Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

Sporting Kansas City

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Portland Timbers

Sun 13 Apr 2025 · 18:15 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 22' Ian Smith

Y 28' Antony

Joaquin Fernandez 45' Y

Y 58' Diego Chara

Y 78' Ariel Lassiter

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

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

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

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 2023-05-28 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers 2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	2–4	L
06 Apr	St. Louis City	H	2–0	W
30 Mar	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
23 Mar	Los Angeles FC	H	0–2	L
16 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	3–3	D
09 Mar	D.C. United SC	A	1–2	L

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	A	4–2	W
05 Apr	Austin FC	A	0–0	D
30 Mar	Houston Dynamo	H	3–1	W
23 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	3–0	W
16 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D
09 Mar	Nashville SC	A	0–2	L

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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Sporting Kansas City launch into their encounter with Portland Timbers.
5' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Diego Chara has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' David Ayala is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
16' A stunning finish from Magomed Suleymanov — that came from absolutely nowhere!
21' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Felipe Mora made 11 appearances and scored 48 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
22' Portland Timbers receives a card for a hard tackle on 22.
26' Portland Timbers is taking the lead after the goal scored by Kevin Kelsy on 26.
28' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Antony on 28 minutes.
33' Dejan Joveljic does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Kansas City surge ahead!
38' John Pulskamp is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Portland Timbers tonight.
43' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
45' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Joaquin Fernandez on 45 minutes.
46' Portland Timbers ring the changes. Ian Smith has done his job and it is now time for Claudio Bravo to step up.
49' Kevin Kelsy puts Portland Timbers on the lead.
54' GOAL! Jansen Miller fires home to make it 3-3!
55' The supporters are chanting for Erik Thommy. He replaces Magomed Suleymanov on 55 minute.
58' Diego Chara was booked on 58.
63' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
68' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
69' The supporters are chanting for Tim Leibold. He replaces Logan Ndenbe on 69 minute.
74' Costa Rica international Ariel Lassiter has been a key figure this campaign — 8 goals and 4 assists in the Array this season.
76' Felipe Mora gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Kevin Kelsy and will look to change the dynamic.
78' Portland Timbers receives a card for a hard tackle on 78.
83' It’s high time Phil Neville made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
88' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Jacob Bartlett exits the field as Stephen Afrira enters on 88.
89' Willy Agada is replacing Manu Garcia for the Sporting Kansas City side.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-4 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

26
Erik Thommy ↑ 55'
14
Tim Leibold ↑ 69'
8
Memo Rodriguez ↑ 69'
13
Mason Toye
22
Zorhan Bassong
5
Dany Rosero
23
Willy Agada ↑ 89'
30
Stephen Afrira ↑ 88'
36
Ryan Schewe

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

21
Diego Chara ↓ Julio Ortiz 69'
41
James Pantemis
4
Kamal Miller
24
David Ayala
10
David Pereira da Costa
11
Antony ↓ Ariel Lassiter 76'
30
Santiago Moreno ↓ Cristhian Paredes 69'
20
Finn Surman
19
Kevin Kelsy ↓ Felipe Mora 76'
29
Juan Mosquera
23
Ian Smith ↓ Claudio Bravo 46'

Bench

Coach Phil Neville

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sebastian Blanco	5
Daniel Salloi	4
Felipe Mora	4
Kevin Kelsy	4
Evander	2
Diego Valeri	2
Ariel Lassiter	2
Bill Tuiloma	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers L 2025-04-06 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 St. Louis City W 2025-03-30 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-03-23 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC L 2025-03-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Minnesota United FC D 2025-03-09 D.C. United SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Portland Timbers Form

2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers W 2025-04-05 Austin FC 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2025-03-30 Portland Timbers 3–1 Houston Dynamo W 2025-03-23 Colorado Rapids SC 0–3 Portland Timbers W 2025-03-16 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2025-03-09 Nashville SC 2–0 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.59 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.41 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City26% Draw23% Portland Timbers51%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 4

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

49%

Draw or Portland Timbers

74%

Sporting Kansas City or Portland Timbers

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw37% Portland Timbers41%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

8.2%

1 – 1

7.8%

1 – 3

6.5%

2 – 2

6.4%

2 – 1

5.5%

0 – 2

5.4%

2 – 3

5.1%

0 – 3

4.2%

0 – 1

4.1%

1 – 4

3.9%

3 – 2

3.4%

2 – 4

Actual

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	7%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	13%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	45%	—	55%
+1	45%	20%	35%
+1.5	65%	—	35%
+2	65%	16%	19%
+2.5	81%	—	19%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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