Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Providence Park (21144 seats)

Portland Timbers want to sell many tickets for this game despite that the season has been hard up to now with 33 points and a 10th spot in the Major League Soccer table. Visiting Seattle Sounders have 9th place with 33 pts.

Insights:
  • Seattle Sounders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This field has the surface artifical turf, unlike Seattle Sounders's home ground. The former seven games by the away team on artifical turf have generated 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

It's quite the trip for Seattle Sounders when visiting Portland as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

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.

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Portland Timbers form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Portland Timbers have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 13 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Portland Timbers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sporting KC (1-4). Blanco, who plays in attack, was the top player for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 7.85 (out of 10). Blanco scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Toronto.

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 Timbers as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Portland has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Take note that 9 of the latest 10 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.

Portland Timbers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Providence Park with 22 goals in 13 league matches. Portland Timbers have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Seattle Sounders form and stats

There's been little loot from Seattle Sounders's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Major League Soccer. Seattle Sounders only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.

Sounders has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to LA Galaxy for a 3-3 draw. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against LA Galaxy. Seattle Sounders were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 3-3, with Morris scoring the equalizer. Attacker Ruidíaz got a player rating of 8.11 in the game. "Man of the match" Ruidíaz scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Real Salt Lake.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Seattle Sounders in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Seattle Sounders, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Sounders are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Seattle Sounders have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Seattle Sounders - Portland Timbers 0-3 was the story when these two squads formerly did battle, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Portland Timbers wins - draws - Seattle Sounders wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Portland TimbersJ. Niezgoda
J. Niezgoda
9 goals
Seattle SoundersJ. Morris
J. Morris
7 goals
PortlandS. Blanco
S. Blanco
6 goals

Portland Timbers missing players

Seattle Sounders missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portland Timbers Seattle Sounders
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
7 5 0 Won W 1 3 10
12 6 3 Drew D 0 2 3
8 2 1 Lost L 2 8 13
43 22 3 Scored S 4 14 35
44 15 5 Conceded C 5 19 34
93% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 69%
56% 46% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 54%
37% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 19%
22% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 12%
74% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 50%
19% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 15% 19%
15% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 31%
 
3.9 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.2 4.8
5.7 5.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 6.3 5.5
2.9 3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
5 4 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.2 13.7 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 10.8 12.5
4.1 4.1 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.3
38% 42% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 31%
 
13.9 11.6 7 Shots against (avg) S A 19 15.8 13
4.8 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.5 4.4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Seattle Sounders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Los Angeles FC 26 18 3 5 55 26 14 11 2 1 34 13 12 7 1 4 21 13 29 57
2 Austin 26 14 6 6 55 36 12 6 4 2 32 18 14 8 2 4 23 18 19 48
3 Dallas 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 8 3 3 23 12 14 3 6 5 16 20 7 42
4 Minnesota United 26 12 5 9 42 36 13 6 4 3 22 15 13 6 1 6 20 21 6 41
5 Real Salt Lake 26 10 8 8 34 35 13 7 4 2 20 12 13 3 4 6 14 23 -1 38
6 Nashville SC 27 9 9 9 38 36 13 4 5 4 21 17 14 5 4 5 17 19 2 36
7 LA Galaxy 25 10 4 11 40 37 14 7 2 5 28 21 11 3 2 6 12 16 3 34
8 Vancouver Whitecaps 27 9 7 11 32 46 13 7 3 3 18 16 14 2 4 8 14 30 -14 34
9 Seattle Sounders 26 10 3 13 35 34 13 7 1 5 21 15 13 3 2 8 14 19 1 33
10 Portland Timbers 27 7 12 8 43 44 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 2 6 6 21 29 -1 33
11 Colorado Rapids 26 8 8 10 37 40 14 7 5 2 23 13 12 1 3 8 14 27 -3 32
12 SJ Earthquakes 26 6 9 11 42 54 13 5 5 3 24 23 13 1 4 8 18 31 -12 27
13 Houston Dynamo 26 7 5 14 32 43 13 4 4 5 18 17 13 3 1 9 14 26 -11 26
14 Sporting KC 27 7 5 15 30 49 13 5 2 6 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 33 -19 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Los Angeles FC 26 18 3 5 55 26 14 11 2 1 34 13 12 7 1 4 21 13 29 57
2 Austin 26 14 6 6 55 36 12 6 4 2 32 18 14 8 2 4 23 18 19 48
3 Dallas 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 8 3 3 23 12 14 3 6 5 16 20 7 42
4 Minnesota United 26 12 5 9 42 36 13 6 4 3 22 15 13 6 1 6 20 21 6 41
5 Real Salt Lake 26 10 8 8 34 35 13 7 4 2 20 12 13 3 4 6 14 23 -1 38
6 Nashville SC 27 9 9 9 38 36 13 4 5 4 21 17 14 5 4 5 17 19 2 36
7 LA Galaxy 25 10 4 11 40 37 14 7 2 5 28 21 11 3 2 6 12 16 3 34
8 Vancouver Whitecaps 27 9 7 11 32 46 13 7 3 3 18 16 14 2 4 8 14 30 -14 34
9 Seattle Sounders 26 10 3 13 35 34 13 7 1 5 21 15 13 3 2 8 14 19 1 33
10 Portland Timbers 27 7 12 8 43 44 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 2 6 6 21 29 -1 33
11 Colorado Rapids 26 8 8 10 37 40 14 7 5 2 23 13 12 1 3 8 14 27 -3 32
12 SJ Earthquakes 26 6 9 11 42 54 13 5 5 3 24 23 13 1 4 8 18 31 -12 27
13 Houston Dynamo 26 7 5 14 32 43 13 4 4 5 18 17 13 3 1 9 14 26 -11 26
14 Sporting KC 27 7 5 15 30 49 13 5 2 6 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 33 -19 26

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