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 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

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

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	#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' The wait is over. Portland Timbers get us underway at Children's Mercy Park.
5' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' David Ayala makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Portland Timbers are in front.
15' Logan Ndenbe has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
16' Magomed Suleymanov makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
21' 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 Ian Smith suffering a number of foals already.
22' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Ian Smith gets a card.
26' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Kevin Kelsy makes it 1-2.
28' The referee calls foul for Antony. He receives a card.
33' What a strike from Dejan Joveljic! The score is 2-2.
38' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
43' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
45' Joaquin Fernandez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 45.
46' Claudio Bravo gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Ian Smith and will look to change the dynamic.
49' Kevin Kelsy with the second goal in the match!
54' Brilliant from the ! Jansen Miller makes it 3-3 with a superb finish on 54.
55' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Magomed Suleymanov is replaced by Erik Thommy.
58' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Diego Chara gets a card.
63' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
68' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
69' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Logan Ndenbe is withdrawn and Tim Leibold gets his opportunity.
74' It’s high time Kerry Zavagnin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
76' Kevin Kelsy makes way for Felipe Mora at the 76 minute mark. A tactical switch from Portland Timbers.
78' Ariel Lassiter is having his name booked by the referee on 78.
83' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
88' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Jacob Bartlett is replaced by Stephen Afrira on 88 minute.
89' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Willy Agada comes on to replace Manu Garcia.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sporting Kansas City.

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
Bill Tuiloma	2
Santiago Moreno	2
Nathan Fogaca	2
Erik Thommy	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

1.65 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.4 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City27% Draw23% Portland Timbers50%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 4.05

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	76%	24%
± 3.5	57%	43%
± 4.5	38%	62%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

49%

Draw or Portland Timbers

73%

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

8.1%

1 – 1

7.7%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 3

6.4%

2 – 1

5.6%

2 – 3

5.2%

0 – 2

5.2%

0 – 3

1 – 4

3.8%

0 – 1

3.8%

3 – 2

3.6%

2 – 4

Actual

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	13%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	19%	34%
+1.5	66%	—	34%
+2	66%	16%	18%
+2.5	82%	—	18%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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