{"id":14710,"date":"2026-10-04T22:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T02:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=14710"},"modified":"2026-10-04T22:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T02:07:41","slug":"match-preview-sporting-kc-vs-portland-timbers-10-10-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/news\/mls\/match-preview-sporting-kc-vs-portland-timbers-10-10-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting KC vs Portland Timbers: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sporting KC host Portland Timbers at Sporting Park on Saturday, October 10 (8:30 PM ET \/ 7:30 PM CT \/ 5:30 PM PT).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sporting Kansas City have no fresh team-news concerns to report, with Calvin Harris and Andr\u00e9 Luiz In\u00e1cio da Silva both in line to lead the home attack \u2014 Harris has 4 goals and 18 chances created in 2034 minutes this term, while In\u00e1cio da Silva has found the net 5 times in just 393 minutes. Portland Timbers look similarly unaffected, and Kristoffer Velde remains central to everything they do going forward: the attacking midfielder has 8 goals, 24 shots on target and 54 chances created in 2215 minutes, with David Pereira da Costa (4 goals, 41 chances created) and Ariel Daniel Lassiter Acu\u00f1a (4 goals, 19 chances created) rounding out a dangerous Portland midfield.<\/p>\n

This is a Western Conference<\/a> clash between two sides at opposite ends of the playoff picture \u2014 Portland Timbers 10th on 32 points, Sporting Kansas City 15th on 21 points with a -33 goal difference that speaks to how often they’ve been opened up at the back. Sporting Kansas City’s home form has been streaky rather than settled, with L W L W L across their last 5 matches, and against a Portland Timbers attack built around Velde, Pereira da Costa and Lassiter Acu\u00f1a, that inconsistency looks likely to be punished at both ends.<\/p>\n\n\n