Statistics, trends, results, last matches, H2H stats, lineups and much more: Here's all you need to know about Portland Timbers - Real Salt Lake!
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Portland nor Real Salt Lake 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's stadium, Providence Park, has a artifical turf surface. Real Salt Lake 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 Real Salt Lake when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 2 draws and 7 losses from ten matches. They have scored 7 goals in these games and conceded 19.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Portland Timbers form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Providence Park as Portland Timbers have scored 12 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Portland Timbers's previous game, also at home. Visiting SJ Earthquakes (placed 11th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Felipe Mora, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.95 (out of 10). Mora scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting LA Galaxy (1-4).The Portland fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 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 7 from 8 matches.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
Salt are looking to quickly end their 194 minutes long goal drought in the Major League Soccer.
Salt lost away at LA Galaxy (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Zac MacMath (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.25. MacMath stopped the opponent with seven saves. It's a bit worrying for Real Salt Lake that their goalkeeper Zac MacMath made seven saves in the LA Galaxy game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.
Before that, Salt travelled to Houston Dynamo and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.The visiting Real Salt Lake have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Salt in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Portland Timbers won five games, one match ended with a draw and Real Salt Lake has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  D. Kreilach 7 goals |   F. Mora Aliaga 5 goals | R. Méndez Rubin 5 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 27 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 69% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 7.1 | 6.5 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 9.1 | 6.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 14.9 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 10.3 | 11.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 33% | 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | 38% |
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Salt Lake have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Real Salt Lake have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Salt Lake have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 31 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Dallas | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Austin | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 15 |