Sporting KC vs Portland Timbers — match summary
United States · Major League Soccer · kick-off 11 Oct 2026 07:30
Full time · score 3-3
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Sporting KC 32 · Portland Timbers 26
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Sporting KC 49 · Portland Timbers 54
Shots on target 5-5 · corners 6-1 · possession 46-54
NextGOAL tip: Sporting KC (level) · 3 stars
Sporting KC and Portland Timbers have met several times in recent years, and the home side has barely gotten anything from this matchup. Last year they were thrashed 6-0. This time it's different in that Portland Timbers are sliding, while Sporting KC, though still at the bottom of the table, pick up home wins from time to time. Sporting KC this season have scored 32 and conceded 65 in 27 matches. The defense is the main problem dragging their position down, but at home they still have matches where they shut out opponents, like the recent 2-0 win. Meanwhile Portland Timbers have lost 3 in a row, and their away defense concedes first-half goals at an average as high as 1.38 per match. The pattern is likely to be Sporting KC having to open up the game, because if they just sit back and defend, the game will flow even more toward Portland Timbers, who have Vincent Janssen as the target man holding up the ball for Cole Bassett and Kristoffer Velde to run the play. The home side will probably use Taylor Calheira and Stephen Afrifa as the front pair pressing the opposing defense from the top of the pitch.