It's still early in the Major League Soccer season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the New England - Portland Timbers preview!
New England and Portland Timbers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Portland Timbers when visiting New England as the cities are 4900 kilometers apart.
New England form and stats
New England have played 1 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in New England's previous game, also at home. Visiting Chicago Fire (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Montreal Impact (1-2).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does New England handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and three defeats.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the New England at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Portland Timbers are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Major League Soccer against Nashville SC. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Minnesota United.
Portland Timbers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and four defeats. From a total of six matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one New England victory, seven draws and two Portland Timbers wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Váleri 2 goals |  A. Buksa 1 goals |  T. Bunbury 1 goals |
New England missing players
Portland Timbers missing players
| New England | 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 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 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% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.5 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 19 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 15% | 14% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| New England | Last season | Portland Timbers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Scored | S | 24 | 53 | ||
| 58 | 19 | Conceded | C | 31 | 51 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 86% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 54% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 69% | ||
| 34% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 37% | ||
| 20% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 60% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 72% | 63% | ||
| 17% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 17% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 23% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 458 | 259 | Total Shots | T S | 240 | 572 | ||
| 147 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 79 | 184 | ||
| 34% | 36% | 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 | Atlanta United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | New York RB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Toronto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | New England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |