Home team gets the points, the away team claims the win or a score draw? It's all possible when the mid-table sides Portland Timbers and Los Angeles FC meet at Providence Park.
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals (41) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Major League Soccer
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Portland and Los Angeles FC.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Los Angeles FC have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-1-8 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.
It's quite the trip for Los Angeles FC when visiting Portland as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Portland Timbers, who have the most conceded goals (41) in Major League Soccer, have played 11 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Portland, who played 2-2 against Colorado Rapids. That match was also played at this venue (Providence Park). Dario Župarić was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Župarić hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Vancouver Whitecaps and winning 1-0.The Portland fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Portland Timbers defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Los Angeles FC have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-1-7 (11 played).
Two travels in a row for Angeles, whose manager B. Bradley could celebrate last time after the Major League Soccer win against Austin. José Cifuentes, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.14. Cifuentes served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 6 of 9 times. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager B. Bradley when Daniel Musovski scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Real Salt Lake.The visiting Los Angeles FC have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Angeles have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Portland Timbers and Los Angeles FC have faced off already this season: Portland - Los Angeles FC 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Portland two wins, four draws and Los Angeles FC four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Mora Aliaga 10 goals |   D. Rossi Marachlian 6 goals | D. Asprilla Rivas 5 goals |
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| Portland Timbers | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 34 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 37 |
| 41 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 82% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 82% | 92% |
| 62% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 55% | 62% |
| 33% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 21% | 18% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 73% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 64% | 71% |
| 25% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 18% | 21% |
| 12% | 9% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 8% |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 7.6 | 6.7 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.4 | 5 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 14.8 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 14.9 | 16.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 37% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 22% | 29% |
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portland Timbers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals (41) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Sporting KC | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 46 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 45 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 34 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Los Angeles FC | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 31 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Dallas | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 13 | Austin | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 19 |