Austin FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Austin FC

3 – 1

Full Time

Portland Timbers

Sun 22 Aug 2021 · 01:00 UTC Q2 Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 63' Dario Zuparic

Tomas Pochettino 83' Y

Overview

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Austin FC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Q2 Stadium.

Austin FC 27 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Austin FC 12 games · Avg 2.5 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-22 Austin FC 3–1 Portland Timbers 2021-07-02 Austin FC 4–1 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Austin FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	3–1	W
19 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–2	L
15 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	0–1	L
08 Aug	FC Dallas	A	0–2	L
05 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	3–2	W
01 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–1	L

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Aug	Austin FC	A	1–3	L
19 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
16 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–6	L
08 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	3–2	W
05 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–1	D
31 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–4	L

Season Stats

Austin FC		Portland Timbers
#28	Position	#26
31	Points	32
27	Played	27
7 / 10 / 10	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 13
35	Scored	48
47	Conceded	51
-12	GD	-3
1.15	PPG	1.19
26%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Austin FC are 28th (31 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Austin FC

0-15

5/4

16-30

4/5

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/6

61-75

3/3

76+

12/15

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

4/9

16-30

7/9

31-45

5/8

46-60

5/4

61-75

7/–

76+

10/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Austin FC

Christian Ramirez	9 G	2 A
Myrto Uzuni	6 G

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	5 A

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Austin FC is hosting Portland Timbers for another epic battle.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Austin FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' Cecilio Dominguez adds to his 0 season tally! Austin FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
11' Cecilio Dominguez with the second goal in the match!
14' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Diego Fagundez makes no mistake. 3-0!
19' Canada international Zac McGraw has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
24' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
29' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Sebastian Driussi makes it 4-0.
34' Portland Timbers have won 475 goals from 295 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
39' Austin FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
44' Austin FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
46' The crowd applauds Eryk Williamson as he leaves the pitch. Sebastian Blanco steps in for Portland Timbers.
51' It’s high time Josh Wolff made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
55' Goal! Dairon Asprilla scores his 35 goal in 295 matches.
60' Diego Chara is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
62' The Austin FC bench stirs into life. Sebastian Driussi is withdrawn and Jhohan Romana gets his opportunity.
63' Dario Zuparic is having his name booked by the referee on 63.
68' It is a cagey affair so far. Austin FC in their trying to find a way past Portland Timbers's compact .
73' Diego Valeri is ready to make an impact after coming on for Yimmi Chara at the 73 minute mark.
74' Austin FC ring the changes. Zan Kolmanic has done his job and it is now time for Hector Jimenez to step up.
79' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
83' That is a Yellow card for Austin FC. Tomas Pochettino will be fuming at that decision.
84' The whistle greets Cecilio Dominguez as he departs to be replaced by Jared Stroud.
87' Zac McGraw is ready to make an impact after coming on for Pablo Bonilla at the 87 minute mark.
Full Time. Austin FC beats Portland Timbers

Lineups

Austin FC Lineups

Starting XI

5
Matt Besler
24
Nick Lima
14
Diego Fagundez ↓ Tomas Pochettino 74'
18
Julio Cascante
41
Brad Stuver
8
Alexander Ring ↓ Sebastian Berhalter 84'
25
Sebastian Driussi ↓ Jhohan Romana 62'
21
Zan Kolmanic ↓ Hector Jimenez 74'
10
Cecilio Dominguez ↓ Jared Stroud 84'
17
Jon Gallagher
15
Daniel Pereira

Bench

Coach Josh Wolff

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

23
Yimmi Chara ↓ Diego Valeri 73'
2
Jose Van Rankin ↓ Larrys Mabiala 46'
21
Diego Chara
25
Bill Tuiloma
27
Dairon Asprilla ↓ Jaroslaw Niezgoda 87'
12
Steve Clark
19
Eryk Williamson ↓ Sebastian Blanco 46'
13
Dario Zuparic
9
Felipe Mora
28
Pablo Bonilla ↓ Zac McGraw 87'
20
George Fochive

Bench

8
Diego Valeri ↑ 73'
33
Larrys Mabiala ↑ 46'
22
Cristhian Paredes
10
Sebastian Blanco ↑ 46'
44
Marvin Loria
31
Aljaz Ivacic
98
Blake Bodily
85
Zac McGraw ↑ 87'
11
Jaroslaw Niezgoda ↑ 87'

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sebastian Driussi	3
Evander	2
Bill Tuiloma	2
Diego Fagundez	2
Jon Gallagher	2
Cecilio Dominguez	2
Sebastian Blanco	1
Jonathan Rodriguez	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.28 Austin FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.52 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Austin FC54% Draw22% Portland Timbers24%

Actual: Austin FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.8

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Austin FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Portland Timbers

46%

Austin FC or Portland Timbers

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Austin FC40% Draw38% Portland Timbers22%

Actual: Austin FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.6%

2 – 1

8.6%

3 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.4%

2 – 0

5.9%

1 – 2

5.8%

3 – 2

4.9%

1 – 0

4.7%

3 – 0

4.4%

4 – 1

3.7%

0 – 0

3.5%

2 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Austin FC

Handicap	Austin FC covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	16%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	20%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	13%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Austin FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

Austin FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Austin FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Austin FC Form

Portland Timbers Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Austin FC

Clean Sheet