Who will claim the win when Minnesota United go to play Portland Timbers? In this preview you'll find all the relevant information and numbers required to make a prediction.
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This football pitch has artifical turf, which is not Minnesota United's familiar surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on artifical turf Minnesota United have performed like this: Played ten matches with the output 2 wins, 0 draws and 8 defeats with the goal numbers 10-17 (scored/conceded).
Minnesota United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Portland Timbers nor Minnesota United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Portland Timbers form and stats
3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Portland Timbers so far this season.
Portland Timbers travelled for their previous game, a trip to Real Salt Lake that ended 0-0. Paredes (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Paredes hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Portland had a home game versus Vancouver Whitecaps which ended with a victory 3-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Portland Timbers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 23 games) they have won 13 times, drawn 7 and lost 3.
Sports bettors should know that 9 of the latest 12 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each team.
A decent goal production from Portland Timbers in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches.
Minnesota United form and stats
3-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Minnesota United in their Major League Soccer matches away. It's all red in the travel logs of Minnesota, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
The fans enjoyed Minnesota United's previous match versus Houston Dynamo (placed 9th), a 1-0 win played at home. Yippee; their first victory in the league after six games not winning. Tapias was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Tapias won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Sporting KC's place.We have checked recent matches where Minnesota have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 22 games were 8 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Minnesota United manager Heath as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Houston Dynamo.
10 goals have been conceded by Minnesota in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Portland Timbers wins - draws - Minnesota United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. da Silva Ferreira 4 goals |   B. Hlongwane 3 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
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| Portland Timbers | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 58% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 42% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 14% | 8% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 8% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 6.4 | 6.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 11.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.4 | 11 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 35% | 42% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 28% | 26% |
| 13.5 | 12.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 13.4 | 13.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minnesota United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Dallas | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Saint Louis City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Austin | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 12 | Real Salt Lake | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 9 |
