Portland Timbers supporters put their faith in manager C. Llamosa to deliver victory against Real Salt Lake

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)

Major League Soccer: Portland Timbers welcome Real Salt Lake in what should be an action-packed football game. Tipsway gives you everything you need to know!

Insights:
  • Portland Timbers is in the best form (5-0-1) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Major League Soccer

This could be an appealing game with lots of action and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Bring it on!

Real Salt Lake play their home fixtures on grass, while this game will take place on artifical turf. The latest results for Real Salt Lake when featuring on artifical turf are 1 win, 3 draws and 7 defeats from eleven matches. They have managed to score 11 goals and conceded 24 times in these games.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Real Salt Lake, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.

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Portland Timbers form and stats

Portland Timbers have performed here this season with 11 wins from 17 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 4. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

Happy days for Portland in their previous game, a Major League Soccer match away at Colorado Rapids that ended with a 1-0 victory. Portland made it very difficult for themselves, when Dairon Asprilla got a red card in the 90th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Portland Timbers won the match 1-0! Larrys Mabiala was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.03 out of 10. The defender Mabiala scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Minnesota United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portland handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, six draws and four defeats.

The Portland Timbers manager C. Llamosa has got the team scoring with 35 from 17 home games in the league. 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Real Salt Lake so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 5-2-10 (win-draw-lose).

Salt play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Sporting KC. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager P. Mastroeni when Bobby Wood scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute. The end of the last match, against Sporting KC, was very satisfying as Bobby Wood scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Everton Luiz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Luiz dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Seattle Sounders (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties).

Salt are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and nine defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The visiting Salt have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 25 goals from 17 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Salt have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged match featuring both these participants is the Real Salt Lake - Portland 1-3 played earlier this season. Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: seven wins for Portland, one draw and two wins for Real Salt Lake. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Portland Timbers missing players

Real Salt Lake missing players

Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 5 19 36
19 12 2 Won W 2 6 15
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
13 4 2 Lost L 2 10 14
60 38 8 Scored S 5 27 57
53 23 5 Conceded C 5 34 55
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 92%
83% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 74% 75%
64% 72% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 74% 69%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 37% 39%
19% 22% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 26% 19%
61% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 68% 69%
28% 28% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 21% 22%
11% 6% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 17%
 
4 4.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.9 4.9
6.8 6.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 6.5 6.2
2.1 2.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.1
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13 16.1 18 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.8 12.8
4.1 4.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 4.5 4.7
40% 45% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 31% 34%
 
14.6 14.1 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 17.3 14.7
4.8 5.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.8 4.5
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portland Timbers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (8) in Major League Soccer
  • Portland Timbers have the most points (35) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Portland Timbers have the most scored goals (35) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Portland Timbers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Portland Timbers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portland Timbers is in the best form (5-0-1) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Salt Lake have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have the most matches over the total-line (20) 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 Colorado Rapids 34 17 10 7 51 35 17 9 7 1 31 14 17 8 3 6 20 21 16 61
2 Seattle Sounders 34 17 9 8 53 33 17 8 5 4 28 15 17 9 4 4 25 18 20 60
3 Sporting KC 34 17 7 10 58 40 17 9 5 3 32 17 17 8 2 7 26 23 18 58
4 Portland Timbers 34 17 4 13 56 52 17 11 2 4 35 22 17 6 2 9 21 30 4 55
5 Minnesota United 34 13 10 11 42 44 17 10 3 4 24 14 17 3 7 7 18 30 -2 49
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 13 9 45 45 17 10 3 4 25 17 17 2 10 5 20 28 0 49
7 Real Salt Lake 34 14 6 14 55 54 17 9 4 4 30 21 17 5 2 10 25 33 1 48
8 LA Galaxy 34 13 9 12 50 54 17 8 5 4 29 22 17 5 4 8 21 32 -4 48
9 Los Angeles FC 34 12 9 13 53 51 17 8 6 3 34 23 17 4 3 10 19 28 2 45
10 SJ Earthquakes 34 10 11 13 46 54 17 5 5 7 25 24 17 5 6 6 21 30 -8 41
11 Dallas 34 7 12 15 47 56 17 5 7 5 25 21 17 2 5 10 22 35 -9 33
12 Austin 34 9 4 21 35 56 17 7 2 8 27 25 17 2 2 13 8 31 -21 31
13 Houston Dynamo 34 6 12 16 36 54 17 6 6 5 21 22 17 0 6 11 15 32 -18 30

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.