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Portland Timbers v Sporting KC : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Providence Park, Portland

Kerry Zavagnin will be hoping for a vital away win in the Major League Soccer on Sunday morning, as he takes his Sporting KC side to the Providence Park to visit Portland Timbers and Phil Neville. This preview has odds for 17 different betting markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home, away and overall records can be viewed, while you'll also find head to head (H2H) history a little further down the page.

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Portland Timbers's next match is v Montreal at 00:30 on Thursday 14th May
Sporting KC's next match is v LA Galaxy at 01:30 on Thursday 14th May

The last American Major League Soccer meeting between Portland and Sporting KC was on Sunday 10th May 2026

American Major League Soccer

May 10th 2026

Portland 6	0 Sporting KC

K. Velde 6'
K. Kelsy Genez 15'
C. Bassett 22'
J. Davis (OG) 26'
A. Lassiter 71'
K. Kelsy Genez 74'

	POT SKC
Shots On	6 3
Shots Off	5 2
Corners	4 5
Possession	63% 37%
Fouls	12 20
Yellow/red cards	1/0 5/0

Portland	Sporting KC

K. Miller B. Bye D. Pereira da Costa C. Bassett (J. Ortiz Landázuri 61') A. Alves Santos (A. Lassiter 61') K. Kelsy Genez F. Surman J. Pantemis J. Fory (I. Smith 61') J. Caicedo Barrera (D. Chará Zamora 46') K. Velde	J. Davis E. Bartlow W. Meyer L. Johnsen (C. Harris 46') M. García Alonso (S. Afrifa 76') O. Capemba (T. Calheira 72') D. Joveljić S. Cleveland J. Bartlett (I. James 46') M. Suleymanov J. Reid

Best Tip: Portland to win

We are predicting Portland will be victorious come the end of the 90 mins on Sunday in the win / draw / win market. The recent form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) data below all point in that direction and, as favourites with the bookmakers, the odds back that up too. Expect jubilant celebrations among the home supporters when the game draws to a close at Providence Park.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Portland are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 62% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.50.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Portland 62%	23/50	10/21
Draw 19%	4/1	7/2
Sporting KC 19%	17/4	19/5
Portland 2-1 9%	15/2	7/1
Draw 1-1 8%	9/1	8/1
Portland 3-1 7%	10/1	9/1
Portland 2-0 7%	10/1	17/2
Portland 1-0 6%	12/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	11/1
Portland 3-0 6%	12/1	10/1
Sporting KC 2-1 5%	16/1	14/1
Portland 3-2 5%	16/1	14/1
Portland 4-1 4%	16/1	14/1
Portland 4-0 3%	20/1	16/1
Sporting KC 1-0 3%	22/1	18/1
Portland 4-2 3%	25/1	20/1
Sporting KC 3-2 3%	28/1	22/1
Draw 0-0 3%	25/1	20/1
Over 2.5 Goals 71%	4/11	4/11
Under 2.5 Goals 29%	21/10	19/10
Home 1st Goal 55%	4/9	4/9
Away 1st Goal 44%	13/8	9/5
No 1st Goal 1%	25/1	20/1
BTTS - Yes 66%	1/2	10/21
BTTS - No 34%	6/4	6/4
BTTS - Home Win 37%	6/4	6/4
BTTS - Draw 16%	4/1	17/4
BTTS - Away Win 13%	13/2	6/1
Home/draw 81%	1/6	1/6
Away/draw 38%	6/4	6/4
Home/away 81%	1/6	2/11
Over 1.5 Goals 88%	1/10	1/10
Under 1.5 Goals 12%	6/1	11/2
Over 3.5 Goals 50%	5/6	10/11
Under 3.5 Goals 50%	5/6	4/5
Over 4.5 Goals 31%	2/1	2/1
Under 4.5 Goals 69%	4/11	7/20
Over 5.5 Goals 17%	9/2	17/4
Under 5.5 Goals 83%	1/7	1/7
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/100	1/100
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	22/1	20/1
Home DNB 75%	1/5	2/9
Away DNB 32%	10/3	29/10
Portland win to nil 25%	12/5	-
Sporting KC win to nil 7%	12/1	-
Portland / Portland 38%	6/5	23/20
Portland / Sporting KC 3%	33/1	28/1
Portland / Draw 6%	14/1	14/1
Draw / Portland 17%	15/4	4/1
Draw / Sporting KC 7%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Draw 10%	15/2	7/1
Sporting KC / Portland 5%	16/1	16/1
Sporting KC / Sporting KC 10%	8/1	13/2
Sporting KC / Draw 5%	16/1	14/1

