2nd position in the Major League Soccer table for Portland Timbers so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Colorado Rapids visits Providence Park.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Portland's stadium, Providence Park, has a artifical turf surface. Colorado Rapids have grass 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 Colorado Rapids when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from seven matches. They have scored 6 goals in these games and conceded 13.
These teams have little in common geographically as Colorado Rapids have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Portland Timbers have collected 10 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 3-1-3.
The Portland supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Seattle Sounders in Major League Soccer and win 1-0. In the preceding match a 6-1 victory visiting SJ Earthquakes.
Portland goalkeeper Steve Clark did an outstanding job against Seattle Sounders with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
The Portland fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Portland Timbers with 14 goals conceded in these matches.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
3-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Colorado Rapids in their Major League Soccer matches away.
The Colorado goalkeeper William Paul Yarbrough Story is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 192 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Cole Bassett, Nicolás Mezquida, Andre Shinyashiki and Jonathan Lewis scored in Colorado's previous match, the home game against SJ Earthquakes that ended 5-0. Prior to that result Colorado won their away game at LA Galaxy. The scoreline was 2-0.
As mentioned above, Colorado was the only team on the pitch versus SJ Earthquakes in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Colorado has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 7 games. Colorado's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Portland Timbers-Colorado Rapids H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Portland Timbers five wins, Colorado Rapids two wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Portland Timbers missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Portland Timbers | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 34 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 28 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 41% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 46% |
| 24% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 43% | 38% |
| 82% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 69% |
| 12% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 204 | 117 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 111 | 200 |
| 85 | 43 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 38 | 64 |
| 40% | 33% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 39% |
- All of Colorado Rapids's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colorado Rapids haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Colorado Rapids is in the best form (3-2-1)
- Portland Timbers has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers has the most scored goals in the second half (19) 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 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 21 |
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Dallas | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 11 | LA Galaxy | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | -21 | 11 |