Possible nail-biting contest in Inter Miami - Portland Timbers game

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 29.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lockhart Stadium (20450 seats)

Inter Miami are hosting Portland Timbers for yet another very important game after their 1-1 result against 3rd-placed Orlando City.

Insights:
  • Inter Miami have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Major League Soccer

The hosts Inter Miami saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the US Open Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Orlando City.

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Inter Miami form and stats

The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Inter Miami, who have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Major League Soccer, at their home stadium (Lockhart Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Inter Miami are confident in defense, having played 196 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Inter manager Neville and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Orlando City in the US Open Cup.

Ahead of that match, Inter Miami won a home game hosting New York RB (2-0).

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 Inter Miami have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Inter has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Portland Timbers form and stats

Portland Timbers have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-3-3 (7 played).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Philadelphia Union with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Chará got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Chará hit one key pass and had 66 successful passes (of 68 total).

A 2-3 defeat away at SJ Earthquakes before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portland Timbers playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Portland Timbers wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Portland are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Portland Timbers have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Campana Romero
L. Campana Romero
6 goals
Portland TimbersB. Tuiloma
B. Tuiloma
4 goals
Portland TimbersJ. Niezgoda
J. Niezgoda
3 goals

Inter Miami missing players

Portland Timbers missing players

Inter Miami Portland Timbers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 0 7 14
4 3 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 2 2 Drew D 0 3 6
6 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
13 10 2 Scored S 0 8 20
21 10 2 Conceded C 0 13 23
85% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 86%
69% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 86% 79%
46% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 43%
38% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 43%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 43% 29%
46% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 64%
31% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
38% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 29%
 
3.6 4.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.6 4.1
6 5.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.7 5.4
2.8 2.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.1 3.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
11.6 12.7 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.6 10.9
3.9 4.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.1 3.5
25% 32% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 41%
 
14.3 12.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16.9 13.9
4.9 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.3 4.6
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Inter Miami have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inter Miami have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Major League Soccer
  • Inter Miami have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Philadelphia Union 13 6 6 1 18 9 7 3 4 0 8 3 6 3 2 1 10 6 9 24
2 New York City 12 7 2 3 24 10 8 6 1 1 21 7 4 1 1 2 3 3 14 23
3 Orlando City 13 6 3 4 16 17 6 3 0 3 8 10 7 3 3 1 8 7 -1 21
4 New York RB 13 5 5 3 20 14 6 0 4 2 6 8 7 5 1 1 14 6 6 20
5 Montreal Impact 13 6 2 5 24 23 5 3 0 2 10 7 8 3 2 3 14 16 1 20
6 Cincinnati 13 6 1 6 18 21 6 2 0 4 11 11 7 4 1 2 7 10 -3 19
7 Atlanta United 12 4 4 4 19 18 6 3 3 0 14 8 6 1 1 4 5 10 1 16
8 Charlotte 13 5 1 7 12 16 7 5 0 2 9 5 6 0 1 5 3 11 -4 16
9 New England 12 4 3 5 21 22 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 1 2 3 12 15 -1 15
10 Inter Miami 13 4 3 6 13 21 7 3 2 2 10 10 6 1 1 4 3 11 -8 15
11 DC United 12 4 2 6 16 19 8 3 1 4 12 12 4 1 1 2 4 7 -3 14
12 Columbus Crew 12 3 4 5 15 15 6 3 0 3 9 6 6 0 4 2 6 9 0 13
13 Toronto 13 3 3 7 18 25 6 3 0 3 8 10 7 0 3 4 10 15 -7 12
14 Chicago Fire 13 2 5 6 11 17 6 1 3 2 5 5 7 1 2 4 6 12 -6 11

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