It's still early in the Major League Soccer season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Portland Timbers - Real Salt Lake preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Real Salt Lake play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Real Salt Lake when playing on artifical turf are 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from nine matches. They have scored 4 goals and conceded 13 times in these games.
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
Portland Timbers have played three Major League Soccer home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
The Portland crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Seattle Sounders here at Providence Park in a Major League Soccer match. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Orlando City.
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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost three.
Portland aren't scoring a lot here at Providence Park in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Portland with 6 goals conceded in these matches.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Real Salt Lake are still undefeated on their travels in the Major League Soccer. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Salt play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Colorado Rapids (placed 9th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against SJ Earthquakes wasn't a success with a 2-5 loss.
Salt are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of ten matches.
It's early days yet, but Real Salt Lake has scored 4 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Portland victories, one draw and three Real Salt Lake wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Váleri 4 goals |  J. Ebobisse 4 goals |   D. Kreilach 4 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| Portland Timbers | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 90% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 30% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 10% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 10% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 119 | 77 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 28 | 77 |
| 53 | 32 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 16 | 32 |
| 30% | 22% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 28% |
- Portland Timbers has the the worst goal difference (-4) at home
- Portland Timbers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portland Timbers is in the best form (3-2-1)
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 10 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Dallas | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |