Portland Timbers II vs Rio Grande Valley match preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Wed 01.May
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Harry A. Merlo Field

Portland Timbers II perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Rio Grande Valley can look both up and down from their 24th position.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the USL Championship. That game was an away game at New Mexico United, so at least Portland Timbers II are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Portland Timbers II form and stats

Portland Timbers II have collected seven points from their first three games here at Harry A. Merlo Field, a promising start.

Portland Timbers II manager C. Knowles and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus New Mexico United in the USL Championship. In the match before that, Portland Timbers II hosted Colorado Springs and drew the game 2-2.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (6 in 3 games), Portland Timbers II's attacking play is working. Portland Timbers II's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rio Grande Valley form and stats

The season is young and Rio Grande Valley have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.

Rio Grande Valley has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to LA Galaxy II for a USL Championship game that ended a draw (4-4). Before that, Rio Grande Valley secured a home win against Las Vegas Lights with the score 5-2.

Rio Grande Valley have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Rio Grande Valley's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 4 - 1 - 1 (Portland Timbers II wins - draws - Rio Grande Valley wins).

Top Goalscorers

M. Salazar
4 goals

Portland Timbers II missing players

Rio Grande Valley missing players

Portland Timbers II Rio Grande Valley
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
8 3 1 Played 1 4 8
4 2 1 Won 0 0 2
3 1 0 Drew 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost 1 2 3
18 6 1 Scored 1 7 14
13 3 0 Conceded 2 9 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 88%
88% 67% 0% Over 1.5 100% 75% 75%
75% 67% 0% Over 2.5 100% 75% 62%
75% 67% 0% Over 3.5 0% 50% 38%
38% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 25% 25%
88% 67% 0% BTTS 100% 75% 62%
12% 33% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 25% 38%
 
4.4 4.7 2 Corners For (avg) 7 5.3 4.4
7 5.7 6 Corners Against (avg) 4 4.3 4.8
1.7 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 2.3 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Portland Timbers II hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rio Grande Valley is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Portland Timbers II has scored in all of their 8 home matches.

Portland Timbers II
31-03-19 USL LA Galaxy II 3 - 2 Portland Timbers II
07-04-19 USL OKC Energy 2 - 3 Portland Timbers II
14-04-19 USL Portland Timbers II 1 - 0 Sacramento Republic
21-04-19 USL Portland Timbers II 2 - 2 Colorado Springs
27-04-19 USL New Mexico United 3 - 3 Portland Timbers II
01-05-19 USL Portland Timbers II 02:00 Rio Grande Valley
12-05-19 USL Seattle Sounders II 20:30 Portland Timbers II
26-05-19 USL Portland Timbers II 02:00 El Paso Locomotive
30-05-19 USL Portland Timbers II 02:00 Real Monarchs
09-06-19 USL Austin Bold 00:30 Portland Timbers II
Rio Grande Valley
30-03-19 USL Tulsa Roughnecks 2 - 1 Rio Grande Valley
07-04-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 0 - 0 New Mexico United
14-04-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 2 - 1 OKC Energy
21-04-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 5 - 2 Las Vegas Lights
25-04-19 USL LA Galaxy II 4 - 4 Rio Grande Valley
01-05-19 USL Portland Timbers II 02:00 Rio Grande Valley
11-05-19 USL Phoenix Rising 02:30 Rio Grande Valley
19-05-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 LA Galaxy II
26-05-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 San Antonio
02-06-19 USL Orange County 02:00 Rio Grande Valley

  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 Tampa Bay Rowdies 8 4 4 0 14 4 5 2 3 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 6 2 10 16
2 New Mexico United 9 3 5 1 19 14 4 2 2 0 11 6 5 1 3 1 8 8 5 14
3 Portland Timbers II 7 4 2 1 17 12 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 2 1 1 11 9 5 14
4 Saint Louis FC 7 4 2 1 10 5 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 5 14
5 Charleston Battery 7 4 2 1 11 7 4 3 1 0 8 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 14
6 New York RB II 6 4 1 1 14 8 5 3 1 1 12 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 13
7 Tulsa Roughnecks 8 4 1 3 18 14 4 3 1 0 9 2 4 1 0 3 9 12 4 13
8 Indy Eleven 4 4 0 0 10 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 9 3 7 12
9 North Carolina 6 3 2 1 11 5 3 1 2 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 5 2 6 11
10 Nashville 7 3 2 2 11 7 3 2 0 1 4 1 4 1 2 1 7 6 4 11
11 Reno 1868 6 3 2 1 11 9 3 2 1 0 7 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 11
12 Austin Bold 7 3 2 2 6 5 4 3 1 0 5 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 11
13 OKC Energy 8 3 2 3 14 15 3 2 0 1 5 4 5 1 2 2 9 11 -1 11
14 Fresno FC 6 2 4 0 9 5 3 1 2 0 6 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 4 10
15 Real Monarchs 7 3 1 3 14 12 4 3 1 0 11 3 3 0 0 3 3 9 2 10
16 Louisville City 6 3 1 2 7 6 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 10
17 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 7 2 4 1 10 9 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 10
18 Birmingham Legion 6 3 1 2 7 7 4 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 6 4 0 10
19 Bethlehem Steel 8 3 1 4 12 13 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 2 0 1 7 5 -1 10
20 Atlanta United II 7 3 1 3 9 11 5 2 0 3 5 8 2 1 1 0 4 3 -2 10
21 LA Galaxy II 7 3 1 3 15 19 4 2 1 1 12 12 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4 10
22 Phoenix Rising 6 2 3 1 11 6 4 1 3 0 9 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 5 9
23 Sacramento Republic 5 3 0 2 7 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 9
24 Rio Grande Valley 7 2 3 2 14 13 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 0 2 1 7 8 1 9
25 San Antonio 7 3 0 4 10 9 4 3 0 1 8 4 3 0 0 3 2 5 1 9
26 Orange County 7 2 2 3 13 12 4 2 1 1 11 7 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 8
27 Colorado Springs 8 2 2 4 9 12 3 1 0 2 1 3 5 1 2 2 8 9 -3 8
28 Las Vegas Lights 7 2 1 4 11 12 3 2 1 0 6 0 4 0 0 4 5 12 -1 7
29 Ottawa Fury 5 2 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 -1 7
30 El Paso Locomotive 6 1 3 2 5 7 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2 6
31 Loudoun United 6 1 2 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 3 4 7 -3 5
32 Memphis 901 8 1 2 5 5 10 4 0 1 3 1 4 4 1 1 2 4 6 -5 5
33 Charlotte Independence 8 1 2 5 9 16 5 1 1 3 8 12 3 0 1 2 1 4 -7 5
34 Seattle Sounders II 8 1 0 7 3 26 3 1 0 2 3 6 5 0 0 5 0 20 -23 3
35 Swope Park Rangers 6 0 2 4 8 15 3 0 1 2 6 9 3 0 1 2 2 6 -7 2
36 Hartford Athletic 8 0 0 8 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 4 22 -18 0