Major League Soccer: Portland Timbers - Atlanta United news and the hard facts

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 04.September
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Providence Park (21144 seats)

This is Major League Soccer and Portland Timbers - Atlanta United. In this preview and prediction you'll find numbers, previous results, data, trends and stories!

Insights:
  • Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Major League Soccer

It's quite the trip for Atlanta United when visiting Portland as the cities are 4100 kilometers apart.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Portland Timbers form and stats

Portland Timbers have played 14 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-6-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Portland Timbers against Austin the last match, as Tuiloma and McGraw were on target. Midfield player Williamson got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Williamson served one assist and hit five key passes.

Before that, Portland Timbers had a home game versus Seattle Sounders which ended with a victory 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portland Timbers handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 12 wins, 8 draws and 1 defeat.

Betting people might want to know that 11 of the most recent 12 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.

The Portland fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 14 league matches. Portland Timbers have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Atlanta United form and stats

Atlanta United have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-5-8 (14 played).

Two away games in a row for Atlanta United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Philadelphia Union. Attacker Almada got a player rating of 7.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Almada hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).

Before that, Atlanta United secured a home win against DC United with the score 3-2.

We have checked recent matches where Atlanta have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 3 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 17 of this team's 21 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Atlanta United have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Atlanta United have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when facing Portland.

Top Goalscorers

Portland TimbersJ. Niezgoda
J. Niezgoda
9 goals
Portland TimbersS. Blanco
S. Blanco
7 goals
Atlanta UnitedJ. Martínez
J. Martínez
7 goals

Portland Timbers missing players

Atlanta United missing players

Portland Timbers Atlanta United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 2 14 28
9 6 5 Won W 0 1 8
12 6 0 Drew D 1 5 9
8 2 0 Lost L 1 8 11
47 24 16 Scored S 2 14 40
46 16 5 Conceded C 4 26 46
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
90% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 86%
59% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 75%
34% 21% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 36%
21% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 14%
76% 71% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 71%
17% 21% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 14%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 21%
 
4 4.5 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 6 6.4
6 5.7 7.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.6 5
2.9 3 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2
5 4 2 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.3 13.8 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 15 16
4.2 4.3 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.6 5.5
38% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 22% 26%
 
14 11.1 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13.5 12.5
4.7 3.7 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 4.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Major League Soccer

  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 28 18 3 7 57 32 14 11 2 1 34 13 14 7 1 6 23 19 25 57
2 Austin 28 15 6 7 60 39 14 7 4 3 37 21 14 8 2 4 23 18 21 51
3 Minnesota United 28 13 5 10 44 40 14 7 4 3 24 16 14 6 1 7 20 24 4 44
4 Dallas 29 11 10 8 40 33 15 8 4 3 24 13 14 3 6 5 16 20 7 43
5 Nashville SC 29 11 9 9 45 37 14 5 5 4 25 18 15 6 4 5 20 19 8 42
6 Real Salt Lake 28 11 9 8 38 36 14 8 4 2 23 12 14 3 5 6 15 24 2 42
7 Portland Timbers 29 9 12 8 47 46 14 6 6 2 24 16 15 3 6 6 23 30 1 39
8 LA Galaxy 27 11 5 11 44 40 14 7 2 5 28 21 13 4 3 6 16 19 4 38
9 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 9 7 12 32 49 14 7 3 4 18 19 14 2 4 8 14 30 -17 34
10 Seattle Sounders 28 10 3 15 38 39 13 7 1 5 21 15 15 3 2 10 17 24 -1 33
11 Colorado Rapids 28 8 8 12 38 50 14 7 5 2 23 13 14 1 3 10 15 37 -12 32
12 Houston Dynamo 28 8 5 15 35 46 14 5 4 5 20 18 14 3 1 10 15 28 -11 29
13 Sporting KC 28 8 5 15 31 49 14 6 2 6 17 16 14 2 3 9 14 33 -18 29
14 SJ Earthquakes 27 6 9 12 42 55 13 5 5 3 24 23 14 1 4 9 18 32 -13 27

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.