Sporting KC vs Portland Timbers prediction, odds and how to watch

Vancouver Whitecaps took all three points at Sporting KC with a 3-0 victory, but the match statistics paint a picture far more complicated than the scoreline suggests. Connor Maguire breaks down what went wrong and what the numbers actually mean.

Portland Timbers dominated large spells of this MLS clash but Austin nicked a 2-1 win thanks to a 89th-minute Antony penalty and a stoppage-time strike from Oleksandr Svatok, cancelling out Facundo Torres's opener.

Vincent Janssen scored three times as Portland Timbers edged out Minnesota United 5-4 in a chaotic, end-to-end Major League Soccer contest that had absolutely no business finishing with a clean sheet. It did not.

Dallas put five past Sporting KC at home in a chaotic, open affair that told you everything about where both sides are right now. Both teams scored, both teams gave the ball away, and only one team had the desire to defend properly.

Sporting KC have conceded 12 goals in their last five MLS matches and have not kept a single clean sheet. Portland Timbers arrive in form and smelling blood.

SJ Earthquakes have won once in their last ten MLS matches and conceded thirteen goals in their last five alone. Portland Timbers arrive with the form and the attitude to punish them.

Houston Dynamo have conceded just twice in their last five MLS matches and they host a Sporting KC side that has lost four of their last five. This one looks settled before a ball is kicked.

Portland Timbers host Atlanta United at Providence Park in a fixture that every piece of data points toward goals, with both sides carrying defensive vulnerabilities and a combined inability to keep clean sheets across the entire season.