New York City FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

New York City FC

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Portland Timbers

Sat 9 Mar 2024 · 19:00 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 19' Zac McGraw

Y 31' Cristhian Paredes

Santiago Rodriguez 76' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

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

New York City FC 5 games · Avg 2.6 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2024-03-09 New York City FC 1–2 Portland Timbers 2023-06-25 Portland Timbers 1–1 New York City FC 2020-08-02 New York City FC 1–3 Portland Timbers 2019-07-07 New York City FC 0–1 Portland Timbers 2018-04-22 Portland Timbers 3–0 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Mar	Portland Timbers	H	1–2	L
03 Mar	St. Louis City	A	0–2	L
25 Feb	Charlotte FC	A	0–1	L
21 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
07 Oct	D.C. United SC	A	0–2	L
30 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–1	D

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Mar	New York City FC	A	2–1	W
03 Mar	D.C. United SC	H	2–2	D
25 Feb	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–1	W
22 Oct	Houston Dynamo	H	1–3	L
07 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–4	L
01 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–3	D

Season Stats

New York City FC		Portland Timbers
#8	Position	#28
19	Points	14
15	Played	14
5 / 4 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 8
25	Scored	22
21	Conceded	28
+4	GD	-6
1.27	PPG	1.00
33%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

New York City FC are 8th (19 pts). Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

2/5

■ 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' We are underway at Yankee Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' New York City FC is showing some good football. However, New York City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' Goal! Santiago Rodriguez scores his 27 goal in 286 matches.
15' It’s high time Phil Neville made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
19' Portland Timbers receives a card for a hard tackle on 19.
24' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Kamal Miller has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
29' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
31' It’s gonna be a card for Cristhian Paredes.
36' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
41' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
46' Portland Timbers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 46.
51' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
56' Portland Timbers seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
61' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
66' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 66 minutes.
68' Justin Haak is replacing Andres Jasson for the New York City FC side.
69' Nathan has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dairon Asprilla on 69 minute.
74' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Andres Jasson suffering a number of foals already.
76' It’s a booking for New York City FC player. Santiago Rodriguez gets a card.
78' Jovan Mijatovic is replacing Monsef Bakrar for the New York City FC side.
79' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Mitja Ilenic is replaced by Tayvon Gray on 79 minute.
84' Evander has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 7 goals this season.
85' What an equalizer from Antony!
90' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Cristhian Paredes departs to be replaced by David Ayala.
The final score is 1-2.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Nick Cushing

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

33
Larrys Mabiala
2
Miguel Araujo ↑ 90'
41
James Pantemis
13
Dario Zuparic
24
David Ayala ↑ 90'
99
Nathan ↑ 69'
17
Tega Ikoba

Coach Phil Neville

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sebastian Blanco	3
Evander	2
Larrys Mabiala	1
Sebastian Blanco	1
Fanendo Adi	1
Jesus Medina	1
Andy Polo	1
Diego Valeri	1

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2024-03-09 New York City FC 1–2 Portland Timbers L 2024-03-03 St. Louis City 2–0 New York City FC L 2024-02-25 Charlotte FC 1–0 New York City FC L 2023-10-21 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-10-07 D.C. United SC 2–0 New York City FC L 2023-09-30 Internacional CF Miami 1–1 New York City FC D

Portland Timbers Form

2024-03-09 New York City FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2024-03-03 Portland Timbers 2–2 D.C. United SC D 2024-02-25 Portland Timbers 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2023-10-22 Portland Timbers 1–3 Houston Dynamo L 2023-10-07 Montreal Impact FC 4–1 Portland Timbers L 2023-10-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Portland Timbers D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.81 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.55 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: New York City FC or Portland Timbers 75% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC39% Draw25% Portland Timbers36%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.36

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

64%

Draw or Portland Timbers

61%

New York City FC or Portland Timbers

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC33% Draw42% Portland Timbers25%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.6%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 2

6.5%

2 – 0

5.7%

1 – 0

5.6%

3 – 1

5.1%

0 – 0

0 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 2

1 – 3

3.8%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	19%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	16%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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