Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers Live Stream, Predictions

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Sporting Kansas City

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Sporting Kansas City will be wanting a better result here after a 4-0 MLS loss in their previous game against St. Louis City.

In that match, Sporting Kansas City managed 67% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. On the other side, St. Louis City had 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Eduard Löwen (19'), Indiana Vassilev (25', 74') and Nicholas Gioacchini (55') scored for St. Louis City.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Sporting Kansas City have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Sporting Kansas City have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 9 goals during that time.

Portland Timbers

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Minnesota United in MLS competition, Portland Timbers and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Portland Timbers had 54% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Minnesota United got 9 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Bongokuhle Hlongwane (95') scored for Minnesota United.

The stats don’t lie, and Portland Timbers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. In defence, Portland Timbers could really do with shoring things up. We will find out if that trend can be continued on here.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 29/09/2019 shows that Sporting Kansas City have won 1 of these & Portland Timbers 3, with the number of drawn games being 2.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 in all which averages out at 4 goals per match.

The last league match between the two was MLS match day 2 on 28/02/2023 when the final score was Portland Timbers 1-0 Sporting Kansas City.

In that game, Portland Timbers managed 43% possession and 7 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Juan David Mosquera (6').

For their opponents, Sporting Kansas City had 12 shots on goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Timothy Ford.

📋 Team News: Sporting Kansas City

Kortne Ford (Achilles tendon surgery) and Willy Agada (Stress response of the bone) will not be taking part for Sporting Kansas City boss Peter Vermes.

It’s our opinion that SKC may well line up in a 4-3-3 formation in the match with Kendall McIntosh, Graham Zusi, Daniel Rosero, Andreu Fontas, Tim Leibold, Gadi Kinda, Erik Thommy, Remi Walter, Johnny Russell, Alan Pulido and Dániel Sallói.

🗞️ Team News: Portland Timbers

Portland Timbers manager Giovanni Savarese has to currently contend with reduced team options. Felipe Mora (Knee Surgery), Eryk Williamson (Cruciate Ligament Surgery) and David Ayala (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) will miss out on this game.

We’re of the thinking that The Timbers seem likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Aljaz Ivacic, Juan David Mosquera, Zac McGraw, Larrys Mabiala, Claudio Bravo, Diego Chara, Cristhian Paredes, Santiago Moreno, Evander, Dairon Asprilla and Franck Boli.

🧠 Prediction

In this game, Portland Timbers are certainly able to score against this Sporting Kansas City lineup, however that realistically won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We can see a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Sporting Kansas City at the end of the match. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Renata Leite, 00:12 24/05/2023