The Portland Timbers manager G. Savarese attacks this game with the team placed 3rd so far. In the visitors dressing room Seattle Sounders and their manager B. Schmetzer are in 5th place before this match.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
3 - 3 - 2 with 6-7. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Seattle Sounders when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Seattle Sounders play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's quite the trip for Seattle Sounders when visiting Portland Timbers as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Only two Major League Soccer home games for Portland Timbers so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The Portland supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Orlando City in Major League Soccer and win 2-1. In the game before, an away victory match versus Philadelphia Union with a 2-1 scoreline.
This is expected to be a close game, with Portland Timbers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Portland as a small favourite), we find seven games. Portland Timbers has won four of these, drawn two and lost one.
Portland are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at SJ Earthquakes awaits in three days.
At Providence Park, Portland Timbers has the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
Sounders failed to get anything from their last game, a Major League Soccer home match vs Los Angeles FC (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-4. Before that, Seattle Sounders secured a home win against Vancouver Whitecaps with the score 3-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Sounders in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Seattle Sounders, one draw and three defeats.
Sounders has another fixture away, a Major League Soccer game, against LA Galaxy in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Portland victories, zero draws and four Seattle Sounders 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 |  S. Blanco 3 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
Seattle Sounders missing players
| Portland Timbers | Seattle Sounders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 89% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 78% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 89% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 5.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | 65 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 76 |
| 48 | 27 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| 33% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 28% |
- All of Seattle Sounders's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Portland Timbers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Seattle Sounders have scored away.
- Portland Timbers have scored in all their matches so far.
- Portland Timbers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Seattle Sounders have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Seattle Sounders have lost all their away matches so far.
- Seattle Sounders have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Seattle Sounders have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 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 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Dallas | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | LA Galaxy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 4 |