Major League Soccer: Colorado Rapids are 2 points behind Portland Timbers, but are inspired to go full force. Let's start!
- Colorado Rapids have not yet lost a game at home.
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Portland Timbers have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-5-9 (win-draw-loss) from 20 matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Portland Timbers, who are travelling more than 1900 kilometers to play this game.
Colorado Rapids and Portland Timbers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Colorado Rapids have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Colorado.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Colorado Rapids, who played 0-0 against Charlotte. That match was also played at this venue (Dick's Sporting Goods Park). The goalie Yarbrough was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.93 out of ten. Yarbrough topped it up with a clean sheet.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Minnesota United.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Colorado Rapids have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost three.
A decent goal production from Colorado in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Defensively Colorado Rapids have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Portland Timbers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Portland Timbers are looking to quickly end their 192 minutes long goal drought in the Major League Soccer. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Portland goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Portland Timbers played 0-0 against Real Salt Lake in their previous match. Midfield player Moreno was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Moreno hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
A 0-0 draw at Houston Dynamo's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Portland have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were six victories, three draws and six defeats.
The visiting Portland Timbers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. Portland Timbers have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Colorado victories, three draws and four Portland Timbers wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Rubio Kostner 4 goals |   Y. Chará Zamora 3 goals | M. Kaye 2 goals |
Colorado Rapids missing players
Portland Timbers missing players
| Colorado Rapids | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 50% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 38% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 5 | 6.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.1 | 11.5 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.2 | 11.2 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 28% | 40% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 38% | 34% |
| 10.6 | 10.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 17.8 | 13.9 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
- Colorado Rapids have not yet lost a game at home.
- Colorado Rapids have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Austin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Dallas | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -11 | 4 |
