Sporting Kansas City visits the Portland Timbers on the heels of shutout win

By Canadian Press on May 9, 2025.

Sporting Kansas City (3-7-1, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Portland Timbers (5-3-3, third in the Western Conference)

Portland, Oregon; Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Portland -136, Sporting Kansas City +317, Draw +301; over/under is 3.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: A game after shutting out the LA Galaxy 1-0, Sporting Kansas City visits the Portland Timbers.

The Timbers are 5-3-3 in Western Conference games. Felipe Mora paces the third-ranked scoring team in the league with five goals. The Timbers have scored 21.

Sporting KC is 3-5-1 in conference matchups. Sporting KC is 1-4-0 when it scores just one goal.

Saturday’s game is the second meeting between these teams this season. The Timbers won the last meeting 4-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mora has scored five goals with two assists for the Timbers. Kevin Kelsy has four goals and one assist over the last 10 games.

Dejan Joveljic has five goals and one assist for Sporting KC. Daniel Salloi has four goals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Timbers: 5-2-3, averaging 2.0 goals, 4.7 shots on goal and 4.6 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.5 goals per game.

Sporting KC: 3-6-1, averaging 1.7 goals, 3.9 shots on goal and 4.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.0 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Timbers: Jimer Esteban Fory Mejia (injured), James Pantemis (injured), Jonathan Rodriguez (injured), Diego Chara (injured).

Sporting KC: Jake Davis (injured), Dany Rosero (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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