Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers

13 April 2025 · MLS · 2025 · Referee Armando Villarrea

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 2–2

Shapi Suleymanov 16’
Dejan Joveljić 33’ (pen)

David Ayala 10’
Kevin Kelsy 25’, 49’
Jansen Miller 54’ (og)

Match summary

Portland Timbers won 4-2 away at Sporting Kansas City. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, David Ayala put Portland Timbers ahead from a corner in the 10th minute, Shapi Suleymanov equalised with a direct free kick in the 16th minute, Kevin Kelsy put Portland Timbers back in front in the 25th minute, and Dejan Joveljić equalised from the penalty spot in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Kelsy put Portland Timbers back in front in the 49th minute and Miller's own goal made it 2-4 from a corner in the 54th minute.

Sporting Kansas City can feel hard done by, creating 2.16 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Portland Timbers's 1.00 from 14. Dejan Joveljić had a penalty saved for Sporting Kansas City.

Match stats

45% Possession 55%

9 Shots 14

6 Shots on target 8

6 Corners 7

423 Passes 516

84.6% Pass accuracy 88.0%

17 Tackles 18

9 Fouls 16

1 Yellow cards 4

4 Offsides 3

Key events

Sporting Kansas City Portland Timbers

Kick-off

Dániel SallóiShot on target

2’

10’

David AyalaRight foot shot

0-1

Shapi SuleymanovFree Kick

1-1

16’

22’

Ian Smith

25’

Kevin KelsyLeft foot shot

1-2

27’

David Pereira Da CostaShot on target

28’

Antony Alves

Shapi SuleymanovVAR: No penalty

30’

Dejan JoveljićPenalty

2-2

33’

Joaquín Fernández

45+6’

Half-time2-2

46’

Claudio BravoIan Smith

49’

Kevin KelsyLeft foot shot

2-3

Second half underway

54’

Jansen MillerOwn goal

2-4

54’

Claudio BravoShot on target

Erik ThommyShapi Suleymanov

55’

58’

Diego Chará

62’

David Pereira Da CostaShot on target

Jacob DavisShot on target

67’

Memo RodríguezKhiry Shelton

69’

Tim LeiboldLogan Ndenbe

69’

Jonathan RodríguezSantiago Moreno

69’

Cristhian ParedesDiego Chará

76’

Ariel LassiterAntony Alves

76’

Felipe MoraKevin Kelsy

78’

Ariel Lassiter

Dejan JoveljićShot on target

79’

81’

David Pereira Da CostaShot on target

Stephen AfrifaJacob Bartlett

88’

William AgadaManu García

89’

Jonathan RodríguezShot on target

Dejan JoveljićMissed penaltysaved

90+3’

Dejan JoveljićShot on target

90+3’

Full-time2-4

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.

Sporting Kansas City 2.16 xGPortland Timbers 1.00 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Portland Timbers attacking Sporting Kansas City attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City 4-3-3 Starting XI

Portland Timbers 4-2-3-1 Starting XI

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player


John Pulskamp	90′	5	4	28	–	–	–	–	–

Defenders7 players


Khiry Shelton Taken off	69′	–	2	–	3	1	29	3	–	–	–
Jansen Miller	90′	2	–	–	2	–	50	–	–	–	–
Joaquín Fernández	90′	2	–	–	6	1	47	1	–	–	–
Logan Ndenbe Taken off	69′	2	1	–	3	–	27	–	–	–	–
Jacob Davis	90′	1	1	–	2	–	39	–	–	–	–
Tim Leibold Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	2	–	11	1	–	–	–
Memo Rodríguez Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	–	–	–

Midfielders6 players


Jacob Bartlett Taken off	88′	–	–	46	–	0.01	3	–	4	–	1	–
Manu García Taken off	89′	–	–	39	1	0.21	2	–	4	–	2	–
Shapi Suleymanov Taken off	55′	1	–	20	1	0.12	2	1	9	1	4	–
Dániel Sallói	90′	–	–	33	2	0.16	1	1	1	1	–	–
Erik Thommy Came on as a substitute	35′	–	–	17	–	0.01	1	–	1	–	–	–
William Agada Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	3	–	0.00	–	–	–	1	–	–

Forwards2 players


Dejan Joveljić	90′	1	–	4	3	1.73	0.03	1	4	1	17	–
Stephen Afrifa Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	–	–

Goalkeeper1 player


James Pantemis	90′	4	2	29	2	–	–	–	–

Defenders5 players


Juan Mosquera	90′	–	1	–	2	–	41	–	–	–	–
Finn Surman	90′	1	1	–	7	4	54	1	–	–	–
Kamal Miller	90′	1	2	–	2	1	65	–	–	–	–
Ian Smith Taken off	45′	2	–	–	3	–	15	1	–	–	–
Claudio Bravo Came on as a substitute	45′	4	–	–	8	2	29	1	–	–	–

Midfielders7 players


Diego Chará Taken off	69′	–	–	43	–	0.01	3	–	4	3	1	–
David Ayala	90′	1	1	80	2	0.02	1	–	2	–	–	–
Santiago Moreno Taken off	69′	–	–	31	2	0.09	2	1	2	2	–	–
David Pereira Da Costa	90′	–	1	44	4	0.21	1	–	3	2	–	–
Antony Alves Taken off	76′	–	1	23	4	0.11	–	–	4	3	2	–
Jonathan Rodríguez Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	12	1	0.08	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cristhian Paredes Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	15	–	0.00	2	–	2	–	–	–

Forwards3 players


Kevin Kelsy Taken off	76′	2	–	2	2	0.16	0.06	1	–	–	18	–
Ariel Lassiter Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	0.01	–	1	1	8	–
Felipe Mora Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	0.00	–	1	–	9	–

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

Sporting Kansas City L D L L W

Portland Timbers L D W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Portland Timbers 2-1 Sporting Kansas City, 26 May 24 Next meeting: Portland Timbers 1-0 Sporting Kansas City, 11 May 25 All Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers 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.