Match Report
3 points and 2 places separated them: Portland Timbers 13th with 14, Sporting KC 15th with 11. Portland Timbers had been under-performing their position — 24th on five-round form against 13th in the table.
Sporting KC had gone 7 games without a win.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Portland Timbers, 2 draws and 0 for Sporting KC, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
Goal scorers
Portland Timbers: Kristoffer Velde (6'), Kevin Kelsy (15'), Cole Bassett (22'), Jake Davis (26'), Ariel Lassiter (71')
Key stats
Possession: Portland Timbers 63% · Sporting KC 37% · Total shots: 16-11 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 4-4