Match Centre: Portland Timbers vs Cincinnati
Kelsy 38′Kelsy 68′ (p)
Denkey 10′Bucha 25′Evander 36′
Player of the match Evander 7.9
GolVolt rating 4.6GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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3 of 5
Cincinnati turned that many shots on target into goals with only 42% of the ball.
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3 → 1
Cincinnati climb 2 places in the table. Portland Timbers stay in place 16.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
5 goals.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 83′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 4.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Bucha: a goal and an assist.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.1 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 7.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% 5 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 6.7 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 4.6more watchable than 46% of MLS matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
5 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 10' Goal: Kévin Denkeyassist: Bucha0:1
- 13' Kevin Kelsyyellow card
- 25' Goal: Pavel Buchaassist: Evander0:2
- 36' Goal: Evanderassist: Miazga0:3
- 38' Goal: Kevin Kelsyassist: Lassiter1:3
- 45+3' Miles Robinsonyellow card
- Half-time · 1:3
- 58' SubstitutionDem for Echenique
- 58' SubstitutionParedes for Ortiz
- 59' SubstitutionKamara for Denkey
- 59' Cristhian Paredesyellow card
- 68' Goal: Kevin Kelsypenalty2:3
- 78' SubstitutionHadebe for Robinson
- 82' SubstitutionŽuparić for Miller
- 83' SubstitutionFernandez for Lassiter
- 85' SubstitutionMora for Ayala
- 90+1' 2 substitutionsPowell for YedlinValenzuela for Jimenez
- Full-time · 2:3
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Portland Timbers
Cincinnati
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Portland Timbers
- 41 James Pantemis GK —
- 13 Dario Župarić DEF on
- 15 Eric Miller DEF —
- 23 Ian Smith DEF —
- 17 Cristhian Paredes MID on
- 21 Diego Chará MID —
- 9 Felipe Mora ATT on
- 22 Omir Fernandez ATT on
- 88 Gage Guerra ATT —
Cincinnati
- 13 Evan Louro GK —
- 2 Alvas Powell DEF on
- 3 Gilberto Flores DEF —
- 14 Brad Smith DEF —
- 16 Teenage Hadebe DEF on
- 19 Ștefan Chirilă MID —
- 22 Gerardo Valenzuela MID on
- 35 Kenji Mboma Dem ATT on
- 85 Kei Kamara ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Providence Park, Portland
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Cincinnati Evander
- 2. place · Cincinnati Pavel Bucha
- 3. place · Portland Timbers Kevin Kelsy
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