Colorado Rapids - Portland Timbers: Major League Soccer basement dwellers desperate for points and triumph. Read all the available numbers and news before the fixture!
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This field has grass, which is not Portland Timbers's regular surface at their own pitch. When playing on grass Portland Timbers have performed like this: Played 26 matches with the outcome 6 wins, 7 draws and 13 defeats with the goal data 31-50 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
With 1 Major League Soccer win, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Colorado Rapids are certainly not brimming with confidence.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Colorado Rapids, who played 0-0 against Portland Timbers. That match was also played at this venue (Dick's Sporting Goods Park Field 20).
Before that, Colorado Rapids had a home game versus Dallas which ended with a victory 2-1.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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 22 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 11 and lost 3.
Colorado Rapids aren't scoring a lot here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park Field 20 in the league, with only {7 goals} from 10 games. Colorado Rapids has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Portland Timbers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portland Timbers so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
Portland has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Colorado Rapids for a 0-0 draw.
A 1-4 defeat away at Minnesota United before that.We have checked recent matches where Portland Timbers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 21 games were 6 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portland as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Portland Timbers have conceded 21 goals in these games. When Portland Timbers is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Sporting KC, Minnesota United, LA Galaxy and Portland Timbers.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Colorado Rapids, three draws and four wins for Portland Timbers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Boli 6 goals |  E. da Silva Ferreira 5 goals |   L. Abubakar 2 goals |
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| Colorado Rapids | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 30 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 31 |
| 73% | 55% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 59% | 45% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 58% | 59% |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 32% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 41% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 59% |
| 32% | 45% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 55% | 55% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 32% |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 12.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.8 | 11.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 20% | 15% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 24% | 26% |
| 14.6 | 11.3 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 13.8 | 12.3 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest points (8) at home in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 33 |
| 5 | Austin | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 29 |
| 6 | Dallas | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 17 |
