National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Portland Timbers or Seattle Sounders that keep their silverware dream alive.
This arena has artifical turf, unlike Seattle Sounders's home arena. The latest seven games by the visitors on artifical turf have seen 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
It's quite the trip for Seattle Sounders when visiting Portland Timbers as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Portland drew their last game, also a home match. New York City (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Defender Bravo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.81/10. Bravo hit three key passes and won 10 of 18 duels.
Before that, Portland Timbers had a Major League Soccer home game versus Real Salt Lake which ended with a victory 2-0.Seattle Sounders form and stats
Seattle Sounders delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Real Salt Lake (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) in their previous game. Midfield player Roldán was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Roldán hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the Major League Soccer away draw versus Vancouver Whitecaps that ended 1-1.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Portland Timbers won five games, one match ended with a draw and Seattle Sounders have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threePortland Timbers missing players
Seattle Sounders missing players
| Portland Timbers | Seattle Sounders | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 30 | Scored | S | 19 | 35 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.6 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 13 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 43% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | ||
| 15.1 | 13.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
