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New York Red Bulls vs Portland Timbers, 2018

MLS · 2018
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
8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game 7.4 goals/game

Head-to-Head

2
1
1
New York Red Bulls 4 games · Avg 2.8 goals Portland Timbers

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Mar Portland Timbers H 4–0 W
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
#5 Position #28
22 Points 14
15 Played 14
6 / 4 / 5 W / D / L 4 / 2 / 8
25 Scored 22
32 Conceded 28
-7 GD -6
1.47 PPG 1.00
40% Win % 29%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season
7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts). Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
0-15
5/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
3/5
46-60
3/5
61-75
1/2
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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — New York Red Bulls and Portland Timbers get this one started.
  • 5' Benjamin Mines is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York Red Bulls so far.
  • 10' It looks like no one’s ball. Portland Timbers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 15' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 20' Portland Timbers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
  • 25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 30' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York Red Bulls must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 35' Kyle Duncan is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York Red Bulls tonight.
  • 40' New York Red Bulls is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 45' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 55' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York Red Bulls and Portland Timbers are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 60' The energy levels are beginning to show. Giovanni Savarese might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 65' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their trying to find a way past Portland Timbers's compact .
  • 70' New York Red Bulls currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 75' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Jesse Marsch will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 80' It looks surprising New York Red Bulls does not make any changes. Dairon Asprilla has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 85' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jake Gleeson is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York Red Bulls.
  • 90' Portland Timbers fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 4-0.

Lineups

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
3.09 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.05 Portland Timbers xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + New York Red Bulls to win 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls70% Draw17% Portland Timbers13%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 4.14
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 76%
24%
± 3.5 58%
42%
± 4.5 39%
61%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
87%
Draw or Portland Timbers
30%
New York Red Bulls or Portland Timbers
83%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls58% Draw31% Portland Timbers11%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
3 – 1
8%
2 – 1
7.9%
2 – 0
7.9%
3 – 0
7.8%
4 – 1
6.2%
4 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
5.9%
1 – 0
4.9%
3 – 2
4.2%
2 – 2
4.1%
5 – 1
3.9%
5 – 0
3.7%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Portland Timbers covers
-2.5 38% 62%
-2 38% 20% 42%
-1.5 58% 42%
-1 58% 18% 24%
-0.5 76% 24%
+0.5 91% 9%
+1 91% 6% 3%
+1.5 97% 3%
+2 97% 2% 1%
+2.5 99% 1%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
36%
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
5%

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