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

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

Sporting KC and their manager Peter Vermes will be hoping for victory against Phil Neville and his Portland Timbers side on Sunday evening, as the pair go head to head at the Children's Mercy Park in the Major League Soccer. Stats for our tip of both teams to score are shown below, including head-to-head history. Flipping the market using the tabs below changes all stats and the odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.

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Sporting KC's next match is v San Jose at 03:30 on Sunday 20th April
Portland Timbers's next match is v LAFC at 03:15 on Sunday 20th April
The last American Major League Soccer meeting between Sporting KC and Portland was on Sunday 13th April 2025
American Major League Soccer
April 13th 2025
Sporting KC 2
4 Portland
 
M. Suleymanov 16'10' D. Ayala
D. Joveljić 33'25' K. Kelsy Genez
49' K. Kelsy Genez
54' (OG)J. Miller
 
SKC
POT
Shots On
6
8
Shots Off
2
3
Corners
6
7
Possession
45%
55%
Fouls
9
14
Yellow/red cards
1/0
4/0
 
Sporting KCPortland
 
J. Pulskamp
J. Millerfootball icon
J. Fernández Moreno
L. Ndenbe (T. Leibold 69')
J. Davis
J. Bartlett (S. Afrifa 88')
M. García Alonso (W. Agade 89')
K. Shelton (J. Rodríguez 69')
D. Salloi
D. Joveljićfootball icon
M. Suleymanovfootball icon (E. Thommy 55')
J. Pantemis
K. Miller
J. Mosquera
F. Surman
football iconD. Ayala
(C. Paredes Maciel 69') D. Chará Zamora
D. Pereira da Costa
(F. Mora Aliaga 76') football iconfootball iconK. Kelsy Genez
(A. Lassiter 76') A. Alves Santos
(J. Rodríguez Portillo 69') S. Moreno
(C. Bravo 46') I. Smith

