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

Sun 11th Oct, 01:30 BST, Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

the Children's Mercy Park crowd welcome Portland Timbers's supporters on Sunday morning, as Raphaël Wicky's Sporting KC face Martí Cifuentes Corvillo's team in the Major League Soccer. You'll find statistics supporting our top of both teams to score below, but don't forget to explore 16 other markets we're covering too. We aim to deliver as full a picture as possible, with Major League Soccer performances and head-to-heads included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.

Best Tip: Both teams to score

We have a pair of impressive, attacking groups going head-to-head and, as such, we are predicting both of them to score at least 1 goal during the 90 minutes. Can respective bosses Raphaël Wicky or Martí Cifuentes Corvillo find a tactical plan to top their opponent? Recent form statistics and historical head-to-heads, as well as the latest odds from the bookmakers, show that doesn't seem likely.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sporting KC are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sporting KC 39%	6/4	-
Draw 23%	29/10	-
Portland 39%	13/10	-
Draw 1-1 10%	8/1	-
Portland 2-1 8%	9/1	-
Sporting KC 2-1 8%	10/1	-
Draw 2-2 7%	10/1	-
Portland 1-0 6%	16/1	-
Sporting KC 1-0 6%	16/1	-
Portland 2-0 5%	16/1	-
Sporting KC 2-0 5%	18/1	-
Portland 3-1 5%	16/1	-
Sporting KC 3-1 5%	16/1	-
Portland 3-2 4%	16/1	-
Sporting KC 3-2 4%	18/1	-
Draw 0-0 3%	25/1	-
Portland 3-0 3%	25/1	-
Sporting KC 3-0 3%	28/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 66%	4/11	-
Under 2.5 Goals 34%	21/10	-
Home 1st Goal 49%	10/11	-
Away 1st Goal 49%	4/5	-
No 1st Goal 2%	25/1	-
BTTS - Yes 67%	4/11	-
BTTS - No 33%	2/1	-
BTTS - Home Win 24%	11/4	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 24%	5/2	-
Home/draw 61%	4/7	-
Away/draw 61%	1/2	-
Home/away 77%	1/4	-
Over 1.5 Goals 85%	1/10	-
Under 1.5 Goals 15%	6/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 44%	5/6	-
Under 3.5 Goals 56%	5/6	-
Over 4.5 Goals 26%	9/4	-
Under 4.5 Goals 74%	1/3	-
Over 5.5 Goals 13%	9/2	-
Under 5.5 Goals 87%	1/7	-
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/100	-
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	25/1	-
Home DNB 54%	10/11	-
Away DNB 55%	4/5	-
Sporting KC win to nil 15%	6/1	-
Portland win to nil 15%	5/1	-
Sporting KC / Sporting KC 21%	3/1	-
Sporting KC / Portland 4%	20/1	-
Sporting KC / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Sporting KC 12%	6/1	-
Draw / Portland 13%	11/2	-
Draw / Draw 11%	13/2	-
Portland / Sporting KC 4%	20/1	-
Portland / Portland 23%	13/5	-
Portland / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Portland have lost 3 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sporting KC	3 - 4	Philadelphia
Sporting KC	3 - 1	LAFC
Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
Sporting KC	1 - 1	Saint Louis City
Sporting KC	0 - 2	Houston
Sporting KC	2 - 1	Minnesota
Sporting KC	1 - 2	NY Red Bulls
Sporting KC	3 - 1	LA Galaxy
Sporting KC	1 - 1	Seattle
Sporting KC	1 - 3	San Jose
Sporting KC	1 - 4	Colorado
Sporting KC	0 - 1	San Diego
Sporting KC	2 - 2	Columbus
Sporting KC	0 - 0	Houston
Sporting KC	0 - 2	Vancouver
Sporting KC	1 - 2	Austin
Sporting KC	4 - 2	Colorado
Sporting KC	0 - 2	San Diego
Sporting KC	1 - 1	NY City
Sporting KC	2 - 3	Seattle

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sporting KC	2 - 0	Houston
H	Sporting KC	3 - 4	Philadelphia
H	Sporting KC	3 - 1	LAFC
A	Sporting KC	3 - 4	Dallas
H	Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
A	Sporting KC	1 - 2	Atlanta
H	Sporting KC	1 - 1	Saint Louis City
A	Sporting KC	0 - 2	Colorado
H	Sporting KC	0 - 2	Houston
A	Sporting KC	0 - 4	LAFC
H	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Minnesota
A	Sporting KC	2 - 3	Saint Louis City
H	Sporting KC	1 - 2	NY Red Bulls
A	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Austin
H	Sporting KC	3 - 1	LA Galaxy
A	Sporting KC	0 - 6	Portland
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
San Jose	3 - 1	Portland
Dallas	2 - 1	Portland
LAFC	1 - 1	Portland
Chicago	2 - 1	Portland
Seattle	1 - 5	Portland
Miami	2 - 0	Portland
Montreal	2 - 2	Portland
Salt Lake	2 - 0	Portland
San Diego	1 - 2	Portland
Minnesota	2 - 0	Portland
Vancouver	3 - 2	Portland
Houston	3 - 2	Portland
Colorado	2 - 0	Portland
San Diego	4 - 0	Portland
San Diego	2 - 1	Portland
Seattle	1 - 0	Portland
Vancouver	1 - 1	Portland
Houston	1 - 0	Portland
Minnesota	1 - 1	Portland
San Diego	0 - 0	Portland

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Portland	1 - 3	San Jose
H	Portland	0 - 1	Atlanta
A	Portland	1 - 2	Dallas
H	Portland	2 - 2	Saint Louis City
H	Portland	5 - 4	Minnesota
H	Portland	1 - 2	Austin
A	Portland	1 - 1	LAFC
H	Portland	3 - 1	San Diego
A	Portland	1 - 2	Chicago
H	Portland	2 - 1	Seattle
H	Portland	2 - 1	Salt Lake
H	Portland	2 - 2	Dallas
A	Portland	5 - 1	Seattle
H	Portland	1 - 3	San Jose
A	Portland	0 - 2	Miami
A	Portland	2 - 2	Montreal
H	Portland	6 - 0	Sporting KC
A	Portland	0 - 2	Salt Lake
A	Portland	2 - 1	San Diego
A	Portland	0 - 2	Minnesota

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Portland have beaten Sporting KC in 4 consecutive league meetings

Sporting KC

Portland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 8

7 / 8

Clean sheets

1 / 8

0 / 8

SKC

POT

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

Portland

Sporting KC

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 9

4 / 9

Clean sheets

5 / 9

2 / 9

POT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portland
Portland	6 - 0
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

Goal Statistics

Sporting KC's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday morning, not least because Portland Timbers have conceded in each of their last 16 Major League Soccer games. A PG of 1.7 for R. Wicky's side suggests that run should continue.

	Sporting KC 15th	Portland 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 82% probability that Sporting KC will score 1 or more goals	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 82% probability that Portland will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-14 Sporting KC have scored 14% fewer goals at home than predicted	-17 Portland have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.9 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

SKC

POT

22%

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Games scored	17		22
Failed to score	9		5
Scored first	8		9
Goals scored	31		48
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.8
Avg. shots per game	7		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	16		18
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.5
KickOff rating		+22%

SKC

POT

better

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Games conceded	25		26
Clean sheets	1		1
Conceded first	18		18
Goals conceded	63		51
Avg. goals conceded	2.4		1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	12		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		6
Conversion rate against	21%		17%
Avg. XG against	2		1.6
KickOff rating		+8%

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

Sporting KC Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
23	4	4	5
C Harris	C Harris	C Harris	L Johnsen

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Harris FWD	25	4	4	3 -
L Johnsen MID	22	1	1	4 1
S Afrifa FWD	22	3	2	2 -
J. Bartlett MID	21	2		2 -
M Suleymanov FWD	21	1	1	2 -
J Davis DEF	20		2	3 -
W. Meyer DEF	20	1		1 -
J Reid DEF	18		1	1 -
T. Calheira FWD	18	3	1	2 -
S Cleveland GLK	17			-
K. Agyabeng MID	17			2 1
Capita FWD	16	2	1	4 -
J Reynolds DEF	14		3	1 -
Z Bassong MID	14			5 -
I. James DEF	13			-
J. Miller DEF	12			3 -
E Karic DEF	12		2	2 -
J Pulskamp GLK	9			1 -
M Mosquera DEF	8			3 1
O Blorian DEF	7			-
A Luiz FWD	5	4	1	1 -
S. Garfield-Reid FWD	4			-
D. Borges da Silva DEF	3			1 -
R. Ramos Jr. MID	2			-
O Wolff MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	17	4	5
C Harris	C Harris	C Harris	C Harris

