreal
Referee Adam Wienckowski
Referee Oscar Mitchell Carvalho
Referee

15 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 8.7 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 18 games · Avg 3.8 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2019-09-29 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Portland Timbers 2019-09-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	2–2	D
26 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
22 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–3	L
16 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–7	L
08 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
01 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–2	D
26 Sep	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D
22 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	0–0	D
19 Sep	New York Red Bulls	H	0–2	L
15 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	0–1	L
08 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Portland Timbers
#30	Position	#22
26	Points	46
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	13 / 7 / 14
40	Scored	62
81	Conceded	61
-41	GD	+1
0.76	PPG	1.35
21%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

9% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Portland Timbers are 22nd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

7/10

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

6/5

61-75

10/4

76+

12/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Portland Timbers

Kristoffer Velde	12 G	6 A
Ariel Lassiter	9 G	4 A
Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers is underway.
5' USA international Gianluca Busio has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 2 assists in the Array this season.
10' Portland Timbers are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 301 games and scored 461 goals.
20' Jorge Villafana has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
29' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Sebastian Blanco makes no mistake. 0-1!
30' Krisztian Nemeth doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
35' Felipe Gutierrez is having his name booked by the referee on 35.
36' Brian Fernandez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Red card on 36.
38' Controversy at the stadium! Roger Espinoza argues furiously but the Red card stands.
40' Roger Espinoza has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Red card on 40.
45' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
46' The Hungary Daniel Salloi breaks the deadlock on 46 minutes. 2-1!
51' With 0 assists to his name this season, Diego Chara is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
55' The crowd applauds Marvin Loria as he leaves the pitch. Jeremy Ebobisse steps in for Portland Timbers.
58' The whistle greets Andy Polo as he departs to be replaced by Dairon Asprilla.
60' The referee shows Portland Timbers player a Yellow card on 60.
60' The crowd applauds Johnny Russell as he leaves the pitch. Gerso Fernandes steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
65' The referee has no hesitation. Sebastian Blanco is booked for Portland Timbers — Yellow card on 65.
70' It’s high time Giovanni Savarese made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
72' A moment of madness from Zarek Valentin on 72 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Portland Timbers will be frustrated.
73' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Krisztian Nemeth is withdrawn and Erik Hurtado gets his opportunity.
75' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
80' The energy levels are beginning to show. Giovanni Savarese might look to freshen things up shortly.
81' A moment of madness from Tim Melia on 81 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
84' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Ilie Sanchez gets a Red card.
85' Gianluca Busio makes way for Matt Besler at the 85 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
85' Dairon Asprilla doubles the advantage! 2-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
89' Jorge Moreira is replacing Renzo Zambrano for the Portland Timbers side.
90' Renzo Zambrano makes way for Jorge Moreira at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Portland Timbers.
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

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
Diego Valeri	2
Ariel Lassiter	2
Bill Tuiloma	2
Santiago Moreno	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-09-29 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Portland Timbers D 2019-09-26 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC L 2019-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 7–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-01 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo W

Portland Timbers Form

2019-09-29 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Portland Timbers D 2019-09-26 Portland Timbers 2–2 New England Revolution D 2019-09-22 Portland Timbers 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2019-09-19 Portland Timbers 0–2 New York Red Bulls L 2019-09-15 Portland Timbers 0–1 D.C. United SC L 2019-09-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.67 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.19 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Portland Timbers 76% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw24% Portland Timbers44%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.86

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

56%

Draw or Portland Timbers

68%

Sporting Kansas City or Portland Timbers

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw38% Portland Timbers38%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

6.3%

1 – 3

5.9%

0 – 2

5.1%

2 – 3

4.9%

0 – 1

4.2%

3 – 2

3.8%

0 – 3

3.6%

3 – 1

3.5%

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	9%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	15%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	19%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	15%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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