Portland Timbers favourites for feisty fight facing Seattle Sounders

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Seattle Sounders's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Seattle Sounders have performed like this: Played ten matches resulting in 2 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats with the goal stats 7-9 (scored/conceded). It's quite the trip for Seattle Sounders when visiting Portland Timbers as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

Portland Timbers form and stats

When playing at home, Portland Timbers have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

The Portland Timbers fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at Providence Park: A 0-2 defeat against Atlanta United. Ahead of that match, Portland Timbers won a home game hosting Chicago Fire (3-2).

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 five games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 0.

The Portland Timbers manager G. Savarese has got the team scoring with 20 from 9 home games. Portland Timbers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Seattle Sounders form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Seattle Sounders so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to LA Galaxy in their previous outing. The Major League Soccer match ended in a draw 2-2. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Real Salt Lake's place.

We have checked recent matches where Seattle Sounders have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were W1-D2-L8.

Seattle Sounders have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, 13 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Seattle Sounders have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Seattle Sounders - Portland Timbers 1-2 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Portland Timbers, 1 draw and 3 wins for Seattle Sounders. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

B. Fernández 10 goals / 1 assists

R. Ruidíaz 9 goals

J. Ebobisse 8 goals / 1 assists

Portland Timbers missing players

Seattle Sounders missing players