It's still early in the USL Championship season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Portland Timbers II - Sacramento Republic preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Portland's stadium, Providence Park, has a artifical turf surface. Sacramento Republic have grass 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 Sacramento Republic when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from one match. They have scored 0 goals in these games and conceded 2.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Portland Timbers II form and stats
Two USL Championship home games so far for Portland Timbers II, who are yet to win here at Providence Park. Only 0 points so far. It's trouble wherever Portland are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Portland Timbers II, their manager C. Knowles and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Portland crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Seattle Sounders II here at Providence Park in a USL Championship match. Ahead of that match, Portland lost 1-4 at home to Reno 1868.
Portland were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Portland Timbers II at home in the league. 1 on target and 8 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Sacramento Republic form and stats
The USL Championship season is young and Sacramento Republic have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
C. Iwasa was the last player to score for the away team. Sacramento haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Sacramento Republic has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to San Diego Loyal for a USL Championship game that ended a draw (0-0). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting LA Galaxy II's place.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sacramento Republic manager M. Briggs as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Reno 1868.
Sacramento Republic have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Portland four wins, zero draws and Sacramento Republic six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Formella 2 goals |   G. Duran 1 goals |
Portland Timbers II missing players
Sacramento Republic missing players
| Portland Timbers II | Sacramento Republic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 6 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| 4.7 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 12 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 21 | 47 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 24% |
- Portland Timbers II has the most conceded goals (17)
- Portland Timbers II has the most conceded goals in the first half (7)
- Portland Timbers II has the most conceded goals in the second half (10)
- Portland Timbers II has the the worst goal difference (-15)
- Portland Timbers II has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home
- Portland Timbers II is in the worst form (0-0-4)
| Portland Timbers II | Last season | Sacramento Republic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 65 | 34 | Scored | S | 22 | 55 | ||
| 71 | 36 | Conceded | C | 29 | 48 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 70% | ||
| 79% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 63% | 65% | ||
| 56% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 30% | ||
| 35% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 19% | ||
| 88% | 94% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 51% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 32% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 27% | ||
| 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 42 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 17 | ||
| 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reno 1868 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Phoenix Rising | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | New Mexico United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | San Antonio | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy II | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | San Diego Loyal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Seattle Sounders II | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Sacramento Republic | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Orange County | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | OKC Energy | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | El Paso Locomotive | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Colorado Springs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Real Monarchs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Austin Bold | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Las Vegas Lights | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | Rio Grande Valley | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
| 18 | Portland Timbers II | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -15 | 0 |