Sporting Kansas City 4-1 Portland Timbers - Major League Soccer - May 28, 2023 - Match Guide, Data Analysis, Standings - Football

Major League Soccer

May 28, 2023 at 8pm UK

Children's Mercy Park

Kansas

4 - 1

Portland

Thommy (33'), Salloi (66'), Mabiala (68' og.), Hernandez (90+3')
Fontas (47'), Radoja (72'), Shelton (85')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Boli (8')
Loria (89')

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The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

More game data and we say below the videos

Form, Standings, Stats

Sporting Kansas City

All competitions

Last Game: St Louis City 4-0 Kansas
Sunday, May 21 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

Portland Timbers

All competitions

Last Game: Portland 0-1 Minnesota Utd
Sunday, May 21 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

We said: Sporting Kansas City 2-1 Portland Timbers

Despite their previous defeat, SKC have improved in almost every department this month, while the Timbers have consistently shot themselves in the foot on the road, so we expect the home team to bounce back on Sunday.

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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sporting Kansas City win with a probability of 61.75%. A draw had a probability of 21.1% and a win for Portland Timbers had a probability of 17.16%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.57%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.53%) and 2-1 (9.94%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.98%), while for a Portland Timbers win it was 0-1 (5.01%). The actual scoreline of 4-1 was predicted with a 3.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Sporting Kansas City would win this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Portland Timbers
61.75% ( 0.03)	21.08% ( -0.01)	17.16% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 52.74% (

-0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.22% (

0.01)

43.78% (

-0)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.83% (

66.17% (

-0)

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

86.35% (

0.01)

13.64% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

59.18% (

0.02)

40.82% (

-0.02)

Portland Timbers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.07% (

-0.02)

38.92% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.35% (

-0.02)

75.65% (

0.02)

Score Analysis

Sporting Kansas City 61.74%

Portland Timbers 17.16%

Draw 21.09%

Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Portland Timbers
1-0 @ 10.57% 2-0 @ 10.53% 2-1 @ 9.94% 3-0 @ 7% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 6.6% ( 0) 4-0 @ 3.48% ( 0) 4-1 @ 3.29% ( 0) 3-2 @ 3.11% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.55% 5-0 @ 1.39% ( 0) 5-1 @ 1.31% ( 0) Other @ 2.97% Total : 61.74%	1-1 @ 9.98% ( -0) 0-0 @ 5.31% 2-2 @ 4.69% ( -0) 3-3 @ 0.98% ( -0) Other @ 0.12% Total : 21.09%	0-1 @ 5.01% ( -0) 1-2 @ 4.71% ( -0) 0-2 @ 2.36% ( -0) 1-3 @ 1.48% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.48% ( -0) Other @ 2.12% Total : 17.16%

How you voted: Kansas vs Portland

Sporting Kansas City

77.8%

Draw

11.1%

Portland Timbers

11.1%

Head to Head

Feb 28, 2023 3am

Portland

1-0

Kansas

David Mosquera (6')
Zuparic (26'), Williamson (73'), Evander (89')

Thommy (16')

Aug 22, 2022 12.55am

Kansas

4-1

Portland

Agade (31', 75'), Fontas (40'), Thommy (42')
Sweat (78')

Blanco (90+1')
McGraw (57'), Chara (86')

May 15, 2022 3am

Portland

7-2

Kansas

Tuiloma (12'), Blanco (46', 52'), Fogaca (56', 69'), Loria (88'), Moreno (90+2')
van Rankin (64'), Tuiloma (72'), Chara (86')
van Rankin (74')

Russell (57'), Tzionis (75')
Espinoza (18'), Voloder (35')
Voloder (78')

Aug 19, 2021 1.30am

gameweek 27

Kansas

1-1

Portland

Salloi (90+2')
Salloi (25'), Pulido (62')

Mora (17')
Chara (28'), van Rankin (43'), Bonilla (77'), Valeri (84')

Jun 20, 2021 3.30am

gameweek 11

Portland

2-1

Kansas

Asprilla (36'), Loria (45+1')
Zuparic (38'), Zambrano (87')

Lindsey (28')
Fontas (69'), Espinoza (74'), Sanchez (83')

Form Guide

St Louis City 4-0 Kansas

Los Angeles 1-1 Kansas

Kansas 3-0 Minnesota Utd

Seattle 1-2 Kansas

Kansas 0-2 Montreal

New England 2-1 Kansas

Portland 0-1 Minnesota Utd

Salt Lake 0-0 Portland

Portland 3-1 Vancouver

Portland 2-2 Austin

St Louis City 1-2 Portland

Cincinnati 2-1 Portland

Galatasaray

Fenerbahce

Aarhus

Eredivisie Promotion Playoffs

Argentine Primera Division

Under-20 World Cup

Under-20 World Cup

Euro Under-17 Championship

> Fixtures

England U17s

4-2

Switzerland U17s

Euro Under-17 Championship

Germany U17s

French Open First Round

> Fixtures

Result

Andreeva
Riske-Amritraj

6 6
2 1

Result

Wang
Bouzkova

6 77
4 65

Result

Jarry
Dellien

6 6 6
4 4 2

Result

Peterson
Ferro

6 6
2 0

Result

Paul
Stricker

6 6 6
3 2 4

Result

Nishioka
Wolf

1 3 6 6 6
6 6 4 3 3

Result

Kalinina
Parry

2 3
6 6

Result

Ymer
Ruud

4 3 2
6 6 6

Result

Purcell
Thompson

7 1 6 6
5 6 4 4

Result

Mpetshi Perricard
Alberto Olivieri

63 6 6 5 1
77 4 4 7 6

Result

Vavassori
Kecmanovic

5 2 710 77 711
7 6 68 63 69

Result

Bronzetti
Jabeur

4 1
6 6

Result

Danilovic
Baindl

6 6
3 2

Result

Bublik
Zeppieri

0 6 6 3 5
6 4 4 6 7

Result

Gaston
Molcan

1 64 4
6 77 6

Result

Zverev
Harris

78 77 6
66 60 1

Result

Rus
Grabher

2 3
6 6

Result

Noskova
Kovinic

6 2
3 1

(ret.)

Result

Janicijevic
Dodin

6 2 1
0 6 6

Result

Tsurenko
Krejcikova

6 6
2 4

12pm

Zhu
Davis

Result

Masarova
Gauff

6 1 2
3 6 6

12.15pm

Seyboth Wild
Medvedev

1.30pm

Cerundolo
Munar

1.30pm

Cirstea
Paolini

1.30pm

Burel
Sorribes Tormo

1.30pm

Ruusuvuori
Barrere

1.30pm

Halys
Pella

1.30pm

Monteiro
Hanfmann

1.30pm

Rune
Eubanks

1.30pm

Rybakina
Fruhvirtova

2.15pm

Swiatek
Bucsa

3pm

Skatov
Dimitrov

3pm

Mmoh
Fritz

3pm

Gasquet
Rinderknech

3.30pm

In-Albon
Liu

3.30pm

Martic
Rogers

3.30pm

Andreeva
Navarro

3.30pm

Azarenka
Andreescu

7.15pm

Monfils
Baez

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Tables

Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	14	10	3	1	22	14	8	33
2	Nashville SC Nashville	15	8	4	3	22	10	12	28
3	New England Revolution New England	14	7	4	3	22	17	5	25
4	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	14	7	3	4	23	15	8	24
5	Atlanta United Atlanta	15	6	5	4	29	25	4	23
6	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	15	6	3	6	20	25	-5	21
7	Orlando City	14	5	5	4	17	17	0	20
8	DC United	15	5	4	6	20	18	2	19
9	Columbus Crew	14	5	3	6	26	20	6	18
10	CF Montreal Montreal	14	6	0	8	13	22	-9	18
11	Chicago Fire	14	3	7	4	21	24	-3	16
12	New York City FC NY City	14	4	4	6	16	19	-3	16
13	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	15	3	7	5	10	13	-3	16
14	Toronto	15	3	7	5	15	19	-4	16
15	Inter Miami Inter Miami	14	5	0	9	14	18	-4	15

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	St Louis City	14	8	2	4	29	14	15	26
2	Seattle Sounders Seattle	15	8	2	5	21	13	8	26
3	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	12	7	4	1	23	10	13	25
4	Dallas	15	6	6	3	17	14	3	24
5	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	14	5	4	5	18	19	-1	19
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	14	5	4	5	13	15	-2	19
7	Houston Dynamo Houston	13	5	3	5	13	12	1	18
8	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	14	4	5	5	19	17	2	17
9	Portland Timbers Portland	15	4	4	7	19	24	-5	16
10	Austin FC Austin	14	4	4	6	14	20	-6	16
11	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	14	4	4	6	14	23	-9	16
12	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	15	3	4	8	13	22	-9	13
13	Colorado Rapids Colorado	15	2	6	7	12	22	-10	12
14	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	14	2	3	9	10	24	-14	9