Portland Timbers vs Sporting Kansas City Prediction: Can't trust either of these two misfits

Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City will go head-to-head for the first time this season at Providence Park. Both sides have been disappointing for some time now and they are both searching for a win after a poor run of results in the last couple of games. Portland won just once in their last 5 games in a row, and Sporting Kansas City failed to win 1 game in their last 5 games. It's definitely a clash between 2 poor but desperate sides in the league.

According to recent rankings, Portland Timbers are currently ranked in 11th spot with 13 points on the western conference table while Sporting Kansas City are ranked 13th with 11 points.

If Portland Timbers are even serious about turning their current form around, then they should be fighting hard to get a win against Sporting Kansas City, who are believed to be worse than Portland Timbers. However there's no hiding the fact that the Timbers have been poor for all season. Reports of their last 5 matches shows they had 1 win and 4 defeats. 

Their latest game was against Minnesota United away from home and as expected, it ended in a defeat for Portland. The Timbers took the lead through Jonathan Rodriguez in the 17’ minute but they conceded in the 65’ minute and finally went behind in the 82’ minute. The game ended afterwards and Portland lost 2-1. According to stats, Portland Timbers had 41% possession, 5 shots on target and 7 corner kicks.

Sporting Kansas City can only hope Portland Timbers are as poor as their results suggest and they will try to fight for a win in this upcoming game. However Sporting Kansas City have no reason to be considered a worthy opponent in this game when their current form and results is considered. Sporting Kansas are currently on a 4-match losing streak and their winless streak stretches to their last 7 league games in a row. 

Sporting Kansas City were once again on the wrong end of the scoreline against Austin FC last week, as they lost 3-2 in the end. After Johnny Russell's opener in the 18’ minute, Sporting Kansas City conceded 2 goals to end the first half behind 2-1. And in the 46’ minute Austin extended their lead before Jacob Davies scored Sporting Kansas' second goal in the 63’ minute. The game ended 3-2 at full time and Sporting Kansas lost. According to stats, Sporting Kansas City had 58% possession,3 shots on target and 5 corner kicks.

According to the h2h, in the last 20 meetings between Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City, Portland won 8 matches, while Sporting Kansas City won 5 and 7 games ended as a draw.

It's always a die-throw situation when two poor teams face each other and the same applies here. Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas should both be given the benefit of a doubt irrespective of the past records or home advantage.

Match Facts:-

Sporting Kansas City is without a clean sheet in the last 12 meetings.

5/7 meetings ended with more than 2.5 goals.

Both teams scored in 8/10 meetings.

4/5 meetings ended with less than 4.5 cards. 

4/5 meetings ended with less than 10.5 corners.

• Portland Timbers or Sporting Kansas City Win and Under 4.5 Goals at 1.67 Odds
• Under 10 Corners at 1.692 Odds
• Portland Timbers to Win 1-0 at 10.00 Odds