This is shaping up to be quite the entertaining skirmish at Providence Park in the Major League Soccer. Portland Timbers is in 6th position and welcome Saint Louis City in 2nd spot. Read about the game here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Portland Timbers form and stats
The hosts won their first Major League Soccer game here at Providence Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Portland Timbers last season were 8 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses from 17 games.
No payout for Portland Timbers in their previous match, an away game at Los Angeles FC that ended in defeat 2-3. Evander (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.21/10. Evander scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that, Portland had a home game versus Sporting KC which ended with a victory 1-0.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 22 games) they have won 14 times, drawn 7 and lost 1.
At Providence Park, Portland Timbers has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Saint Louis City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Louis won their last game, 3-1 versus Charlotte played at home. Midfield player Löwen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Löwen scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Austin with the score of 3-2.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Saint Louis City has managed {3 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. De Mello 2 goals |   C. Paredes Maciel 1 goals |  J. Mosquera 1 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
Saint Louis City missing players
| Portland Timbers | Saint Louis City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| 8.5 | 11 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 18 | 14.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 43% |
| 13.5 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | 9.5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
