It's early days in the Major League Soccer and both Los Angeles FC and Portland Timbers are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Los Angeles FC's stadium, Banc of California Stadium, 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Los Angeles FC's two home games in the Major League Soccer so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Banc of California Stadium.
Los Angeles FC drew their last game, also a home match. Philadelphia Union was the opponent, 3-3 the score. Before that, Los Angeles FC had a home game versus Inter Miami which ended with a victory 1-0.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
At Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles FC has the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Diego Valeri scored in Portland Timbers's previous match, the home game against Nashville SC that ended 1-0. A 1-3 loss hosting Minnesota United before that.
Head 2 Head
Los Angeles FC-Portland Timbers H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Los Angeles FC three wins, Portland Timbers two wins, one draw. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Vela Garrido 2 goals |   D. Váleri 2 goals |  E. Segura Martínez 1 goals |
Los Angeles FC missing players
Portland Timbers missing players
| Los Angeles FC | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9.5 | 9.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | 41 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 20 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Los Angeles FC | Last season | Portland Timbers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 91 | 54 | Scored | S | 24 | 53 | ||
| 43 | 26 | Conceded | C | 31 | 51 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 69% | ||
| 56% | 63% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 37% | ||
| 33% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 67% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 72% | 63% | ||
| 25% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 17% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 23% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 650 | 365 | Total Shots | T S | 240 | 572 | ||
| 247 | 147 | Shots on Target | S O | 79 | 184 | ||
| 37% | 37% | 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 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 13 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 85 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 48 | 72 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 56 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 53 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 53 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 58 | 59 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -1 | 51 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 49 |
| 7 | Dallas | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 48 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | -3 | 44 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 63 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -5 | 42 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 49 | 59 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 40 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 38 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | -22 | 34 |