Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City

11 May 2025 · MLS · 2025 · Referee Ricardo Fierro

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Santiago Moreno 10’

Match summary

Portland Timbers won 1-0 at home to Sporting Kansas City. Portland Timbers led 1-0 at half-time.

Santiago Moreno put Portland Timbers ahead in the 10th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Portland Timbers created 1.01 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Sporting Kansas City 0.92 from 11.

Match stats

49% Possession 51%
9 Shots 11
3 Shots on target 3
8 Corners 0
530 Passes 560
86.8% Pass accuracy 85.4%
15 Tackles 14
13 Fouls 13
1 Yellow cards 2
5 Offsides 2

Key events

Portland Timbers Sporting Kansas City
Kick-off
Santiago MorenoRight foot shot1-0 (Portland Timbers)
10’
15’
Dániel SallóiShot on target
16’
Dániel SallóiShot on target
Santiago MorenoShot on target
21’
Half-time1-0
46’
Jacob DavisJacob Bartlett
Second half underway
61’
Dániel SallóiShot on target
Claudio Bravo
67’
Cristhian ParedesDavid Ayala
68’
Kevin KelsyFelipe Mora
68’
69’
Khiry SheltonAndrew Brody
69’
Zorhan BassongTim Leibold
70’
Erik ThommyDániel Sallói
73’
Shapi Suleymanov
74’
Jacob Davis
Jonathan RodríguezDavid Pereira Da Costa
78’
Omir FernandezSantiago Moreno
78’
81’
Santiago MuñozShapi Suleymanov
Eric MillerJuan Mosquera
84’
Antony AlvesShot on target
90’
Full-time1-0

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.01 0.92 10’ Santiago Moreno (Portland Timbers), 1-0 10’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.01 0.92 10’ Santiago Moreno (Portland Timbers), 1-0 Moreno 10’
Portland Timbers 1.01 xGSporting Kansas City 0.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sporting Kansas City attacking Portland Timbers attacking 
21’ Santiago Moreno (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 15’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 62’ Santiago Moreno (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.17 xG, off target 88’ Finn Surman (Portland Timbers), from a corner, 0.15 xG, off target 16’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 48’ Manu García (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 46’ Antony Alves (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90’ Antony Alves (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 10’ Santiago Moreno (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 25’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 16’ Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 48’ Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 61’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+2’ Jacob Davis (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 22’ David Ayala (Portland Timbers), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ David Pereira Da Costa (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ Santiago Moreno (Portland Timbers), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Santiago Moreno (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 15’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 62’ Santiago Moreno (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.17 xG, off target 88’ Finn Surman (Portland Timbers), from a corner, 0.15 xG, off target 16’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 48’ Manu García (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 46’ Antony Alves (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90’ Antony Alves (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 10’ Santiago Moreno (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 25’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 16’ Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 48’ Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 61’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 53’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 42’ Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+2’ Jacob Davis (Sporting Kansas City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 26’ David Pereira Da Costa (Portland Timbers), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 22’ David Ayala (Portland Timbers), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Santiago Moreno (Portland Timbers), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
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Lineups

Portland Timbers 4-4-2 Starting XI
Crépeau
Bravo
Surman
Miller
Mosquera 84’
Alves
Ayala 68’
Ortíz
Moreno 78’
Costa 78’
Mora 68’
Sporting Kansas City 4-3-3 Starting XI
Pulskamp
Leibold 69’
Brody 69’
Miller
Voloder
Bartlett 46’
Radoja
García
Sallói 70’
Joveljić
Suleymanov 81’

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player
Maxime Crépeau
90′ 3 0 33 – – – – –
Defenders5 players
Juan Mosquera Taken off
84′ 1 1 – 5 1 39 1 – – –
Finn Surman
90′ 1 1 – 3 2 61 – – – –
Kamal Miller
90′ 2 – – 3 1 74 1 – – –
Claudio Bravo
90′ 3 1 – 7 2 48 2 – – –
Eric Miller Came on as a substitute
11′ – 1 – – – 5 – – – –
Midfielders7 players
Santiago Moreno Taken off
78′ 1 – 27 1 0.11 2 – 4 1 1 –
David Ayala Taken off
68′ – – 62 1 0.02 1 – 5 – 2 –
Joao Ortíz
90′ – – 70 – 0.01 2 1 3 2 1 –
Antony Alves
90′ – – 35 1 0.05 1 – 8 – 2 –
David Pereira Da Costa Taken off
78′ – 1 37 2 0.15 – – 2 – 1 –
Cristhian Paredes Came on as a substitute
22′ – – 11 – 0.00 – 1 1 1 1 –
Jonathan Rodríguez Came on as a substitute
12′ – – 3 – 0.06 – – 1 – – –
Forwards3 players
Felipe Mora Taken off
68′ – – – – – 0.01 – 1 – 15 –
Kevin Kelsy Came on as a substitute
22′ – – – – – 0.01 – 2 1 6 –
Omir Fernandez Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – 0.20 2 4 1 4 –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Form going into the game

Portland Timbers DWDWL
Sporting Kansas City WLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sporting Kansas City 2-4 Portland Timbers, 13 Apr 25 Next meeting: Portland Timbers 6-0 Sporting Kansas City, 10 May 26  All Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.