Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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

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

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	#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' And we are off! Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers — let the football do the talking.
5' Manu Garcia has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 420 appearances.
10' with the perfectly-timed delivery and David Ayala makes no mistake. 0-1!
15' Kevin Kelsy has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 8 goals this season.
16' What a strike from Magomed Suleymanov! The score is 1-1.
21' Over 21 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
22' Portland Timbers receives a card for a hard tackle on 22.
26' Kevin Kelsy puts Portland Timbers on the lead.
28' Portland Timbers player sees a card in front of him.
33' Dejan Joveljic adds to his 5 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 2-2 — and this changes everything.
38' John Pulskamp needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
43' Jake Davis is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
45' Joaquin Fernandez is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
46' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Ian Smith by Claudio Bravo on 46 minute.
49' Kevin Kelsy puts Portland Timbers on the lead.
54' What composure from Jansen Miller! The USA international strokes it home. 3-3.
55' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Magomed Suleymanov is replaced by Erik Thommy on 55 minute.
58' Portland Timbers player sees a card in front of him.
63' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
68' With 0 assists to his name this season, Claudio Bravo is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
69' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 69 minute. Logan Ndenbe leaves to be changed by Tim Leibold.
74' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
76' A tactical swap from Portland Timbers — Felipe Mora on, Kevin Kelsy off on 76 minutes.
78' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Ariel Lassiter gets a card.
83' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
88' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Stephen Afrira comes on to replace Jacob Bartlett.
89' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Manu Garcia is replaced by Willy Agada on 89 minute.
Another three points for Portland Timbers.

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
Kevin Kelsy	4
Daniel Salloi	4
Felipe Mora	4
Santiago Moreno	2
Nathan Fogaca	2
Erik Thommy	2
Johnny Russell	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

1.5 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.52 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw22% Portland Timbers54%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 4.02

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

46%

Draw or Portland Timbers

76%

Sporting Kansas City or Portland Timbers

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City19% Draw36% Portland Timbers45%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

8.4%

1 – 1

7.6%

1 – 3

6.9%

2 – 2

6.1%

0 – 2

5.8%

2 – 3

5.1%

2 – 1

0 – 3

4.8%

1 – 4

4.4%

0 – 1

4.2%

2 – 4

Actual

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	6%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	12%	79%
-0.5	21%	—	79%
+0.5	41%	—	59%
+1	41%	20%	39%
+1.5	61%	—	39%
+2	61%	17%	22%
+2.5	78%	—	22%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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