It's still early in the Major League Soccer season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the LA Galaxy - Portland Timbers preview!
LA Galaxy's stadium, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Field 17, has a grass surface. Portland Timbers have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Portland Timbers when playing on grass; 12 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses from 32 matches. They have scored 48 goals in these games and conceded 60.
Portland Timbers have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
LA Galaxy form and stats
LA Galaxy have played 1 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Galaxy fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Field 17: A 0-1 defeat against Vancouver Whitecaps. Preceding that game was the away draw at Houston Dynamo that finished 1-1.
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 Galaxy have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.
At ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Field 17, LA Galaxy has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Impressive finishing from Diego Valeri secured the home win 1-0 against Nashville SC in their previous game. A loss against Minnesota United was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Portland Timbers in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Portland Timbers, two draws and three defeats.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: LA Galaxy won four, Portland Timbers won five and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Váleri 2 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
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| LA Galaxy | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 12 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| LA Galaxy | Last season | Portland Timbers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 63 | 36 | Scored | S | 24 | 53 | ||
| 65 | 25 | Conceded | C | 31 | 51 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 69% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 69% | ||
| 36% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 37% | ||
| 25% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 61% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 72% | 63% | ||
| 22% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 17% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 23% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 499 | 229 | Total Shots | T S | 240 | 572 | ||
| 185 | 91 | Shots on Target | S O | 79 | 184 | ||
| 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | New York RB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Toronto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | New England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Orlando City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 22 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 23 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Inter Miami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 25 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 26 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |