Sporting KC travel to Portland Timbers and Providence Park packed with optimism, but the home team are no pushover. More news on the game here!
- All of Portland Timbers's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Sporting KC have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-1-3 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sporting KC have to travel 2800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Portland Timbers have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Major League Soccer. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Portland are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Philadelphia Union. Midfield player Yimmi Chará got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Chará had 45 successful passes (of 49 total).
Ahead of that match, Portland Timbers won a home game hosting LA Galaxy (3-0).There will be little rest for Portland after this match as they are travelling to Houston Dynamo for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.
The Portland Timbers manager G. Savarese has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Portland's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sporting KC form and stats
Playing away, Sporting KC, who have the most scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer, have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
Sporting KC played 1-1 against Austin in their previous match. The attacker Johnny Russell got a match rating of 8.44 in that game. Russell served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Houston Dynamo.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Colorado Rapids in just four days.
Sporting KC are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. In the opposite end, Sporting KC have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Portland won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Sporting KC has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 5 goals |  D. Salloi 4 goals | G. Kinda 3 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Portland Timbers | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 89% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 67% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 33% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 43% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 78% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 11% |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 8 |
| 6.3 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.3 | 17.7 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10 | 16.6 |
| 5.1 | 7 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | 5.8 |
| 25% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 38% | 31% |
- All of Portland Timbers's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Portland Timbers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting KC have created more than twice as many corners as Portland Timbers.
- Sporting KC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting KC have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most points from losing position (13) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting KC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sporting KC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Austin | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Minnesota United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Dallas | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 6 |