This match features two teams living in the basement of the USL Championship, Portland Timbers II holding 4th place and Tacoma Defiance lying 3rd. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Portland have less rest than Tacoma Defiance in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a USL Championship game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus LA Galaxy II, was also a home game here at Providence Park. The away team is better rested.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Tacoma Defiance's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Tacoma Defiance have performed like this: Played three matches resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 7-5 (scored/conceded).
Portland Timbers II form and stats
Zero (!) USL Championship points is the sad result after 4 matches here at Providence Park. Can it change today? Problems are piling up for Portland as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of eight games. This streak could be one for the history books. It's been an uphill battle for Portland in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Reno 1868 game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Portland's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus LA Galaxy II. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sacramento Republic (1-2).
Heartbreak for Portland in their last match as LA Galaxy II's A. Williams scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the USL Championship game versus Sacramento Republic in only three days. This game is also played here at Providence Park.
Portland aren't scoring a lot here at Providence Park in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Portland having conceded 12 goals here at Providence Park so far. Portland Timbers II have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Tacoma Defiance form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tacoma Defiance in their USL Championship matches away. Three has not been a lucky number for Defiance as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Portland Timbers II match. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Defiance are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
There might be some fixture complaints from Tacoma Defiance as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the USL Championship match against Las Vegas Lights (1-3). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sacramento Republic wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Defiance are regular goalscorers on their travels. For Tacoma Defiance, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Portland - Tacoma Defiance 0-4 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Portland Timbers II won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Tacoma Defiance has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  A. Diaz 4 goals |   Jorge Gonzalez 2 goals | D. Robles 2 goals |
Portland Timbers II missing players
Tacoma Defiance missing players
| Portland Timbers II | Tacoma Defiance | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 28 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 80% | 62% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.1 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | 30 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 43 | 48 |
| 25 | 15 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 24 | 27 |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 44% |
- All of Tacoma Defiance's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Portland Timbers II has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Portland Timbers II has the fewest points (0) at home
- Portland Timbers II has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Portland Timbers II has the fewest scored goals (3) at home
- Portland Timbers II has the fewest scored goals (7)
- Portland Timbers II has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Portland Timbers II has the most conceded goals (12) at home
- Portland Timbers II has the most conceded goals (28)
- Portland Timbers II has the most conceded goals in the first half (13)
- Portland Timbers II has the most conceded goals in the second half (15)
- Portland Timbers II has the the worst goal difference (-21)
- Portland Timbers II has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home
- Portland Timbers II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Portland Timbers II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Portland Timbers II have lost all their matches so far.
- Portland Timbers II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portland Timbers II is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Tacoma Defiance has the fewest matches under the total-line (0)
- Tacoma Defiance has the most dropped points from leading position (5)
- Tacoma Defiance has the most matches over the total-line (6)
- Tacoma Defiance have scored in all their matches so far.
- Tacoma Defiance have scored more than double the goals of Portland Timbers II.
- Tacoma Defiance haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Sacramento Republic | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Tacoma Defiance | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 7 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers II | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -21 | 0 |