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- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (26) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
7-8-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Portland Timbers when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 28 matches are 42-50 (scored/conceded).
It's quite the trip for Portland Timbers when visiting Sporting KC as the cities are 2800 kilometers apart.
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.
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC have collected 14 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 4-2-6.
Sporting KC are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-4 away versus Austin. Did Sporting KC get overconfident in their match against Austin? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 3-4 defeat. Heartbreak for Sporting KC in their last match as Austin's Driussi scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Espinoza was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Espinoza hit two key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting LA Galaxy in a game that was won 4-2.15 goals have been conceded.
Portland Timbers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portland Timbers so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-5 (win-draw-lose).
Portland are travelling again after losing away to Toronto in their previous match (1-3). That defeat stopped this team's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; ten games in all! Portland Timbers goalie Ivačič enjoyed a superb day at work versus Toronto, but despite managing nine saves the loss could not be avoided.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Dallas.Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored in 10 of this club's latest 12 league matches.
Portland Timbers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. In the opposite end, Portland have conceded 25 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Portland Timbers have managed a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (4-3-0) when playing Sporting KC.Portland Timbers - Sporting KC 7-2 was the score in these squads' previous head to head match, earlier this season. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Niezgoda 9 goals |   J. Russell 7 goals |  D. Salloi 5 goals |
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| Sporting KC | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 42 |
| 48 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 40 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 73% | 58% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 92% | 88% |
| 54% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 54% |
| 27% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 46% | 35% |
| 12% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 31% | 19% |
| 54% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 77% | 73% |
| 15% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 15% | 19% |
| 38% | 42% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 15% | 15% |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10.5 | 12.5 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.8 | 12.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.9 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 31% | 26% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | 40% |
| 11.9 | 10.5 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 15.9 | 13.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (26) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 29 | 54 |
| 2 | Austin | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 48 |
| 3 | Dallas | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -1 | 37 |
| 6 | LA Galaxy | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 33 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -15 | 30 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -11 | 25 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 24 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -22 | 23 |
