Portland Timbers supporters put their faith in manager Savarese to deliver victory against Sporting KC

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 03:30 (UTC)
Venue: Providence Park (21144 seats)

It's finally time for the Major League Soccer season opener for these contenders, whom at last are playing for points again. Will Portland Timbers or Sporting KC get that crucial first victory?

This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not Sporting KC's regular surface at their own football stadium. When playing on artifical turf Sporting KC have performed like this: Played eight matches resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats with the goal numbers 10-20 (scored/conceded).

It's quite the trip for Sporting KC when visiting Portland Timbers as the cities are 2800 kilometers apart.

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Portland Timbers form and stats

In the previous season, Portland Timbers's league stats were 11 wins, 13 draws and 10 losses, producing 8th spot in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored {53 goals} and let in 53. Performing as the host team in the former season Portland Timbers produced 8-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 19 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portland Timbers handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 13 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Portland Timbers friendly games in pre-season: Portland Timbers played four friendlies, won 3, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Portland scored {8 goals} and conceded 3 in these four games.

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Sporting KC form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sporting KC performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 7 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 17/37 goals scored/conceded.

Sporting KC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Just as the home team, Sporting KC have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Sporting KC win, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Portland five wins, three draws and Sporting KC two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Portland Timbers Sporting KC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Portland Timbers Last season Sporting KC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
11 8   Won W   2 11
13 6   Drew D   5 7
10 3   Lost L   10 16
53 28   Scored S   17 42
53 19   Conceded C   37 54
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 71%
59% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 56%
32% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 29%
18% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 15%
76% 71%   BTTS BTTS   65% 53%
18% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 24%
12% 12%   Failed to Score F T   35% 32%
 
4.3 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.1
5.9 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.8
2.8 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
5 4   Red cards R C   2 6
 
12.2 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 12.2
4.2 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4
37% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 31%
 
14.2 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 11.6
4.6 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Minnesota United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Saint Louis City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SJ Earthquakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Los Angeles FC 34 21 4 9 66 38 17 13 2 2 39 15 17 8 2 7 27 23 28 67
2 Austin 34 16 8 10 65 49 17 8 6 3 42 23 17 8 2 7 23 26 16 56
3 Dallas 34 14 11 9 48 37 17 10 4 3 28 15 17 4 7 6 20 22 11 53
4 Nashville SC 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 6 6 5 30 21 17 7 5 5 22 20 11 50
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 8 12 58 51 17 8 4 5 35 25 17 6 4 7 23 26 7 50
6 Minnesota United 34 14 6 14 48 51 17 8 5 4 27 20 17 6 1 10 21 31 -3 48
7 Real Salt Lake 34 12 11 11 43 45 17 9 5 3 27 15 17 3 6 8 16 30 -2 47
8 Portland Timbers 34 11 13 10 53 53 17 8 6 3 28 19 17 3 7 7 25 34 0 46
9 Colorado Rapids 34 11 10 13 46 57 17 10 5 2 29 15 17 1 5 11 17 42 -11 43
10 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 7 15 40 57 17 10 3 4 25 20 17 2 4 11 15 37 -17 43
11 Seattle Sounders 34 12 5 17 47 46 17 9 3 5 29 19 17 3 2 12 18 27 1 41
12 Sporting KC 34 11 7 16 42 54 17 9 2 6 25 17 17 2 5 10 17 37 -12 40
13 Houston Dynamo 34 10 6 18 43 56 17 6 5 6 24 22 17 4 1 12 19 34 -13 36
14 SJ Earthquakes 34 8 11 15 52 69 17 7 6 4 31 27 17 1 5 11 21 42 -17 35

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Minnesota United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Saint Louis City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SJ Earthquakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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