Delightful dogfight as daring Portland Timbers duels with determined Houston Dynamo

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Sun 23.June
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Providence Park (21144 seats)

The visiting Houston Dynamo side should be favourites in this visit to Portland Timbers, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Houston Dynamo's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Houston Dynamo have performed like this: Played eight matches resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 6 defeats with the goal stats 7-16 (scored/conceded). Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Portland Timbers form and stats

When playing at home, Portland Timbers, who have the fewest points (0) at home in Major League Soccer, have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 1 games.

A good away victory last time out for Portland Timbers, who won 2-1 against Seattle Sounders. Ahead of that match, Portland Timbers lost 2-3 at home to Los Angeles FC.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portland Timbers handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D0-L0.

At Providence Park, Portland Timbers has the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Houston Dynamo form and stats

Playing away, Houston Dynamo, who have the fewest points (3) away in Major League Soccer, have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats so far this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Houston Dynamo are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Houston Dynamo won their last game, 3-2 versus Austin Bold played at home. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Sporting KC in the Major League Soccer.

We have checked recent matches where Houston Dynamo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were W0-D1-L4.

Houston Dynamo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games. 5 goals have been conceded by Houston Dynamo in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Houston Dynamo - Portland Timbers 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Portland Timbers, 4 draws and 3 wins for Houston Dynamo. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

M. Manotas
6 goals / 3 assists
J. Rodríguez
5 goals / 1 assists
A. Elis
5 goals / 5 assists

Portland Timbers missing players

Houston Dynamo missing players

Portland Timbers Houston Dynamo
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
13 1 1 Played 1 4 13
4 0 0 Won 1 1 7
2 0 0 Drew 0 0 3
7 1 1 Lost 0 3 3
19 2 2 Scored 4 5 21
26 3 3 Conceded 1 5 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 100% 50% 85%
85% 100% 100% Over 2.5 100% 50% 54%
38% 100% 100% Over 3.5 100% 25% 15%
23% 100% 100% Over 4.5 100% 25% 15%
77% 100% 100% BTTS 100% 50% 77%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 8%
23% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 50% 15%
 
5.2 7 7 Corners For (avg) 4 4.5 5.8
5.3 3 3 Corners Against (avg) 5 5 5.2
2.2 4 4 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.5 2.1
2 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • All of Portland Timbers's home matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
  • Houston Dynamo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals away as Portland Timbers have scored home.
  • Houston Dynamo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Houston Dynamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portland Timbers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Portland Timbers have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Portland Timbers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Portland Timbers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Portland Timbers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Portland Timbers
All US Open Cup Mobile Mini Sun Cup Major League Soccer Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-05-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 1 - 0 Portland Timbers
16-05-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 1 - 1 Portland Timbers
25-05-19 MLS Philadelphia Union 1 - 3 Portland Timbers
02-06-19 MLS Portland Timbers 2 - 3 Los Angeles FC
13-06-19 UOC Seattle Sounders 1 - 2 Portland Timbers
20-06-19 UOC Portland Timbers 03:00 LA Galaxy
23-06-19 MLS Portland Timbers 03:00 Houston Dynamo
26-06-19 MLS Montreal Impact 23:30 Portland Timbers
01-07-19 MLS Portland Timbers 03:00 Dallas
07-07-19 MLS New York City 22:30 Portland Timbers
Houston Dynamo
All US Open Cup Mobile Mini Sun Cup Major League Soccer CONCACAF Champions League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
16-05-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 1 - 1 Portland Timbers
19-05-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 2 - 1 DC United
26-05-19 MLS Minnesota United 1 - 0 Houston Dynamo
02-06-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 1 - 1 Sporting KC
12-06-19 UOC Houston Dynamo 3 - 2 Austin Bold
18-06-19 UOC Houston Dynamo 23:00 Minnesota United
23-06-19 MLS Portland Timbers 03:00 Houston Dynamo
27-06-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 02:30 Houston Dynamo
29-06-19 MLS New England 23:30 Houston Dynamo
04-07-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 01:00 New York RB

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Los Angeles FC 16 11 4 1 39 13 8 7 1 0 20 6 8 4 3 1 19 7 26 37
2 LA Galaxy 16 9 1 6 22 19 9 6 0 3 14 11 7 3 1 3 8 8 3 28
3 Seattle Sounders 16 7 5 4 26 21 8 6 2 0 16 7 8 1 3 4 10 14 5 26
4 Houston Dynamo 13 7 3 3 21 14 9 6 3 0 16 9 4 1 0 3 5 5 7 24
5 Dallas 16 6 4 6 22 22 8 4 3 1 11 8 8 2 1 5 11 14 0 22
6 Minnesota United 16 6 3 7 23 25 7 3 3 1 9 7 9 3 0 6 14 18 -2 21
7 SJ Earthquakes 15 5 4 6 23 27 8 4 1 3 15 14 7 1 3 3 8 13 -4 19
8 Real Salt Lake 15 6 1 8 21 27 6 4 0 2 11 8 9 2 1 6 10 19 -6 19
9 Vancouver Whitecaps 16 4 6 6 17 20 9 3 3 3 8 9 7 1 3 3 9 11 -3 18
10 Sporting KC 15 3 7 5 26 27 8 3 3 2 19 15 7 0 4 3 7 12 -1 16
11 Colorado Rapids 16 4 3 9 25 34 9 3 2 4 18 20 7 1 1 5 7 14 -9 15
12 Portland Timbers 13 4 2 7 19 26 1 0 0 1 2 3 12 4 2 6 17 23 -7 14

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