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New York Red Bulls vs Portland Timbers, 2018

MLS · 2018
New York Red Bulls
4 – 0
Full Time
Portland Timbers
Sun 11 Mar 2018 · 00:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Portland Timbers — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Nick Uranga
  • Referee Danny Thornberry
15 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 8.7 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

2
1
1
New York Red Bulls 4 games · Avg 2.8 goals Portland Timbers
Last 5 meetings
2018-03-11 New York Red Bulls 4–0 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Mar Portland Timbers H 4–0 W
Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Mar New York Red Bulls A 0–4 L
05 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 L

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls Portland Timbers
#11 Position #22
42 Points 46
34 Played 34
12 / 6 / 16 W / D / L 13 / 7 / 14
48 Scored 62
62 Conceded 61
-14 GD +1
1.24 PPG 1.35
35% Win % 38%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season
9% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 pts). Portland Timbers are 22nd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
0-15
7/7
16-30
4/3
31-45
8/7
46-60
7/10
61-75
4/6
76+
8/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Portland Timbers
0-15
7/10
16-30
8/10
31-45
9/9
46-60
6/5
61-75
10/4
76+
12/10
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
Julian Hall 13 G 3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 8 G 1 A
Portland Timbers
Kristoffer Velde 12 G 6 A
Ariel Lassiter 9 G 4 A
Kevin Kelsy 9 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! New York Red Bulls vs Portland Timbers — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' A quiet spell here at . New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 15' Sebastian Blanco has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 20' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 25' Derrick Etienne has been relatively quiet despite scoring 28 goals in his last 302 appearances.
  • 30' Liam Ridgewell, a England , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 35' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 40' New York Red Bulls are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 45' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 50' New York Red Bulls 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.
  • 55' It looks surprising New York Red Bulls does not make any changes. Vincent Bezecourt has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 60' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 65' 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.
  • 70' New York Red Bulls is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 75' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their trying to find a way past Portland Timbers's compact .
  • 80' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 302 games and scored 443 goals.
  • 85' Lawrence Olum needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 90' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Portland Timbers needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • With this win, New York Red Bulls is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jesse Marsch

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.83 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.06 Portland Timbers xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + New York Red Bulls to win 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls68% Draw18% Portland Timbers14%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes61% 0% No39%
Avg goals/match: 3.89
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 73%
27%
± 3.5 53%
47%
± 4.5 34%
66%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
86%
Draw or Portland Timbers
32%
New York Red Bulls or Portland Timbers
82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls54% Draw34% Portland Timbers12%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.5%
2 – 0
8.4%
3 – 1
7.9%
3 – 0
7.6%
1 – 1
6.9%
1 – 0
5.7%
4 – 1
5.6%
4 – 0
Actual
2 – 2
4.4%
3 – 2
4.2%
5 – 1
3.2%
1 – 2
3.2%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Portland Timbers covers
-2.5 33% — 67%
-2 33% 20% 47%
-1.5 53% — 47%
-1 53% 20% 27%
-0.5 73% — 27%
+0.5 89% — 11%
+1 89% 7% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
35% ✗
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
7% ✓

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