Portland Timbers have taken 7 of their 11 in total here in the safety of their own home. Will more points be won versus Austin?
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Austin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both sides have had time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an active fixture!
Portland Timbers form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Portland Timbers at their home stadium (Providence Park) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
A strong away win for Portland Timbers against Saint Louis City the last match, as Chará and Evander were on target. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Savarese when Chará scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute. Paredes (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Paredes hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A victory at home ahead of that match, as expected. The team were solid favourites against Orange County and won 3-1. 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 Portland have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 23 games) they have won 14 times, drawn 7 and lost 2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Portland Timbers, as the US Open Cup home game vs Real Salt Lake is only four days away.
Portland Timbers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Providence Park with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Portland Timbers have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Austin form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Austin playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Wolff, the Austin manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Austin's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus SJ Earthquakes that finished 2-2. Attacker Driussi got a player rating of 7.71 in the game. "Man of the match" Driussi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Prior to that match, the Austin manager Wolff faced defeat when travelling to LA Galaxy and losing 0-2.Austin are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 12 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
A new game in only four days for Austin, the US Open Cup home match versus New Mexico United. Busy days.
Austin are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - zero - two (Portland wins - draws - Austin wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gallagher 3 goals |   J. Mosquera 2 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
Austin missing players
| Portland Timbers | Austin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 90% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 70% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 70% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 20% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 6.7 | 7.2 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 11.5 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11 | 12.4 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 34% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 22% |
| 13.7 | 13.5 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 19 | 16 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.8 | 5.9 |
- All of Austin's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Austin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Austin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Austin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Austin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Austin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Portland Timbers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Austin have scored away.
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Saint Louis City | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Dallas | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Real Salt Lake | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Austin | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 3 |