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Harris FWD	4	17	4	5
A Luiz FWD	4	9	1
S Afrifa FWD	3	9	2
T. Calheira FWD	3	10	1	3
J. Bartlett MID	2	2
Capita FWD	2	8	1	2
L Johnsen MID	1	4	1	5
M Suleymanov FWD	1	8	1	3
W. Meyer DEF	1	1
J Davis DEF		1	2	3
J Reid DEF		4	1
J Reynolds DEF		2	3
Z Bassong MID		2
I. James DEF		1
J. Miller DEF		2
E Karic DEF			2	2
R. Ramos Jr. MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1375	41	104
L Johnsen	J Davis	C Harris

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Johnsen MID	1375	34	57
W. Meyer DEF	870	29	69
J Davis DEF	766	41	70
E Karic DEF	593	31	46
S Cleveland GLK	483		3
J. Bartlett MID	478	16	42
Z Bassong MID	430	21	48
J Reid DEF	416	29	61
C Harris FWD	409	20	104
I. James DEF	394	19	30
M Suleymanov FWD	385	10	47
J Reynolds DEF	368	22	46
M Mosquera DEF	360	10	30
K. Agyabeng MID	339	23	56
J. Miller DEF	313	8	28
J Pulskamp GLK	277		4
O Blorian DEF	249	6	15
Capita FWD	214	25	78
T. Calheira FWD	205	12	42
S Afrifa FWD	192	14	46
D. Borges da Silva DEF	105	2	6
A Luiz FWD	81	7	26
O Wolff MID	42	1	3
R. Ramos Jr. MID	15	1	1
S. Garfield-Reid FWD	11	1	3

Portland Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	8	7	5
J Pantemis	K Velde	D Costa	K Miller

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Pantemis GLK	27			1 -
F Surman DEF	26	1	1	2 -
Antony FWD	26	3	2	-
K Velde FWD	26	8	6	3 -
J Fory DEF	25		2	3 1
D Costa MID	23	4	7	1 -
C Bassett MID	23	3	4	2 -
K Miller DEF	22	1		4 1
A Lassiter FWD	22	4	3	2 -
K Sierocki MID	21			5 -
I. Smith DEF	20			3 -
B Bye DEF	20	1	3	4 -
J Ortiz MID	18		1	-
A Guzmán FWD	16	1		-
G. Guerra FWD	11	1	2	-
A. Bonetig DEF	8	1		1 -
V Janssen FWD	7	3		2 1
O Fernandez FWD	7			-
E Miller DEF	6			2 -
R Pimentel DEF	4			-
J Mosquera DEF	3	1	1	-
J Waterman DEF	3			1 -
E. Izoita MID	2	1	1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	24	7	12
K Velde	K Velde	D Costa	K Velde

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Velde FWD	8	24	6	12
D Costa MID	4	12	7	8
A Lassiter FWD	4	11	3	6
Antony FWD	3	12	2	6
C Bassett MID	3	11	4	4
V Janssen FWD	3	5		1
F Surman DEF	1	3	1
K Miller DEF	1	1
B Bye DEF	1	4	3	6
A Guzmán FWD	1	7
G. Guerra FWD	1	2	2	4
A. Bonetig DEF	1	1
J Mosquera DEF	1	2	1	1
E. Izoita MID	1	1	1
J Fory DEF		1	2	5
K Sierocki MID				2
I. Smith DEF		1		1
J Ortiz MID		1	1
R Pimentel DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1456	49	157
F Surman	J Fory	K Velde

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
F Surman DEF	1456	40	103
J Fory DEF	1223	49	109
C Bassett MID	1132	30	77
K Miller DEF	1116	17	58
D Costa MID	1033	20	61
B Bye DEF	868	28	95
K Sierocki MID	821	41	73
K Velde FWD	809	30	157
J Pantemis GLK	750	1	12
Antony FWD	630	22	84
J Ortiz MID	472	12	29
A Lassiter FWD	370	8	40
A. Bonetig DEF	345	7	17
I. Smith DEF	304	17	50
A Guzmán FWD	209	3	27
E Miller DEF	207	2	9
R Pimentel DEF	186	7	12
J Waterman DEF	180	4	10
V Janssen FWD	114	6	20
E. Izoita MID	70	2	4
G. Guerra FWD	57	3	10
J Mosquera DEF	34	3	6
O Fernandez FWD	32	2	9