Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer | Gameweek 27

Aug 19, 2021 at 1.30am UK

Livestrong Sporting Park

Kansas
1 - 1
Portland

Salloi (90+2')
Salloi (25'), Pulido (62')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Mora (17')
Chara (28'), van Rankin (43'), Bonilla (77'), Valeri (84')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Major League Soccer clash between Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

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 Sporting Kansas City win with a probability of 59.17%. A draw had a probability of 20.8% and a win for Portland Timbers had a probability of 20%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.78%) and 1-0 (8.47%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.53%), while for a Portland Timbers win it was 1-2 (5.36%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood.

Result
Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Portland Timbers
59.17%	20.84%	20%

Both teams to score 59.04%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

61.96%

38.04%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

39.7%

60.31%

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

87.41%

12.59%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

61.33%

38.67%

Portland Timbers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.54%

32.46%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.02%

68.99%

Score Analysis

Sporting Kansas City 59.17%

Portland Timbers 20%

Draw 20.84%

Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Portland Timbers
2-1 @ 9.87% 2-0 @ 8.78% 1-0 @ 8.47% 3-1 @ 6.82% 3-0 @ 6.06% 3-2 @ 3.84% 4-1 @ 3.54% 4-0 @ 3.14% 4-2 @ 1.99% 5-1 @ 1.47% 5-0 @ 1.3% Other @ 3.89% Total : 59.17%	1-1 @ 9.53% 2-2 @ 5.55% 0-0 @ 4.09% 3-3 @ 1.44% Other @ 0.23% Total : 20.84%	1-2 @ 5.36% 0-1 @ 4.6% 0-2 @ 2.59% 2-3 @ 2.08% 1-3 @ 2.01% 0-3 @ 0.97% Other @ 2.4% Total : 20%

How you voted: Kansas vs Portland

Sporting Kansas City

60.0%

Draw

20.0%

Portland Timbers