Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers

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🕒 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 19:15 Europe/London 📍 Children's Mercy Park 🧑‍⚖️ Armando Villarrea 🔁 Regular Season - 8 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 8

Regular Season Table

Sporting Kansas City 27 · Portland Timbers 17

Referee Stats

Armando Villarrea

14 matches · 3.71 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	3.71
Reds avg	0.14
Penalties avg	0.50
Over 4.5 cards	43%
Home wins	21%
Draws	29%
Away wins	50%

How the match was won

Portland Timbers outshot their opponent (9-14).
Portland Timbers controlled possession (55%).
Portland Timbers had the sharper finishing (6-8 shots on target).

Team Overview

Sporting Kansas City (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-5-8

Goals For / Against

25 / 32

Avg: 1.47 / 1.88

Points

Avg: 1.00

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Portland Timbers (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-5-10

Goals For / Against

17 / 28

Avg: 0.89 / 1.47

Points

Avg: 0.89

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this MLS fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.00

PPG

0.89

1.47

0.89

1.88

1.47

53%

O2.5

35%

65%

BTTS

35%

24%

Score 1st

29%

League-position context

Sporting Kansas City rank27th

Portland Timbers rank17th

Sporting Kansas City points28

Portland Timbers points44

Sporting Kansas City: #27 · 28 pts · GD -24

37 pts off the top 2. 30 pts off the play-off line. 2 pts from safety.

Portland Timbers: #17 · 44 pts · GD -7

21 pts off the top 2. 14 pts off the play-off line. 16 pts clear of the relegation zone.

16-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Sporting Kansas City last 5 home

D L L W L

Points4/15

Weighted index24

Goals5-8

Record1-1-3

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Portland Timbers last 5 away

L D L D D

Points3/15

Weighted index16

Goals2-4

Record0-3-2

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.553%

BTTS65%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.535%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 88% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 0%

Portland Timbers trend breakdown

Over 2.535%

BTTS35%

BTTS + O2.524%

1H Over 0.547%

Also: Over 0.5 82% · Over 1.5 59% · Over 3.5 18% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Sporting Kansas City score at home76%

Sporting Kansas City clean sheet at home18%

Portland Timbers score away47%

Portland Timbers clean sheet away29%

First-goal patterns

Sporting Kansas City score first24%

Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first50%

Portland Timbers score first29%

Portland Timbers win after scoring first60%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Sporting Kansas City 54% · Portland Timbers 30%

Avg first goal minute: Sporting Kansas City 24.3' · Portland Timbers 30.2'

Vs league average

Sporting Kansas City score at home1.47 vs 1.64

Sporting Kansas City concede at home1.88 vs 1.36

Portland Timbers score away0.89 vs 1.36

Portland Timbers concede away1.47 vs 1.64

Sporting Kansas City score 10% below league average, while Portland Timbers score 34% below league average.

Defensive side: Sporting Kansas City are 38% above league average at home, and Portland Timbers are 10% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals4.40

BTTS60%

Over 2.580%

At this venue setup: 4.80 goals on average across the last 5.

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (home)

1H scored: 31% 2H scored: 69% Danger: 61-75 Vulnerable: 0-15

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

61-75 8

76-90+ 8

16-30 5

46-60 4

0-15 3

31-45 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

0-15 8

16-30 8

31-45 7

76-90+ 5

46-60 4

61-75 4

Portland Timbers goal timing (away)

1H scored: 50% 2H scored: 50% Danger: 31-45 Vulnerable: 16-30

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

31-45 4

46-60 3

16-30 2

61-75 2

76-90+ 2

0-15 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

16-30 6

31-45 6

61-75 6

76-90+ 5

46-60 4

0-15 2

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

45%

55%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

423

516

Passes Accurate

358

454

Passes %

85%

88%

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

10' ⚽

⚽

10' ⚽ Goal · 0-1

D. Ayala

Normal Goal · Assist: David Pereira da Costa

16' ⚽

⚽

16' ⚽ Goal · 1-1

M. Suleymanov

Normal Goal

22'

