Philadelphia Union vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Philadelphia Union

3 – 0

Full Time

Portland Timbers

Sun 30 May 2021 · 23:00 UTC Subaru Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Olivier Mbaizo 5' Y

Y 62' Dario Zuparic

Y 72' Claudio Bravo

Overview

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Philadelphia Union vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Subaru Park.

Philadelphia Union 27 games · 39 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Philadelphia Union 6 games · Avg 3.2 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-30 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Portland Timbers 2020-08-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Portland Timbers 2019-05-25 Philadelphia Union 1–3 Portland Timbers 2018-08-05 Portland Timbers 3–0 Philadelphia Union

Recent Form

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 May	Portland Timbers	H	3–0	W
23 May	D.C. United SC	A	0–0	D
15 May	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
12 May	New England Revolution	H	1–1	D
08 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–0	W
01 May	New York City FC	H	0–2	L

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 May	Philadelphia Union	A	0–3	L
22 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–0	W
16 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–0	W
09 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
02 May	FC Dallas	A	1–4	L
25 Apr	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Philadelphia Union		Portland Timbers
#6	Position	#26
39	Points	32
27	Played	27
11 / 6 / 10	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 13
54	Scored	48
44	Conceded	51
+10	GD	-3
1.44	PPG	1.19
41%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Philadelphia Union are 6th (39 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

4/7

31-45

6/4

46-60

9/1

61-75

14/3

76+

6/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

4/9

16-30

7/9

31-45

5/8

46-60

5/4

61-75

7/–

76+

10/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	16 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	8 G	1 A
Cavan Sullivan	7 G	4 A

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	5 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Subaru Park that hosts another battle between Philadelphia Union and Portland Timbers.
5' Philadelphia Union player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
10' Jamiro Monteiro needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 20 Yellow cards this season.
15' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
20' Sergio Santos is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Philadelphia Union so far.
25' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
26' Against the run of play, Kacper Przybylko has scored! This game has turned on its head.
31' The deadlock is broken! Sergio Santos gets on the scoresheet on 31 minutes.
36' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
41' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Giovanni Savarese will be considering his options from the bench.
46' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
51' Renzo Jose Zambrano, a , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
56' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Philadelphia Union side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
60' Sergio Santos makes way for Cory Burke at the 60 minute mark. A tactical switch from Philadelphia Union.
62' Dario Zuparic was booked on 62.
63' Jack Elliott makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Philadelphia Union are in front.
68' A tactical swap from Portland Timbers — Zac McGraw on, Marvin Loria off on 68 minutes.
72' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Claudio Bravo gets a Yellow card.
77' 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.
79' Portland Timbers ring the changes. Felipe Mora has done his job and it is now time for Dairon Asprilla to step up.
84' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Alejandro Bedoya has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
89' A change in the Philadelphia Union ranks — Leon Flach exits the field as Paxten Aaronson enters on 89.
90' The whistle greets Kacper Przybylko as he departs to be replaced by Anthony Fontana.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

27
Kai Wagner
18
Andre Blake
3
Jack Elliott
11
Alejandro Bedoya ↓ Quinn Sullivan 90'
15
Olivier Mbaizo
17
Sergio Santos ↓ Cory Burke 60'
8
Jose Andres Martinez
5
Jakob Glesnes
31
Leon Flach ↓ Paxten Aaronson 89'
10
Jamiro Monteiro
23
Kacper Przybylko ↓ Anthony Fontana 90'

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

23
Yimmi Chara
2
Jose Van Rankin ↓ Pablo Bonilla 89'
8
Diego Valeri ↓ Renzo Jose Zambrano 89'
25
Bill Tuiloma
19
Eryk Williamson
17
Jeremy Ebobisse
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Zac McGraw 68'
5
Claudio Bravo
13
Dario Zuparic
9
Felipe Mora ↓ Dairon Asprilla 79'
30
Logan Ketterer

Bench

27
Dairon Asprilla ↑ 79'
28
Pablo Bonilla ↑ 89'
98
Blake Bodily
85
Zac McGraw ↑ 68'
40
Renzo Jose Zambrano ↑ 89'
26
Hunter Sulte

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Julian Carranza	2
Brian Fernandez	2
Sebastian Blanco	2
Diego Valeri	2
Sergio Santos	2
Dairon Asprilla	1
Kacper Przybylko	1
David Guzman	1

Head to Head

Philadelphia Union Form

2021-05-30 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Portland Timbers W 2021-05-23 D.C. United SC 0–0 Philadelphia Union D 2021-05-15 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Philadelphia Union L 2021-05-12 Philadelphia Union 1–1 New England Revolution D 2021-05-08 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Philadelphia Union W 2021-05-01 Philadelphia Union 0–2 New York City FC L

Portland Timbers Form

2021-05-30 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Portland Timbers L 2021-05-22 Portland Timbers 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-05-16 San Jose Earthquakes 0–2 Portland Timbers W 2021-05-09 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-05-02 FC Dallas 4–1 Portland Timbers L 2021-04-25 Portland Timbers 2–1 Houston Dynamo W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.24 Philadelphia Union xG

Expected Goals

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

1.52 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union51% Draw23% Portland Timbers26%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.76

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Philadelphia Union or Draw

74%

Draw or Portland Timbers

49%

Philadelphia Union or Portland Timbers

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union40% Draw38% Portland Timbers22%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.7%

2 – 1

8.6%

2 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

6.3%

1 – 2

5.9%

2 – 0

5.9%

3 – 2

4.8%

1 – 0

4.8%

3 – 0

Actual

4 – 1

3.6%

0 – 0

3.5%

2 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Philadelphia Union

Handicap	Philadelphia Union covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	16%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	20%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	13%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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