Most would pick Portland Timbers in this match vs Vancouver Whitecaps, but the visitors will fight to the finish. Here's the Tipsway match guide!
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Major League Soccer
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game was also an away game, at Cincinnati. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Portland Timbers form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Portland Timbers have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. Two home wins in a row for Portland bring valid hopes of a third.
Happy days for Portland Timbers in their previous game, a fixture away at Seattle Sounders (placed 9th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Niezgoda, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.11 (out of 10). Niezgoda scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Nashville SC that finished 2-2.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Portland's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 6 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Portland Timbers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Providence Park with 17 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Portland have conceded 11 goals.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Vancouver Whitecaps have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-1-7 (10 played).
Vancouver Whitecaps are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Cincinnati. The attacker Gauld got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Gauld scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).
A 1-3 loss hosting Minnesota United before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Vancouver playing away, we found 8 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 5 home wins.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 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
Portland and Vancouver Whitecaps have met earlier this season: Vancouver Whitecaps - Portland Timbers 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Portland Timbers five wins, zero draws and Vancouver Whitecaps five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Niezgoda 7 goals |   L. Cavallini 6 goals |  B. Tuiloma 5 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
| Portland Timbers | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 32 | 17 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 29 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 33 |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 85% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 70% |
| 55% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 65% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 35% |
| 20% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 65% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 35% |
| 20% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 6.1 | 6 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 13.6 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.1 | 10.9 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| 40% | 45% | 63% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 38% | 32% |
| 14.6 | 13.2 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 15.3 | 13.8 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Austin | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 39 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -1 | 30 |
| 5 | Dallas | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -11 | 25 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 20 |
