Austin have journeyed here for an appealing fight versus the hosts Portland Timbers. Prepare for the game with this in-depth Major League Soccer preview!
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated game!
Portland Timbers form and stats
0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Portland Timbers so far this season.
Portland drew their last game, 1-1 away at Los Angeles FC (placed 3rd). Paredes (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Paredes hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus New England that ended 2-2.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Portland Timbers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played ten games, won eight matches, drawn one and lost one.
Early season league goal statistics from Portland Timbers's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Austin form and stats
Austin go into this game after a win, the home game against Inter Miami that ended 5-1. Driussi got a match rating of 9.1 in that game, top player of the team. Driussi scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Cincinnati.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Portland wins - draws - Austin wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Driussi 3 goals |   Y. Chará Zamora 2 goals | C. Domínguez Ruiz 2 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
Austin missing players
| Portland Timbers | Austin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | 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% |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10.5 | 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 71% |
| 20.5 | 17 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| 5.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Portland Timbers | Last season | Austin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 13 | 21 | ||
| 63 | 41 | Scored | S | 8 | 35 | ||
| 54 | 24 | Conceded | C | 31 | 56 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 74% | ||
| 61% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 24% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 61% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 44% | ||
| 29% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 15% | ||
| 11% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 65% | 50% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 6.6 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13.3 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 13.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 25% | ||
| 14.3 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.9 | 15.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Austin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Sporting KC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Dallas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
