With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Real Salt Lake fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Portland Timbers.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Portland Timbers have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-6-17 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches. Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Real Salt Lake have secured 6 points from their first three home games. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.Real Salt Lake lost their last game at LA Galaxy after a 1-2 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Cincinnati and winning 3-0.
A decent goal production from Real Salt Lake in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Portland Timbers form and stats
There's been little loot from Portland Timbers's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games. Portland Timbers, who have the most conceded goals (19) away in Major League Soccer, only has 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Portland Timbers are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.Portland Timbers play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Toronto. Preceding that game was the away victory against Columbus Crew with the score of 3-1.
Portland Timbers have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, 8 away games. For Portland Timbers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Real Salt Lake-Portland Timbers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Real Salt Lake 2 wins, Portland Timbers 6 wins, 2 draws.Top Goalscorers
  A. Rusnák 4 goals / 1 assists |   J. Ebobisse 4 goals |  D. Kreilach 2 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Portland Timbers missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Portland Timbers | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Played | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 22% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 3 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 8.4 | 7.3 | 8 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 2 | 2 |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- Portland Timbers has failed to keep a clean sheet in 8 matches.
| 31-03-19 | | Real Salt Lake | 2 - 4 | Dallas |
| 07-04-19 | | Seattle Sounders | 1 - 0 | Real Salt Lake |
| 14-04-19 | | Real Salt Lake | 2 - 1 | Orlando City |
| 19-04-19 | | Cincinnati | 0 - 3 | Real Salt Lake |
| 29-04-19 | | LA Galaxy | 2 - 1 | Real Salt Lake |
| 05-05-19 | | Real Salt Lake | 01:00 | Portland Timbers |
| 12-05-19 | | Colorado Rapids | 01:00 | Real Salt Lake |
| 18-05-19 | | Real Salt Lake | 19:00 | Toronto |
| 25-05-19 | | Real Salt Lake | 01:00 | Atlanta United |
| 29-05-19 | | Montreal Impact | 23:30 | Real Salt Lake |
| 01-04-19 | | LA Galaxy | 2 - 1 | Portland Timbers |
| 07-04-19 | | SJ Earthquakes | 3 - 0 | Portland Timbers |
| 14-04-19 | | Dallas | 2 - 1 | Portland Timbers |
| 20-04-19 | | Columbus Crew | 1 - 3 | Portland Timbers |
| 27-04-19 | | Toronto | 1 - 2 | Portland Timbers |
| 05-05-19 | | Real Salt Lake | 01:00 | Portland Timbers |
| 11-05-19 | | Vancouver Whitecaps | 02:00 | Portland Timbers |
| 16-05-19 | | Houston Dynamo | 00:30 | Portland Timbers |
| 25-05-19 | | Philadelphia Union | 23:30 | Portland Timbers |
| 02-06-19 | | Portland Timbers | 02:30 | Los Angeles FC |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Dallas | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Sporting KC | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 9 | SJ Earthquakes | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 7 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 2 |
