Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers — Prediction, Odds & Stats
Sunday 11 October 2026 · USA-MLS · 2627
USA-MLS
results-only Prediction generated
AI prediction
ai-blend v1.0 dailyCalibrated: the model's number corrected by how often calls at that confidence have landed, out of sample (3,060 settled matches in the thinnest band), then normalised. The smaller figure is the raw model output.
Top 5 scorelines
- 1-1 11.5%
- 1-2 9.6%
- 0-1 8.8%
- 0-2 8.1%
- 2-1 6.5%
Goals
| Over 2.5 | 56.4% | Under 2.5 | 43.6% |
| BTTS yes | 57.9% | BTTS no | 42.1% |
| Sporting Kansas City 1+ | 69.5% | Sporting Kansas City 2+ | 33.3% |
| Portland Timbers 1+ | 82.7% | Portland Timbers 2+ | 52.4% |
Expected goals 1.19 – 1.76. Every market above is read off one scoreline distribution.
Footing
Positive factors
- Portland Timbers carry the stronger rating, 1489 Elo against 1302.
Risk factors
- No specific risk flags beyond the usual variance of a football match.
Why the model thinks this
The price
Portland Timbers have an estimated 51.4% win probability, against 26.5% for Sporting Kansas City and 22.2% for the draw. Expected goals from the ensemble are 1.19 for Sporting Kansas City and 1.75 for Portland Timbers.
Why Sporting Kansas City
Nothing in the data singles out Sporting Kansas City.
Why the draw is live
The draw sits at 22.2%. Draws run at 25% in this competition.
Why Portland Timbers can win
Portland Timbers carry the stronger rating, 1489 Elo against 1302.
Key players
No player-level data for this fixture; the leagues with lineups are the big five.
Availability
No lineup on record for Sporting Kansas City, so availability is unknown. No lineup on record for Portland Timbers, so availability is unknown.
The matchup, as far as the data reaches
Sporting Kansas City: 41% possession, 9.2 shots a match, 14.6 faced, 0.30 xG a match from set pieces. Portland Timbers: 47% possession, 11.4 shots a match, 17.8 faced, 0.30 xG a match from set pieces.
Inputs last refreshed: matches 2026-09-05 22:20 · team_stats 2026-09-05 09:41 · availability 2026-09-05 21:03 · prediction 2026-09-05 18:39 ·
Portland Timbers are the model's most likely outcome at 51.4%. The likeliest scoreline is 1-1 at 11.5%. Confidence 52/100, data quality 65/100. These are probabilities, not certainties: the less likely outcome happens as often as its number says.
Written from the numbers the model saw, not by a language model; nothing here is a statistic the snapshot does not hold. How predictions work.
Was this pick made in advance?
-oos is out of sample: it was fitted only on matches
played before this one, so its pick is a genuine forecast rather than hindsight.
Anything without that suffix was fitted on all available data.What the model said
| Model | Home / Draw / Away | Expected goals | Likeliest score | O2.5 | BTTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dc-xg | 1.23–2.18 | 1-2 10% | 66% | 63% |
A model whose name ends -oos was produced by the walk-forward backtest:
it was fitted only on matches played before this one, so the pick is genuinely out of sample.