Major League Soccer: The mid-table positions show the journey Portland Timbers and Los Angeles FC have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!
- Portland Timbers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (12) 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.
2 - 1 - 5 with 9-15. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Los Angeles FC when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Los Angeles FC play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
These teams have little in common geographically as Los Angeles FC have to travel 1500 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 are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Providence Park. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
A nice win for Portland Timbers last time playing, versus Dallas. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Jeremy Ebobisse scoring for the victors. Defender Larrys Mabiala got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Mabiala won 2 of 4 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Austin.The manager G. Savarese will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Minnesota United in only three days.
The Portland fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Portland are not conceding a lot of goals here at Providence Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Playing away, Los Angeles FC have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Angeles are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Impressive finishing from Carlos Vela and Diego Rossi secured the home win 2-1 against Real Salt Lake in their previous game. The attacker Carlos Vela got a match rating of 8.11 in that game. Vela scored one goal, hit the woodwork two (!) times, hit six key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Austin with the score of 2-0.A new game in only three days for Angeles, the Major League Soccer home match versus Vancouver Whitecaps. Busy days.
Angeles are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Los Angeles FC have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Portland Timbers victories, four draws and four Los Angeles FC wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Rossi Marachlian 5 goals |  J. Cifuentes Charcopa 4 goals |  J. Ebobisse 3 goals |
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| Portland Timbers | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 25% | 17% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 5.8 |
| 7.1 | 6.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 15.3 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.8 | 14.6 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 31% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 28% |
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Los Angeles FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portland Timbers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 10 | Austin | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Dallas | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -7 | 11 |