There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Major League Soccer table so far. Here's the Minnesota United - Portland Timbers latest:
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Major League Soccer
The visiting Portland Timbers played their last game only three days ago, a Major League Soccer match.
Minnesota's stadium, Allianz Field, 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; 14 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses from 35 matches. They have scored 62 goals in these games and conceded 58.
It's quite the trip for Portland Timbers when visiting Minnesota as the cities are 2700 kilometers apart.
Minnesota United form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Minnesota United have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
A nice win for Minnesota United last time playing, versus Seattle Sounders. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Robin Lod scoring for the victors. Defender Bakaye Dibassy got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.35/10. Dibassy hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Colorado Rapids.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 Minnesota have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won eleven times, drawn four and lost three.
Minnesota United are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Los Angeles FC awaits in four days.
Minnesota has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Minnesota have conceded only 5 goals.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Portland Timbers have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
The supporters enjoyed Portland Timbers's previous game versus Los Angeles FC (placed 5th), a Major League Soccer 2-1 win played at home. Steve Clark was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.03. The agile goalkeeper Clark stopped the opponent with five saves. Felipe Mora came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Los Angeles FC last time out, making the manager G. Savarese feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Los Angeles FC, was very satisfying as Felipe Mora scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Before that, Portland secured a home win against Dallas with the score 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Portland Timbers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were five victories, three draws and three defeats.
Portland have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. The Portland Timbers manager G. Savarese has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Portland Timbers - Minnesota 0-1 played earlier this season. Minnesota United-Portland Timbers H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Minnesota six wins, Portland Timbers two wins, one draw. six of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Lod 3 goals |  J. Ebobisse 3 goals | D. Asprilla Rivas 3 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Portland Timbers missing players
| Minnesota United | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 43% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 77% |
| 31% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 69% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 38% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 38% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 7.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.8 | 17.3 | 26 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 28% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 33% |
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Portland Timbers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Austin | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Dallas | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | -9 | 11 |