The visiting Portland Timbers side should be favourites in this visit to Real Salt Lake, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Salt nor Portland Timbers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Portland Timbers's home stadium. The visitors last 27 games on grass have ended in 11 wins, 3 draws and 13 losses.
It's quite the trip for Portland Timbers when visiting Salt as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
3-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Real Salt Lake, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Major League Soccer, so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Salt to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager F. Juarez led his Real Salt Lake to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Vancouver Whitecaps. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Prior to that, an away loss at Seattle Sounders.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Real Salt Lake have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won seven, drawn three and lost two.
The manager F. Juarez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Colorado Rapids in only four days.
Salt are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Real Salt Lake defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Portland Timbers, who have the most points (17) away in Major League Soccer, have an excellent away record in the Major League Soccer so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Real Salt Lake. Portland have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Portland go into this game after a win, the home game against SJ Earthquakes that ended 3-0. Prior to that result Portland won their away game at LA Galaxy. The scoreline was 6-3.
Portland Timbers goalie Steve Clark was high and low in the SJ Earthquakes game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Portland in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Portland Timbers, two draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Portland, the Major League Soccer home match versus Los Angeles FC. Busy days.
Portland create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 22 goals in 8 travels. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Portland's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Portland Timbers - Salt 4-4. Last ten meetings between the teams: Real Salt Lake won three, Portland Timbers won six and one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ebobisse 9 goals |   D. Kreilach 8 goals |  D. Váleri 8 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 9 | 27 | 44 |
| 33 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 83% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 85% |
| 61% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | 75% |
| 39% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 40% |
| 22% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 90% | 75% |
| 33% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 20% |
| 33% | 30% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 212 | 124 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 108 | 240 |
| 70 | 37 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 55 | 105 |
| 34% | 32% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 49% | 42% |
- Portland Timbers has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers has the most points (17) away in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers has the most scored goals (22) away in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers has the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers has the the best goal difference (+9) away in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portland Timbers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Real Salt Lake have scored home.
- Portland Timbers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Portland Timbers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portland Timbers is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Real Salt Lake has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake has the most clean sheets (6) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Dallas | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 20 |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 18 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |