The season has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, boom and bust leading to mid-table places so far. Make ready for SJ Earthquakes - Portland Timbers!
- SJ Earthquakes have the most points (20) at home in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This football pitch has grass, which is not Portland Timbers's everyday surface at their own pitch. When playing on grass Portland Timbers have performed like this: Played 25 matches resulting in 5 wins, 8 draws and 12 defeats with the goal difference 30-47 (scored/conceded).
These teams have little in common geographically as Portland Timbers have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
6-2-0 is the performance here at Stanford Stadium so far in the Major League Soccer, giving SJ Earthquakes a total of 20 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results!
A nice win for SJ Earthquakes last time playing, versus Philadelphia Union. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Ebobisse and Trauco scoring for the victors. Daniel loved the game against Philadelphia Union. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory. Attacking player Ebobisse outshone all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Ebobisse scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that, Earthquakes played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Colorado Rapids.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SJ Earthquakes handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 12 latest league games shows that 9 of them had goals from both teams.
There will be little rest for SJ Earthquakes after this match as they are travelling to Houston Dynamo for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.
Earthquakes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stanford Stadium with 13 goals in 8 league matches. SJ Earthquakes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stanford Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Portland Timbers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portland Timbers so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
The Portland Timbers goalkeeper David Bingham is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Boli scored in Portland Timbers's previous match, the home game against Dallas that ended 1-0. That victory felt nice as this club had gone four league fixtures without victory. Paredes got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, top player of the team. Paredes hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Seattle Sounders.We have checked recent matches where Portland have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were 6 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Portland Timbers are hosting Chicago Fire in the Major League Soccer only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portland as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Portland Timbers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for SJ Earthquakes, two draws and six wins for Portland Timbers. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Espinoza 8 goals |  J. Ebobisse 7 goals |   E. da Silva Ferreira 4 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Portland Timbers missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 21 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 20 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 24 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 82% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 59% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 24% |
| 65% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 59% |
| 29% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 5.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 12.1 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 9.4 | 11.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 40% | 46% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 29% |
| 14.1 | 10.9 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.6 | 12.3 |
| 4.7 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SJ Earthquakes have not yet lost a game at home.
- SJ Earthquakes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- SJ Earthquakes have the most points (20) at home 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 | Saint Louis City | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 29 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Dallas | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 20 |
| 9 | Sporting KC | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 12 | Austin | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
