Both sides have struggled in front of goal this term, so we expect a low-scoring affair with little goalmouth action. That said, we are also backing the home team to narrowly edge out their visitors and come away with all three points. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Portland Timbers win with a probability of 54.32%. A draw had a probability of 24% and a win for Sporting Kansas City had a probability of 21.71%.

The most likely scoreline for a Portland Timbers win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.58%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.88%) and 2-1 (9.72%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.39%), while for a Sporting Kansas City win it was 0-1 (6.68%). The actual scoreline of 7-2 was predicted with a 0% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Portland Timbers would win this match.

Result
Portland Timbers	Draw	Sporting Kansas City
54.32%	23.96%	21.71%

Both teams to score 51.23%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.37%

49.62%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.35%

71.64%

Portland Timbers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.83%

18.16%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.85%

49.15%

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.61%

37.39%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.82%

74.17%

Score Analysis

Portland Timbers 54.32%

Sporting Kansas City 21.71%

Draw 23.95%

Portland Timbers	Draw	Sporting Kansas City
1-0 @ 11.58% 2-0 @ 9.88% 2-1 @ 9.72% 3-0 @ 5.62% 3-1 @ 5.53% 3-2 @ 2.72% 4-0 @ 2.4% 4-1 @ 2.36% 4-2 @ 1.16% Other @ 3.37% Total : 54.32%	1-1 @ 11.39% 0-0 @ 6.79% 2-2 @ 4.78% Other @ 0.99% Total : 23.95%	0-1 @ 6.68% 1-2 @ 5.61% 0-2 @ 3.29% 1-3 @ 1.84% 2-3 @ 1.57% 0-3 @ 1.08% Other @ 1.65% Total : 21.71%