Best Tip: Both teams to score

Both Portland and Sporting KC fans should get a chance to celebrate as their sides go head-to-head, with a match prediction of both teams to score looking a far stronger pick than any bet on the outright winner. The two clubs have goals in them, as is borne out by the statistics and past head-to-head data below. Even the bookmakers odds are not finding much to pick between the sides, with equal threat among their respective squads. Both teams to score is the tip of the day here.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sporting KC are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.38.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sporting KC
48%
21/20
14%
-
Draw
23%
13/5-
Portland
29%
5/2
27%
-
Draw 1-1
11%
6/1-
Sporting KC 2-1
9%
8/1
5%
-
Sporting KC 1-0
8%
17/2
14%
-
Sporting KC 2-0
7%
10/1
15%
-
Portland 2-1
7%
11/1
9%
-
Portland 1-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1
9%
-
Sporting KC 3-1
5%
14/1
12%
-
Draw 0-0
5%
12/1
13%
-
Sporting KC 3-0
4%
18/1
17%
-
Portland 2-0
4%
18/1
12%
-
Sporting KC 3-2
4%
20/1-
Portland 3-1
3%
25/1
24%
-
Portland 3-2
3%
28/1
26%
-
Sporting KC 4-1
2%
28/1
15%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
7/10
6%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
11/10
9%
-
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/13
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
11/8
13%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1
13%
-
BTTS - Yes
60%
4/7
5%
-
BTTS - No
40%
5/4
10%
-
BTTS - Home Win
25%
11/4
6%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
5/1
33%
-
Home/draw
71%
2/7
8%
-
Away/draw
52%
8/11
13%
-
Home/away
77%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
1/5
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
10/3
13%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
13/8
5%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
4/9
4%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
4/1
15%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
1/6
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
10/1
22%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/20
2%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/25
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1
13%
-
Home DNB
64%
1/2
13%
-
Away DNB
45%
6/4
25%
-
Sporting KC win to nil
22%
3/1
20%
-
Portland win to nil
13%
6/1
17%
-
Sporting KC / Sporting KC
26%
9/4
13%
-
Sporting KC / Portland
3%
28/1
26%
-
Sporting KC / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Sporting KC
15%
9/2
8%
-
Draw / Portland
11%
13/2
15%
-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Portland / Sporting KC
4%
20/1
9%
-
Portland / Portland
15%
9/2
27%
-
Portland / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
-
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Win / draw / win form
Sporting KC
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sporting KC2 - 0Saint Louis City
Sporting KC0 - 2LAFC
Sporting KC3 - 3Minnesota
Sporting KC1 - 2San Jose
Sporting KC0 - 3LAFC
Sporting KC0 - 2Minnesota
Sporting KC4 - 1Colorado
Sporting KC3 - 0Orlando
Sporting KC1 - 1Saint Louis City
Sporting KC3 - 2Dallas
Sporting KC2 - 0Austin
Sporting KC3 - 4Salt Lake
Sporting KC2 - 1Seattle
Sporting KC1 - 2Vancouver
Sporting KC1 - 2Houston
Sporting KC3 - 3Saint Louis City
Sporting KC2 - 3Miami
Sporting KC3 - 3Portland
Sporting KC2 - 3LA Galaxy
Sporting KC2 - 1San Jose
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSporting KC2 - 0Saint Louis City
ASporting KC1 - 2Dallas
HSporting KC0 - 2LAFC
HSporting KC3 - 3Minnesota
ASporting KC1 - 2DC United
HSporting KC1 - 2San Jose
ASporting KC0 - 1Austin
ASporting KC1 - 2Dallas
HSporting KC0 - 3LAFC
ASporting KC1 - 3Saint Louis City
HSporting KC0 - 2Minnesota
HSporting KC4 - 1Colorado
ASporting KC0 - 2Seattle
ASporting KC1 - 1NY Red Bulls
HSporting KC3 - 0Orlando
HSporting KC1 - 1Saint Louis City
ASporting KC1 - 2Vancouver
ASporting KC2 - 1San Jose
HSporting KC3 - 2Dallas
ASporting KC1 - 2Colorado
Portland
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Austin0 - 0Portland
Colorado0 - 3Portland
Nashville2 - 0Portland
Vancouver5 - 0Portland
Seattle1 - 1Portland
Vancouver1 - 1Portland
Salt Lake3 - 3Portland
Colorado2 - 1Portland
LA Galaxy3 - 2Portland
Dallas3 - 2Portland
San Jose1 - 2Portland
Saint Louis City0 - 0Portland
Austin0 - 2Portland
Minnesota2 - 1Portland
Charlotte2 - 0Portland
LAFC3 - 2Portland
Columbus2 - 2Portland
Sporting KC3 - 3Portland
Vancouver3 - 2Portland
Houston1 - 0Portland
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APortland0 - 0Austin
HPortland3 - 1Houston
APortland3 - 0Colorado
HPortland1 - 1LA Galaxy
APortland0 - 2Nashville
HPortland1 - 0Austin
HPortland1 - 4Vancouver
APortland0 - 5Vancouver
APortland1 - 1Seattle
HPortland0 - 0Dallas
HPortland0 - 1Austin
APortland1 - 1Vancouver
APortland3 - 3Salt Lake
HPortland4 - 2LA Galaxy
APortland1 - 2Colorado
HPortland1 - 0Seattle
HPortland4 - 4Saint Louis City
APortland2 - 3LA Galaxy
HPortland3 - 0Salt Lake
HPortland4 - 1Nashville
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Sporting KC have not lost to Portland in 5 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Sporting KC since 2018
Sporting KC
Portland
Goals: Scored
19
11
Games: Scored
7 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
0 / 7
SKC
3
D
3
POT
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sporting KC
Draw3 - 3Draw
Sporting KC4 - 1
Sporting KC4 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
2 - 3Portland
Sporting KC3 - 0
League games at Portland since 2018
Portland
Sporting KC
Goals: Scored
14
5
Games: Scored
5 / 7
4 / 7
Clean sheets
3 / 7
2 / 7
D
2
POT
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portland
Portland2 - 1
Portland1 - 0
Portland7 - 2
Portland2 - 1
Portland2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Sporting KC Portland
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Sporting KC will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 73% probability that Portland will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+11
Sporting KC have scored 11% more goals at home than predicted
=0
Portland’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.9
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2025/2025 season
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Sporting KC
PG (predicted goals)
Portland
1.7
1.3
Attack rating
SKC
POT
7%
better
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Games scored5
5
Failed to score2
2
Scored first3
4
Goals scored8
9
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
7
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
17
Avg. XG for1
1
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
SKC
POT
36%
better
view stats
Games conceded6
4
Clean sheets1
3
Conceded first4
2
Goals conceded12
8
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
9
Conversion rate against21%
11%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+36%

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

Sporting KC Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7423
J PulskampD JoveljicM GarcíaJ. Bartlett
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Pulskamp GLK7
1
-
K Shelton DEF4
-
J. Miller DEF4
1
-
J Fernández DEF5
2
-
L Ndenbe DEF7
1
-
J Davis MID71
2
-
J. Bartlett MID4
3
-
M García MID72
-
M Suleymanov FWD71
-
D Joveljic FWD74
1
-
D Sallói FWD72
-
Subs
R. Schewe GLK
-
D Rosero DEF4
1
-
T Leibold DEF41
2
-
Z Bassong DEF5
-
M Rodríguez MID5
1
-
E Thommy MID71
1
-
M Toye FWD2
-
W Agada FWD4
-
S Afrifa FWD
-
Portland Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7422
F SurmanAntonyS MorenoAntony
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Pantemis GLK6
-
J Mosquera DEF3
-
I. Smith DEF5
-
F Surman DEF7
-
K Miller DEF6
1
Antony DEF74
2
-
S Moreno MID52
-
D Ayala MID7
1
-
K Sierocki MID7
1
-
D Costa MID711
1
-
K Genez FWD71
-
Subs
M Crépeau  GLK1
-
C Bravo DEF2
-
D Župarić DEF
-
E Miller DEF6
-
C Paredes MID5
1
-
J Ortiz MID6
1
-
A Lassiter FWD6
-
F Mora  FWD722
2
-
J Rodríguez FWD
-