Austin manager Wolff looking for three points in Portland Timbers showdown

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Mon 18.Sep
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Saqr Stadium (5000 seats)

Austin are eager to increase their points at their own arena in this soon-to-be-played game hosting Portland Timbers.

Insights:
  • Austin is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals (44) in Major League Soccer

This should be an engrossing game with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Austin form and stats

6-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Austin so far this season. When Austin hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Sporting KC, Colorado Rapids, LA Galaxy and Austin), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Austin travelled for their previous game, a trip to New England that ended 2-2. Ring (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.55/10. Ring scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).

Ahead of that match, Austin lost 1-2 at home to Seattle Sounders.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Austin's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Some goal stats: A review of the 14 latest league matches reveals that 11 of them had goals from both sides.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Austin as they are travelling to their away game against New York RB in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.

Austin are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games.

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Portland Timbers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portland Timbers so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-7 (win-draw-lose).

Portland are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Los Angeles FC (placed 3rd). Midfielder Evander was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.04. Evander hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Seattle Sounders that ended 2-2.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Portland Timbers when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.

A quick return to home after this game, as Portland Timbers are hosting SJ Earthquakes in the Major League Soccer only three days away.

The attacking power of Portland Timbers when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Portland Timbers have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Austin.

This was the result when the teams faced each other previously this campaign; Portland Timbers - Austin 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

AustinS. Driussi
S. Driussi
8 goals
Portland TimbersE. da Silva Ferreira
E. da Silva Ferreira
7 goals
AustinG. Zardes
G. Zardes
6 goals

Austin missing players

Portland Timbers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Austin Portland Timbers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 2 14 28
9 6 1 Won W 0 1 8
6 3 1 Drew D 1 6 9
12 4 0 Lost L 1 7 11
38 19 3 Scored S 1 11 34
43 13 2 Conceded C 4 28 44
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 71% 82%
81% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 68%
67% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 57%
26% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 39%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 36% 29%
63% 54% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 61%
19% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 29%
22% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 29%
 
5 6.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.4 3.8
6.3 5.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 5.4
1.7 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 13 9 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.8 11.6
4.4 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.2 4
32% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 30%
 
14.4 12.5 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 13.5 12.4
5.2 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.6 4.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Austin have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Major League Soccer
  • Austin have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Major League Soccer
  • Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Austin is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals (44) in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint Louis City 28 15 3 10 55 37 14 10 1 3 37 14 14 5 2 7 18 23 18 48
2 Seattle Sounders 28 11 8 9 34 29 15 6 5 4 17 10 13 5 3 5 17 19 5 41
3 Los Angeles FC 27 11 7 9 40 32 14 8 3 3 27 13 13 3 4 6 13 19 8 40
4 Real Salt Lake 27 11 7 9 38 39 14 5 4 5 20 20 13 6 3 4 18 19 -1 40
5 Houston Dynamo 27 11 6 10 36 31 13 9 2 2 26 8 14 2 4 8 10 23 5 39
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 10 8 8 43 36 14 7 4 3 29 16 12 3 4 5 14 20 7 38
7 Minnesota United 27 9 10 8 34 33 13 3 8 2 17 14 14 6 2 6 17 19 1 37
8 SJ Earthquakes 28 9 10 9 32 36 14 7 5 2 21 13 14 2 5 7 11 23 -4 37
9 Dallas 26 9 7 10 29 30 13 7 3 3 19 12 13 2 4 7 10 18 -1 34
10 Austin 27 9 6 12 38 43 13 6 3 4 19 13 14 3 3 8 19 30 -5 33
11 Portland Timbers 28 8 9 11 34 44 14 7 3 4 23 16 14 1 6 7 11 28 -10 33
12 Sporting KC 28 8 8 12 38 40 14 7 2 5 25 16 14 1 6 7 13 24 -2 32
13 LA Galaxy 26 7 9 10 33 41 13 5 4 4 21 17 13 2 5 6 12 24 -8 30
14 Colorado Rapids 26 3 10 13 16 39 12 1 7 4 7 10 14 2 3 9 9 29 -23 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint Louis City 28 15 3 10 55 37 14 10 1 3 37 14 14 5 2 7 18 23 18 48
2 Seattle Sounders 28 11 8 9 34 29 15 6 5 4 17 10 13 5 3 5 17 19 5 41
3 Los Angeles FC 27 11 7 9 40 32 14 8 3 3 27 13 13 3 4 6 13 19 8 40
4 Real Salt Lake 27 11 7 9 38 39 14 5 4 5 20 20 13 6 3 4 18 19 -1 40
5 Houston Dynamo 27 11 6 10 36 31 13 9 2 2 26 8 14 2 4 8 10 23 5 39
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 10 8 8 43 36 14 7 4 3 29 16 12 3 4 5 14 20 7 38
7 Minnesota United 27 9 10 8 34 33 13 3 8 2 17 14 14 6 2 6 17 19 1 37
8 SJ Earthquakes 28 9 10 9 32 36 14 7 5 2 21 13 14 2 5 7 11 23 -4 37
9 Dallas 26 9 7 10 29 30 13 7 3 3 19 12 13 2 4 7 10 18 -1 34
10 Austin 27 9 6 12 38 43 13 6 3 4 19 13 14 3 3 8 19 30 -5 33
11 Portland Timbers 28 8 9 11 34 44 14 7 3 4 23 16 14 1 6 7 11 28 -10 33
12 Sporting KC 28 8 8 12 38 40 14 7 2 5 25 16 14 1 6 7 13 24 -2 32
13 LA Galaxy 26 7 9 10 33 41 13 5 4 4 21 17 13 2 5 6 12 24 -8 30
14 Colorado Rapids 26 3 10 13 16 39 12 1 7 4 7 10 14 2 3 9 9 29 -23 19

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