Portland Timbers have not been spoiled with points this league season. Can the team get some points when Real Salt Lake visit Providence Park?
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals (41) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Major League Soccer
5-1-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Real Salt Lake when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those twelve matches are 16-25 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither Portland Timbers nor Real Salt Lake as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Portland Timbers form and stats
The complete Major League Soccer stats playing at home this season for Portland Timbers are 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). When Portland Timbers hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like St. Louis City, Los Angeles FC and Seattle Sounders), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The Portland Timbers crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Vancouver Whitecaps here at Providence Park. The striker Mora was announced as "man of the match" for Portland with a rating of 7.43/10. Mora scored one goal.
Heartbreak before that as Portland Timbers lost 0-5 at Houston Dynamo's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Portland Timbers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 4.
The manager Savarese will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Seattle Sounders in only three days.
Portland have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Providence Park with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Portland Timbers have conceded 15 in these home matches. When Portland Timbers hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Sporting KC, Colorado Rapids, LA Galaxy and Austin), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Salt are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
Home advantage was not enough for Real Salt Lake in their previous game as they lost hosting Houston Dynamo, 0-3. Until that defeat this team had won at least one point from nine league games in a row. Musovski, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 6.95. Musovski hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A defeat, in the US Open Cup away at Houston Dynamo (after extra-time), earlier. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Real Salt Lake in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Salt, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Take note that 9 of this side's 11 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Colorado Rapids in just three days.
Real Salt Lake have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Real Salt Lake have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Real Salt Lake have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (2-2-0) against Portland Timbers.The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Real Salt Lake - Portland 0-0 registered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  E. da Silva Ferreira 6 goals |  F. Boli 6 goals |   J. Savarino Quintero 6 goals |
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| Portland Timbers | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 28 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 41 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 37 |
| 80% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 84% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 80% |
| 56% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 40% | 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 44% |
| 32% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 56% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 32% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 14.2 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.3 | 14.9 |
| 4 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 28% | 32% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 24% | 24% |
| 12.3 | 11.1 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 13.9 | 12.2 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals (41) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers is in the worst form (1-2-3)
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most points (21) away in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the the best goal difference (+0) away 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 | St. Louis City | 25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 44 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -2 | 37 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | SJ Earthquakes | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -3 | 35 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Dallas | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Austin | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -13 | 26 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 19 |