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portland	2 - 1	LAFC
Portland	1 - 1	LA Galaxy
Portland	1 - 4	Vancouver
Portland	3 - 2	Columbus
Portland	2 - 2	San Diego
Portland	3 - 1	Salt Lake
Portland	0 - 4	San Diego
Portland	2 - 2	Dallas
Portland	2 - 1	NY Red Bulls
Portland	2 - 3	Cincinnati
Portland	1 - 1	Minnesota
Portland	0 - 1	Salt Lake
Portland	2 - 1	New England
Portland	1 - 1	San Jose
Portland	2 - 1	Saint Louis City
Portland	2 - 1	Colorado
Portland	1 - 1	Seattle
Portland	1 - 0	Sporting KC
Portland	3 - 3	LAFC
Portland	3 - 1	Houston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Portland	0 - 2	Salt Lake
A	Portland	2 - 1	San Diego
A	Portland	0 - 2	Minnesota
H	Portland	2 - 1	LAFC
A	Portland	2 - 3	Vancouver
H	Portland	1 - 1	LA Galaxy
A	Portland	2 - 3	Houston
H	Portland	1 - 4	Vancouver
A	Portland	0 - 2	Colorado
H	Portland	3 - 2	Columbus
A	Portland	0 - 4	San Diego
H	Portland	2 - 2	San Diego
A	Portland	1 - 2	San Diego
H	Portland	3 - 1	Salt Lake
H	Portland	0 - 4	San Diego
A	Portland	0 - 1	Seattle
H	Portland	2 - 2	Dallas
A	Portland	1 - 1	Vancouver
A	Portland	0 - 1	Houston
H	Portland	2 - 1	NY Red Bulls

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Chicago	5 - 0	Sporting KC
Vancouver	3 - 0	Sporting KC
Salt Lake	3 - 1	Sporting KC
LA Galaxy	1 - 2	Sporting KC
San Jose	3 - 0	Sporting KC
Minnesota	3 - 0	Sporting KC
LA Galaxy	4 - 1	Sporting KC
Salt Lake	2 - 1	Sporting KC
Seattle	5 - 2	Sporting KC
Orlando	3 - 1	Sporting KC
Vancouver	3 - 0	Sporting KC
Colorado	1 - 2	Sporting KC
LAFC	3 - 1	Sporting KC
Houston	1 - 3	Sporting KC
San Diego	0 - 0	Sporting KC
Saint Louis City	2 - 2	Sporting KC
Portland	1 - 0	Sporting KC
Cincinnati	2 - 1	Sporting KC
San Jose	3 - 5	Sporting KC
Dallas	2 - 1	Sporting KC

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Sporting KC	1 - 1	Seattle
A	Sporting KC	0 - 5	Chicago
A	Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
H	Sporting KC	1 - 3	San Jose
A	Sporting KC	1 - 3	Salt Lake
H	Sporting KC	1 - 4	Colorado
A	Sporting KC	2 - 1	LA Galaxy
H	Sporting KC	0 - 1	San Diego
H	Sporting KC	2 - 2	Columbus
A	Sporting KC	0 - 3	San Jose
H	Sporting KC	0 - 0	Houston
A	Sporting KC	0 - 3	Minnesota
A	Sporting KC	1 - 4	LA Galaxy
H	Sporting KC	0 - 2	Vancouver
A	Sporting KC	1 - 2	Salt Lake
H	Sporting KC	1 - 2	Austin
H	Sporting KC	4 - 2	Colorado
A	Sporting KC	2 - 5	Seattle
A	Sporting KC	1 - 3	Orlando
H	Sporting KC	0 - 2	San Diego

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Portland have beaten Sporting KC in 6 consecutive home league meetings

Portland have not lost to Sporting KC in 8 consecutive home league meetings

Portland

Sporting KC

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

4 / 8

Clean sheets

4 / 8

2 / 8

POT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portland
Portland	1 - 0
Portland	2 - 1
Portland	1 - 0
Portland	7 - 2
Portland	2 - 1
Portland	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Sporting KC

Portland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 8

7 / 8

Clean sheets

1 / 8

0 / 8

POT

SKC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sporting KC
	2 - 4	Portland
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Sporting KC	4 - 1
Sporting KC	4 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	2 - 3	Portland
Sporting KC	3 - 0

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.4 is decent for Portland Timbers in their meeting with Sporting KC, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 21 consecutive Major League Soccer outings.

Goals have been an issue for Sporting KC of late. It has been 6 Major League Soccer games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Sunday morning against Portland Timbers.

