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Sporting Kansas City looks to end road losing streak in game against the Portland Timbers

Sporting Kansas City (2-6-5, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Portland Timbers (3-7-4, 12th in the Western Conference)

Portland, Oregon; Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Portland -109, Sporting Kansas City +248, Draw +280; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Sporting Kansas City visits the Portland Timbers aiming to break a three-game road slide.

The Timbers are 2-5-2 in Western Conference games. The Timbers are 2-0-1 when they score at least three goals.

Sporting KC is 1-5-4 in conference games. Sporting KC ranks 10th in the league with 21 goals led by Erik Thommy with four.

The matchup Saturday is the second meeting of the season between the two teams. The last meeting ended tied 3-3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Felipe Mora has scored six goals for the Timbers. Jonathan Rodriguez has five goals and two assists over the last 10 games.

Thommy has scored four goals and added three assists for Sporting KC. Memo Rodriguez has three assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Timbers: 1-6-3, averaging 1.8 goals, 4.7 shots on goal and 3.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game.

Sporting KC: 2-6-2, averaging 1.9 goals, 4.4 shots on goal and 4.5 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Timbers: Claudio Bravo (injured), Marvin Loria (injured).

Sporting KC: Kayden Pierre (injured), Logan Ndenbe (injured), Dany Rosero (injured), Remi Walter (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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