Toronto are depending on their home crowd to assist them to do well in this meeting hosting Portland Timbers. Who wins at BMO Field?
- Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Toronto's stadium, BMO Field, has a grass surface. Portland Timbers have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Portland Timbers when playing on grass; 7 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses from 28 matches. They have scored 42 goals in these games and conceded 50.
It's quite the trip for Portland Timbers when visiting Toronto as the cities are 4200 kilometers apart.
Both contenders have had time to rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!
Toronto form and stats
Toronto have collected 19 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 6-1-5.
Toronto are returning here after visiting Nashville SC and winning with a 4-3 scoreline. Osorio (2), Bernardeschi and Insigne scored the goal(s). A goal frenzy last time out for Toronto, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Nashville SC. Fun stuff to watch! Osorio (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.42/10. Osorio scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 43 successful passes (of 44 total).
Before that, Toronto played out a draw 0-0 when visiting New England.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 Toronto have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 4 and lost 5.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as New England are coming to town in four days.
The Toronto fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. Toronto have conceded 19 from these games.
Portland Timbers form and stats
There's been little loot from Portland Timbers's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the Major League Soccer. Portland Timbers only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 6 draws. In general it has been a productive period now for Portland Timbers as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Portland's last game was the home draw against Dallas (1-1). The draw against Dallas came from a losing position. The Portland Timbers manager Savarese brought on Loría as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Ayala was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.61/10. Ayala dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 26 total).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Nashville SC.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portland Timbers playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Portland Timbers wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 9 of this club's last 11 league games.
The travelling fans enjoy Portland's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Portland Timbers have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two teams are: four wins for Toronto, two draws and four wins for Portland Timbers. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Niezgoda 9 goals |   J. Osorio 8 goals |  J. Jiménez Núñez 8 goals |
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| Toronto | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 34 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 41 |
| 42 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 22 | 37 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 83% | 92% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 62% | 83% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 58% | 52% |
| 33% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 32% |
| 17% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 62% | 75% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 72% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 33% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10.2 | 10.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 11.4 | 12.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 37% | 39% |
| 15.4 | 14.2 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.4 | 13.4 |
| 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
- Portland Timbers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | New York City | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 40 |
| 4 | New York RB | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 37 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 23 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | New England | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -3 | 30 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -9 | 30 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 30 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Toronto | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | DC United | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -19 | 22 |
