Thursday , 2 July 2026

Los Angeles FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Los Angeles FC
4 – 2
Full Time
Portland Timbers
Mon 14 Sep 2020 · 03:00 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+6'
Y 71' Pablo Bonilla
Jose Cifuentes 83' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles FC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Banc of California Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Jair Marrufo
  • Referee Corey Rockwell
  • Referee Jason White
  • Referee Alejandro Mariscal
  • Referee Victor Rivas
4 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 1.8 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

6
7
7
Los Angeles FC 20 games · Avg 3.4 goals Portland Timbers
Last 5 meetings
2020-09-14 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Portland Timbers 2020-07-24 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Portland Timbers 2019-06-02 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles FC 2019-03-10 Los Angeles FC 4–1 Portland Timbers 2018-07-15 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Sep Portland Timbers H 4–2 W
10 Sep Real Salt Lake A 0–3 L
07 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–3 L
03 Sep San Jose Earthquakes H 5–1 W
31 Aug Seattle Sounders FC A 1–3 L
22 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy H 0–2 L
Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Sep Los Angeles FC A 2–4 L
07 Sep Seattle Sounders FC A 2–1 W
03 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–3 L
30 Aug Real Salt Lake H 4–4 D
24 Aug Seattle Sounders FC H 0–3 L
12 Aug Orlando City SC H 2–1 W

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC Portland Timbers
#20 Position #28
24 Points 14
15 Played 14
7 / 3 / 5 W / D / L 4 / 2 / 8
24 Scored 22
17 Conceded 28
+7 GD -6
1.60 PPG 1.00
47% Win % 29%

Key Stats

85% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season
7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Los Angeles FC are 20th (24 pts). Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC
0-15
1/3
16-30
4/2
31-45
2/2
46-60
1/5
61-75
3/2
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Portland Timbers
0-15
2/5
16-30
3/3
31-45
3/3
46-60
–/2
61-75
2/–
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Los Angeles FC to score. At the same time, Portland Timbers does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 10' Brian Rodriguez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 3 Yellow cards this season.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 20' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 25' Brilliant from the ! Eryk Williamson makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 25.
  • 30' Cristhian Paredes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 35' Los Angeles FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 37' GOAL! Mark-Anthony Kaye fires home to make it 1-1!
  • 41' Goal! Diego Rossi scores his 99 goal in 285 matches.
  • 46' Bradley Wright-Phillips makes no mistake. The score reads 3-1 and Los Angeles FC are in front.
  • 46' Another change for Portland Timbers made on 46 minute. Marvin Loria leaves to be changed by Yimmi Chara.
  • 47' Jeremy Ebobisse doubles the advantage! 3-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 52' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 52 minutes.
  • 57' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 62' Felipe Mora is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles FC tonight.
  • 65' Francisco Ginella makes way for Andy Najar at the 65 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles FC.
  • 68' The Portland Timbers bench stirs into life. Felipe Mora is withdrawn and Jaroslaw Niezgoda gets his opportunity.
  • 71' Pablo Bonilla is having his name booked by the referee on 71.
  • 76' Francisco Ginella has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 5 cards already picked up this season.
  • 80' Los Angeles FC make a change. Brian Rodriguez trudges off to be replaced by Eduard Atuesta on 80 minutes.
  • 83' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles FC. Jose Cifuentes will be fuming at that decision.
  • 85' A tactical swap from Portland Timbers — Andy Polo on, Diego Valeri off on 85 minutes.
  • 90' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • Portland Timbers will have plenty to reflect on. Los Angeles FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Carlos Vela 7
Cristhian Paredes 4
Jeremy Ebobisse 4
Felipe Mora 4
Dairon Asprilla 4
Denis Bouanga 3
Mark-Anthony Kaye 3
Mateusz Bogusz 2

Head to Head

2020-09-14 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Portland Timbers 2020-07-24 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Portland Timbers 2019-06-02 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles FC 2019-03-10 Los Angeles FC 4–1 Portland Timbers 2018-07-15 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Portland Timbers

Los Angeles FC Form

2020-09-14 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-10 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC L 2020-09-07 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Los Angeles FC L 2020-09-03 Los Angeles FC 5–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-08-31 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Los Angeles FC L 2020-08-22 Los Angeles FC 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Portland Timbers Form

2020-09-14 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Portland Timbers L 2020-09-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake D 2020-08-24 Portland Timbers 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-08-12 Portland Timbers 2–1 Orlando City SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.6 Los Angeles FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.39 Portland Timbers xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Los Angeles FC60% Draw20% Portland Timbers20%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes69% 0% No31%
Avg goals/match: 3.99
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 90%
10%
± 2.5 75%
25%
± 3.5 55%
45%
± 4.5 36%
64%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw
81%
Draw or Portland Timbers
40%
Los Angeles FC or Portland Timbers
80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Los Angeles FC47% Draw36% Portland Timbers17%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.5%
1 – 1
7.5%
3 – 1
7.2%
2 – 0
6.4%
2 – 2
5.8%
3 – 0
5.4%
3 – 2
5%
4 – 1
4.7%
1 – 2
4.6%
1 – 0
4.5%
4 – 0
3.5%
4 – 2
Actual

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap Los Angeles FC covers Push Portland Timbers covers
-2.5 24% — 76%
-2 24% 18% 58%
-1.5 42% — 58%
-1 42% 20% 38%
-0.5 62% — 38%
+0.5 81% — 19%
+1 81% 11% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 5% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
26% ✓
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
8% ✓

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