Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

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Portland Timbers

Sun 11 Oct 2026 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 10' David Pereira da Costa

0–2 45+4' Vincent Janssen pen

Andre Luiz 45+7' 1–2

1–3 64' Ariel Lassiter

Stephen Afrira 70' 2–3

Andre Luiz 73' 3–3

Y 12' Vincent Janssen

Overview

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

Sporting Kansas City 31 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 31 games · 37 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	31	70
2	Internacional CF Miami	31	55
3	New England Revolution	31	55
4	Chicago Fire FC	31	51
5	Charlotte FC	31	47
6	Philadelphia Union	31	46
7	FC Cincinnati	31	42
8	Orlando City SC	31	42
9	New York Red Bulls	31	39
10	Columbus Crew SC	31	38
11	Toronto FC	31	36
12	New York City FC	31	35
13	D.C. United SC	31	33
14	Atlanta United FC	31	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	31	25
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	31	55
17	FC Dallas	31	54
18	St. Louis City	31	51
19	San Jose Earthquakes	31	48
20	Houston Dynamo	31	48
21	Los Angeles FC	31	46
22	Seattle Sounders FC	31	43
23	Colorado Rapids SC	31	42
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	31	40
25	Real Salt Lake	31	39
26	Portland Timbers	31	37
27	San Diego FC	31	35
28	Minnesota United FC	31	35
29	Austin FC	31	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	31	22

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 18 games · Avg 3.8 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2026-10-11 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Portland Timbers 2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City 2025-05-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers 2024-05-26 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	3–3	D
02 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–2	L
27 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	2–0	W
20 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	3–4	L
13 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	3–1	W
06 Sep	FC Dallas	A	3–4	L

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	A	3–3	D
27 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–3	L
20 Sep	Atlanta United FC	H	0–1	L
13 Sep	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
10 Sep	St. Louis City	H	2–2	D
06 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	5–4	W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Portland Timbers
#30	Position	#26
22	Points	37
31	Played	31
6 / 4 / 21	W / D / L	10 / 7 / 14
37	Scored	54
77	Conceded	58
-40	GD	-4
0.71	PPG	1.19
19%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

3% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (22 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (37 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/9

31-45

7/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/14

76+

4/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

6/10

16-30

7/10

31-45

7/9

46-60

5/4

61-75

8/3

76+

11/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	6 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome Portland Timbers for this crunch clash at Children's Mercy Park.
5' 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.
10' David Pereira da Costa adds to his 5 season tally! Portland Timbers lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
12' That is a card for Portland Timbers. Vincent Janssen will be fuming at that decision.
17' Jose Caicedo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
22' With 3 assists to his name this season, Ariel Lassiter is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
27' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
32' Portland Timbers have won 487 goals from 301 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
37' Portland Timbers come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
42' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 42.
47' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
49' Vincent Janssen adds to his 4 season tally! Portland Timbers lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
52' Andre Luiz doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
53' Andre Luiz does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Kansas City surge ahead!
58' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their 4-4-2 trying to find a way past Portland Timbers's compact 4-3-3.
63' A tactical swap from Portland Timbers — Antony on, Vincent Janssen off on 63 minutes.
64' Ariel Lassiter puts Portland Timbers on the lead.
69' Portland Timbers fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
70' Justin Reynolds does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Kansas City surge ahead!
71' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Justin Reynolds has done his job and it is now time for Ruben Ramos to step up.
73' Andre Luiz has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 73 minutes.
75' Portland Timbers manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Eric Izoita is hanging Julio Ortiz on the field on 75 minute.
79' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Jacob Bartlett on, Zorhan Bassong off on 79 minutes.
82' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Andre Luiz departs to be replaced by Magomed Suleymanov.
87' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Ariel Lassiter by Ian Smith on 87 minute.
It finishes all square. Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers share the spoils 3-3.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

14
Vincent Janssen ↓ Antony 63'
21
Diego Chara ↓ Jose Caicedo 63'
41
James Pantemis
12
Ronald Hernandez
4
Kamal Miller
7
Ariel Lassiter ↓ Ian Smith 87'
99
Kristoffer Velde ↓ Alexander Aravena 87'
2
Joel Waterman
10
David Pereira da Costa
27
Jimer Fory
80
Julio Ortiz ↓ Eric Izoita 75'

Bench

17
Cole Bassett
15
Eric Miller
22
Omir Fernandez
25
Trey Muse
11
Antony ↑ 63'
28
Alexander Aravena ↑ 87'
23
Ian Smith ↑ 87'
30
Jose Caicedo ↑ 63'
73
Eric Izoita ↑ 75'

Coach Phil Neville

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sebastian Blanco	5
Daniel Salloi	4
Felipe Mora	4
Kevin Kelsy	4
William Agada	2
Diego Rubio	2
Dairon Asprilla	2
Diego Rubio	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2026-10-11 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Portland Timbers D 2026-10-02 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-09-27 Houston Dynamo 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-09-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Philadelphia Union L 2026-09-13 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles FC W 2026-09-06 FC Dallas 4–3 Sporting Kansas City L

Portland Timbers Form

2026-10-11 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Portland Timbers D 2026-09-27 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Portland Timbers L 2026-09-20 Portland Timbers 0–1 Atlanta United FC L 2026-09-13 FC Dallas 2–1 Portland Timbers L 2026-09-10 Portland Timbers 2–2 St. Louis City D 2026-09-06 Portland Timbers 5–4 Minnesota United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.95 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.66 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw22% Portland Timbers46%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes79% 0% No21%

Avg goals/match: 4.61

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	82%	18%
± 3.5	66%	34%
± 4.5	48%	52%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

54%

Draw or Portland Timbers

68%

Sporting Kansas City or Portland Timbers

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City25% Draw34% Portland Timbers41%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

6.8%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 1

5.9%

1 – 3

5.9%

2 – 3

5.6%

2 – 1

3 – 2

4.2%

1 – 4

3.9%

2 – 4

3.8%

0 – 2

3.7%

3 – 3

Actual

3 – 1

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	8%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	13%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	48%	—	52%
+1	48%	18%	34%
+1.5	66%	—	34%
+2	66%	15%	19%
+2.5	81%	—	19%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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