Portland Timbers perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Vancouver Whitecaps can look both up and down from their 8th position.
The hosts Portland Timbers saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Major League Soccer. Thankfully the previous game, versus LA Galaxy, was also a home game here at Providence Park. The away team is better rested.
Portland Timbers form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Portland Timbers have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
The Portland Timbers supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer and win 5-2. Before that, Portland played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Seattle Sounders.
A goal frenzy last time out for Portland Timbers, with a total of 7 goals in the match against LA Galaxy. Fun stuff to watch!
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Colorado Rapids in only three days. This game is also played here at Providence Park.
Goals decide football matches and Portland are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. Portland Timbers have conceded 17 from these games.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
There's been little loot from Vancouver Whitecaps's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Major League Soccer. Vancouver Whitecaps, who have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Major League Soccer, only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Vancouver Whitecaps, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Vancouver Whitecaps's previous game was their home loss versus Seattle Sounders (0-2). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus SJ Earthquakes.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Vancouver Whitecaps, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Vancouver Whitecaps - Portland 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Portland Timbers six wins, zero draws and Vancouver Whitecaps four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ebobisse 10 goals |  D. Váleri 9 goals | J. Niezgoda 8 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
| Portland Timbers | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 52 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 24 |
| 37 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 95% |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 77% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 64% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 32% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 18% |
| 79% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 17% | 45% |
| 17% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 14% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 67% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 288 | 161 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 81 | 167 |
| 126 | 63 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 32 | 63 |
| 41% | 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 19% | 38% |
- Portland Timbers has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers has the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have scored more than double the goals of Vancouver Whitecaps.
- Portland Timbers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vancouver Whitecaps has the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps has the the worst goal difference (-19) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Portland Timbers | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Dallas | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 29 | -14 | 27 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -19 | 24 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -17 | 18 |