Los Angeles FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Los Angeles FC

3 – 2

Full Time

Portland Timbers

Sat 4 Mar 2023 · 21:30 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Giorgio Chiellini 24' 1–0

Carlos Vela pen 34' 2–0

Kwadwo Opoku 52' 3–0

3–1 62' Evander

3–2 84' Cristhian Paredes

Y 41' Zac McGraw

Ilie Sanchez 45' Y

Ryan Hollingshead 45' Y

Y 72' Juan Mosquera

Timothy Tillman 85' Y

Y 90' Nathan Fogaca

Overview

Match Preview

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

Los Angeles FC 19 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles FC 20 games · Avg 3.4 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2023-03-04 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Portland Timbers 2022-10-02 Portland Timbers 1–2 Los Angeles FC 2022-03-07 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Portland Timbers 2021-09-30 Los Angeles FC 1–2 Portland Timbers 2021-09-19 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Mar	Portland Timbers	H	3–2	W
05 Nov	Philadelphia Union	H	6–3	W
30 Oct	Austin FC	H	3–0	W
21 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–2	W
09 Oct	Nashville SC	H	0–1	L
02 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	W

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Mar	Los Angeles FC	A	2–3	L
28 Feb	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–0	W
09 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
02 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–2	L
18 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–1	D
11 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Portland Timbers
#17	Position	#23
34	Points	24
19	Played	18
10 / 4 / 5	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 8
35	Scored	33
19	Conceded	33
+16	GD	+0
1.79	PPG	1.33
53%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

85% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 pts). Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

5/2

31-45

7/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/2

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

4/5

31-45

4/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

5/–

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	8 G	2 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Los Angeles FC welcome Portland Timbers for this crunch clash at Banc of California Stadium.
5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Steven Cherundolo might look to freshen things up shortly.
15' Santiago Moreno has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
20' The 28-year-old Cristhian Paredes has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
24' GOAL! Giorgio Chiellini scores on 24.
29' Dario Zuparic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
34' GOAL! Carlos Vela fires home to make it 2-0!
39' Los Angeles FC have won 582 goals from 289 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
41' Zac McGraw has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 41.
45' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Ilie Sanchez.
50' Nathan Fogaca, a , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
52' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Kwadwo Opoku makes no mistake. 3-0!
57' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
60' Portland Timbers manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Claudio Bravo is hanging Justin Rasmussen on the field on 60 minute.
62' A goal from the Brazil international Evander! He fires home on 62 to make it 3-1!
66' Timothy Tillman has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ilie Sanchez on 66 minute.
71' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 71 minutes.
72' Claudio Bravo picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
72' Portland Timbers make a change. Jaroslaw Niezgoda trudges off to be replaced by Nathan Fogaca on 72 minutes.
77' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Portland Timbers winning 100% of all matches.
80' The supporters are chanting for Aaron Long. He replaces Giorgio Chiellini on 80 minute.
84' A stunning finish from Cristhian Paredes — that came from absolutely nowhere!
85' Poor challenge from Timothy Tillman. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
90' Diego Gutierrez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Juan Mosquera on 90 minute.
90' A moment of madness from Nathan Fogaca on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Portland Timbers will be frustrated.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-2.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

20
Evander
1
David Bingham
21
Diego Chara
19
Eryk Williamson
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Cristhian Paredes 60'
13
Dario Zuparic
18
Zac McGraw
30
Santiago Moreno ↓ Larrys Mabiala 60'
11
Jaroslaw Niezgoda ↓ Nathan Fogaca 72'
14
Justin Rasmussen ↓ Claudio Bravo 60'
29
Juan Mosquera ↓ Diego Gutierrez 90'

Bench

33
Larrys Mabiala ↑ 60'
22
Cristhian Paredes ↑ 60'
15
Eric Miller
5
Claudio Bravo ↑ 60'
31
Aljaz Ivacic
28
Pablo Bonilla
26
Hunter Sulte
16
Diego Gutierrez ↑ 90'
99
Nathan Fogaca ↑ 72'

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Vela	7
Jeremy Ebobisse	4
Felipe Mora	4
Dairon Asprilla	4
Cristhian Paredes	4
Mark-Anthony Kaye	3
Denis Bouanga	3
Evander	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2023-03-04 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Portland Timbers W 2022-11-05 Los Angeles FC 6–3 Philadelphia Union W 2022-10-30 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Austin FC W 2022-10-21 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-10-09 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Nashville SC L 2022-10-02 Portland Timbers 1–2 Los Angeles FC W

Portland Timbers Form

2023-03-04 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-10-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Portland Timbers L 2022-10-02 Portland Timbers 1–2 Los Angeles FC L 2022-09-18 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2022-09-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Minnesota United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.45 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.37 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC60% Draw20% Portland Timbers20%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.82

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

Los Angeles FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Portland Timbers

40%

Los Angeles FC or Portland Timbers

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC45% Draw37% Portland Timbers18%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 1

8.2%

3 – 1

7.1%

2 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

5.9%

3 – 0

5.3%

1 – 0

1 – 2

4.9%

3 – 2

Actual

4 – 1

4.4%

0 – 0

3.4%

4 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	18%	60%
-1.5	40%	—	60%
-1	40%	20%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	11%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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