22' Ian Smith

26' ⚽

⚽

26' ⚽ Goal · 1-2

K. Kelsy

Normal Goal · Assist: D. Ayala

28'

28' Antony

30' ⚽

⚽

30' ⚽ VAR

M. Suleymanov

Penalty confirmed

33' ⚽

⚽

33' ⚽ Goal · 2-2

D. Joveljić

Penalty

45+6'

45+6' Joaquín Fernández

46' ↑↓

↑↓

46' ⇄ Ian Smith

1st substitution · For: C. Bravo

49' ⚽

⚽

49' ⚽ Goal · 2-3

K. Kelsy

Normal Goal · Assist: Antony

54' ⚽

⚽

54' ⚽ Goal · 2-4

Jansen Miller

Own Goal

55' ↑↓

↑↓

55' ⇄ M. Suleymanov

1st substitution · For: E. Thommy

58'

58' D. Chará

69' ↑↓

↑↓

69' ⇄ K. Shelton

2nd substitution · For: M. Rodríguez

69' ↑↓

↑↓

69' ⇄ L. Ndenbe

3rd substitution · For: T. Leibold

69' ↑↓

↑↓

69' ⇄ D. Chará

2nd substitution · For: C. Paredes

69' ↑↓

↑↓

69' ⇄ S. Moreno

3rd substitution · For: J. Rodríguez

76' ↑↓

↑↓

76' ⇄ Antony

4th substitution · For: A. Lassiter

76' ↑↓

↑↓

76' ⇄ K. Kelsy

5th substitution · For: F. Mora

78'

78' A. Lassiter

88' ↑↓

↑↓

88' ⇄ Manu García

4th substitution · For: W. Agada

88' ↑↓

↑↓

88' ⇄ J. Bartlett

5th substitution · For: S. Afrifa

Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers 2-4: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Portland Timbers beat Sporting Kansas City 4-2 on Sunday, 13 April 2025 in MLS. The match was refereed by Armando Villarrea. It was played at Children's Mercy Park.

First half: Portland Timbers took an early lead at 10' when D. Ayala scored, with the assist credited to David Pereira da Costa, making the score 0-1. Sporting Kansas City leveled the score at 16' when M. Suleymanov scored, making the score 1-1. Ian Smith received a yellow card for Portland Timbers at 22'. Portland Timbers took the lead at 26' when K. Kelsy scored, with the assist credited to D. Ayala, making the score 1-2. Antony received a yellow card for Portland Timbers at 28'. VAR intervened at 30' for Sporting Kansas City (Penalty confirmed). Sporting Kansas City leveled the score at 33' when D. Joveljić scored (Penalty), making the score 2-2. Joaquín Fernández received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 45+6'.

Second half: Portland Timbers made their 1st substitution at 46', with Ian Smith replacing C. Bravo. Portland Timbers took the lead at 49' when K. Kelsy scored, with the assist credited to Antony, making the score 2-3. Portland Timbers extended the lead at 54' when Jansen Miller scored (Own Goal), making the score 2-4. Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 55', with M. Suleymanov replacing E. Thommy. D. Chará received a yellow card for Portland Timbers at 58'. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 69', with K. Shelton replacing M. Rodríguez. Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 69', with L. Ndenbe replacing T. Leibold. Portland Timbers made their 2nd substitution at 69', with D. Chará replacing C. Paredes. Portland Timbers made their 3rd substitution at 69', with S. Moreno replacing J. Rodríguez. Portland Timbers made their 4th substitution at 76', with Antony replacing A. Lassiter. Portland Timbers made their 5th substitution at 76', with K. Kelsy replacing F. Mora. A. Lassiter received a yellow card for Portland Timbers at 78'. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 88', with Manu García replacing W. Agada. Sporting Kansas City made their 5th substitution at 88', with J. Bartlett replacing S. Afrifa.

Sporting Kansas City used 5 substitutions while Portland Timbers used 5 substitutions. Sporting Kansas City got 1 yellow card, while Portland Timbers got 4 yellow cards.