Portland Timbers manager Savarese looking for three points in SJ Earthquakes showdown

SJ Earthquakes play their home games on grass, while this match will take part on artifical turf. The latest results for SJ Earthquakes when playing on artifical turf are 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from eleven matches. They have scored {11 goals} and conceded 24 times on these occasions.

It's quite the trip for SJ Earthquakes when visiting Portland Timbers as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

It's no vacation for neither Portland nor SJ Earthquakes 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 story so far in the Major League Soccer for Portland Timbers at their home stadium (Providence Park) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Providence Park.

Happy days for Portland Timbers in their previous game, a fixture away at Austin (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Mora, who usually features in attack, was the top performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.11 (out of 10). Mora scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

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 Portland's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Colorado Rapids in only three days. This game is also played here at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Providence Park with 23 goals in 14 league matches. Portland Timbers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

SJ Earthquakes form and stats

There's been little loot from SJ Earthquakes's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Major League Soccer. SJ Earthquakes only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.

Earthquakes are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Real Salt Lake (placed 6th). That win felt good as this team had gone four league rounds without winning. SJ Earthquakes goalie Daniel was high and low in the Real Salt Lake game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Espinoza, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.1. Espinoza signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and SJ Earthquakes playing away, we found 17 games. Results were 4 away wins, 5 draws and 8 home wins.

After this away game Earthquakes return home for a Major League Soccer game against Nashville SC. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. SJ Earthquakes have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This duo met each other before this match year: SJ Earthquakes - Portland 0-0. Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two squads are: six wins for Portland Timbers, three draws and one win for SJ Earthquakes. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

C. Espinoza 12 goals

J. Ebobisse 9 goals

E. da Silva Ferreira 8 goals

Portland Timbers missing players

SJ Earthquakes missing players