Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers: Preview, predictions, odds and how to watch 2021 MLS Week 20 in the US today

Tournament leadersSporting Kansas Cityare ready to face Portland TimbersinWestern Conference action for the 2021 MLSseason. This Week 20 game will take place at Children’s Mercy Park today, August 18, 2021 at 7:30 PM (ET). This will be another important challenge for the conference leaders, who returned to victory with a 2-0 win over FC Dallas last week, while the visitors need to turn the page as soon as possible after their disappointing 6-2 loss to Seattle Sounders. Here is all the related information about this Major League Soccer game including the preview, storylines, predictions, odds and how to watch or stream live the match online in the US.

The conference leader, Sporting KC, are having a good season with 37 points, 11 wins, 4 draws and only 4 losses. The team has not lost a game in the last three. So far they have stayed at the top of the table by a point difference against Seattle.

The Portland Timbers have high aspirations this season like the previous one. They know that to win against the conference leader the game has to be defensive and take advantage of attacking opportunities. Timbers are in seventh place in the table with 23 points.

Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers: Match Information

Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2021.
Time: 7:30 PM (ET)
Location: Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas.

Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers: Times by State in the US

ET: 7:30 PM
CT: 6:30 PM
MT: 5:30 PM
PT: 4:30 PM

Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers: Storylines

Sporting Kansas City had no mercy against FC Dallas on the road, they won 2-0 but before that victory the team tied against Colorado Rapids 0-0. Another recent major win was against Los Angeles FC 4-1 on the road. The record for the last five games is 3-1-1.

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The Portland Timbers have had some problems in the last five most recent games of the 2021 MLS season. The last home game was a painful 2-6 loss to the Seattle Sounders at home. Before that negative result, they won 3-2 against Real Salt Lake.

They last met in June 2021, that game was won by the Portland Timbers 2-1 at home. The Sporting Kansas City have not won against them, at home, since the 2018 in the regular season. In addition, both teams have play each other twice in the Conference Finals.

How To Watch Or Stream Live Free Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers in the U.S.

This 2021 MLS game in the Western Conference will be available for TV and smartphones and will be broadcast in the United States by: Fox 12 Plus, Bally Sports Kansas City+, Bally Sports Midwest+, ESPN+. Don’t forget to download the app to watch the game on your smartphone.

Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers: Predictions And Odds

Sporting Kansas City are the favorites due to their dominance shown so far in the Western Conference table in the 2021 MLS Cup. Sporting Kansas City is offered at -220 odds in Fan Duel. On the other side is the Portland Timbers with +460 moneyline odds as underdogs. The draw is offered at +340 odds.

* Odds via FanDuel