	Portland 12th	Sporting KC 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.4 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 9% 1 22% 2 26% 3 21% 4+ 22% There is a 69% probability that Portland will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Sporting KC will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+3 Portland’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-5 Sporting KC’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	2.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2026/2026 season

26%

better

POT

SKC

view stats

Games scored	7		6
Failed to score	3		4
Scored first	4		2
Goals scored	13		8
Avg. goals scored	1.3		0.8
Avg. shots per game	8		5
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	16		15
Avg. XG for	1.1		0.7
KickOff rating		+26%

12%

better

POT

SKC

view stats

Games conceded	10		10
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	6		8
Goals conceded	21		26
Avg. goals conceded	2.1		2.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	13		13
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		5
Conversion rate against	16%		21%
Avg. XG against	2		2.6
KickOff rating		+12%

Portland v Sporting KC Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Portland Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	3	2	4
J Pantemis	K Velde	C Bassett	J Fory

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Pantemis GLK	10			1 -
B Bye DEF	10		1	2 -
F Surman DEF	10		1	-
K Miller DEF	6			1 1
J Fory DEF	9			3 1
C Bassett MID	6		2	-
J Caicedo MID	5			-
K Velde MID	10	3		3 -
D Costa MID	7	1		-
Antony MID	9	1	1	-
K Genez FWD	10	2	1	1 -
Subs
T Muse GLK				-
A. Bonetig DEF	8	1		1 -
S. Jura DEF				-
I. Smith DEF	7			3 -
K Sierocki MID	7			2 -
J Ortiz MID	5		1	-
A Lassiter FWD	7	1		1 -
F Mora FWD	8	1		1 -
A Guzmán FWD	8			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	8	2	4
K Velde	K Velde	C Bassett	B Bye

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Velde MID	3	8		3
K Genez FWD	2	6	1	1
D Costa MID	1	3
Antony MID	1	2	1	1
Subs
A. Bonetig DEF	1	1
A Lassiter FWD	1	2		1
F Mora FWD	1	2
B Bye DEF		1	1	4
F Surman DEF		2	1
J Fory DEF				2
C Bassett MID		4	2	1
J Caicedo MID		1
Subs
K Sierocki MID				1
J Ortiz MID		1	1
A Guzmán FWD		5

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
498	21	57
F Surman	F Surman	K Velde

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
F Surman DEF	498	21	53
J Fory DEF	433	15	37
B Bye DEF	367	17	43
J Caicedo MID	357	17	34
Subs
A. Bonetig DEF	345	7	17
C Bassett MID	337	10	25
J Pantemis GLK	307		6
D Costa MID	272	5	10
K Velde MID	253	11	57
Antony MID	247	4	25
Subs
K Sierocki MID	214	17	26
K Miller DEF	177	2	8
Subs
J Ortiz MID	162	5	12
A Guzmán FWD	117	1	14
I. Smith DEF	101	6	16
F Mora FWD	87	4	17
K Genez FWD	86	11	32
Subs
A Lassiter FWD	54	1	5

Sporting KC Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	5	1	2
M García	D Joveljic	J Davis	M García

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Cleveland GLK	1			-
J Davis DEF	9		1	1 -
E Bartlow DEF	8			-
W. Meyer DEF	7			1 -
J Reid DEF	6			-
L Johnsen MID	7	1		-
M García MID	10		1	2 -
J. Bartlett MID	10	1		2 -
Capita FWD	4			-
D Joveljic FWD	10	5	1	-
M Suleymanov FWD	9	1		1 -
Subs
J Pulskamp GLK	9			1 -
R. Schewe GLK				-
I. James DEF	6			-
Z Bassong DEF	1			-
P. Lurot DEF				-
M. Tschantret MID	1			-
C Harris FWD	10		1	1 -
S Afrifa FWD	8		1	-
T. Calheira FWD	6			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	1	7
D Joveljic	D Joveljic	J Davis	M García

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Joveljic FWD	5	10	1	2
L Johnsen MID	1	1
J. Bartlett MID	1	1
M Suleymanov FWD	1	5		1
J Davis DEF		1	1	1
E Bartlow DEF		1
J Reid DEF		1
M García MID		1	1	7
Capita FWD		1
Subs
C Harris FWD		2	1	1
S Afrifa FWD		2	1
T. Calheira FWD		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
436	27	52
M García	J Davis	M García

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M García MID	436	14	52
L Johnsen MID	400	14	20
E Bartlow DEF	384	3	21
J Davis DEF	313	27	44
J. Bartlett MID	309	9	23
Subs
J Pulskamp GLK	277		4
W. Meyer DEF	266	16	30
M Suleymanov FWD	216	8	26
Subs
I. James DEF	207	10	15
J Reid DEF	197	14	25
D Joveljic FWD	183	3	21
Subs
C Harris FWD	108	8	37
Capita FWD	50	12	23
Subs
S Afrifa FWD	49	4	16
S Cleveland GLK	44
Subs
T. Calheira FWD	23		5
M. Tschantret MID	19
Z Bassong DEF	12