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Portland Timbers vs FC Dallas, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sun 30 Sep 2018 · 02:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs FC Dallas — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Referee Apolinar Mariscal
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Nick Uranga
  • Referee Joe Dickerson
11 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.2 goals/game

Head-to-Head

4
8
6
Portland Timbers 18 games · Avg 2.5 goals FC Dallas

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 Sep FC Dallas H 0–0 D
23 Sep Minnesota United FC A 2–3 L
20 Sep Columbus Crew SC H 3–2 W
16 Sep Houston Dynamo A 1–4 L
09 Sep Colorado Rapids SC H 2–0 W
01 Sep New England Revolution A 1–1 D
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 Sep Portland Timbers A 0–0 D
23 Sep Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–1 W
16 Sep Columbus Crew SC H 0–0 D
02 Sep Houston Dynamo H 4–2 W
30 Aug San Jose Earthquakes A 3–4 L
24 Aug Houston Dynamo A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Portland Timbers FC Dallas
#26 Position #17
32 Points 47
27 Played 27
9 / 5 / 13 W / D / L 13 / 8 / 6
48 Scored 50
51 Conceded 42
-3 GD +8
1.19 PPG 1.74
33% Win % 48%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season
22% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this season

Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts). FC Dallas are 17th (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
FC Dallas
0-15
4/5
16-30
8/6
31-45
10/7
46-60
3/3
61-75
2/7
76+
11/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers
Kevin Kelsy 9 G 2 A
Kristoffer Velde 8 G 5 A
FC Dallas
Petar Musa 18 G 5 A
Logan Farrington 9 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Temperatures are rising at as Portland Timbers face off against FC Dallas in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with FC Dallas winning 0% of all matches.
  • 15' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 20' FC Dallas is showing some good football. However, FC Dallas are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 25' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Maximiliano Urruti made 288 appearances and scored 45 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 35' Samuel Armenteros needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 40' Marcos Pedroso is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Dallas so far.
  • 45' FC Dallas are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 50' Ryan Hollingshead, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 55' Honduras international Maynor Figueroa has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 60' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jorge Villafana, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 65' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 70' The home supporters are growing impatient. Portland Timbers must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 75' FC Dallas have won 422 goals from 288 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 80' FC Dallas looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Petar Musa scoring 1 goals.
  • 85' It’s high time Giovanni Savarese made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 90' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.52 Portland Timbers xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.46 FC Dallas xG
I would bet for: Portland Timbers or FC Dallas 73% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Portland Timbers40% Draw27% FC Dallas33%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 2.98
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 56%
44%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw
66%
Draw or FC Dallas
60%
Portland Timbers or FC Dallas
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Portland Timbers29% Draw45% FC Dallas26%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.2%
2 – 1
8.2%
1 – 2
7.9%
1 – 0
6.9%
0 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
6.6%
2 – 2
6%
2 – 0
5.8%
0 – 2
5.4%
3 – 1
4.2%
1 – 3
3.9%
3 – 2
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap Portland Timbers covers Push FC Dallas covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 11% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 19% 62%
-0.5 38% — 62%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 18% 17%
+1.5 83% — 17%
+2 83% 11% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
24% ✗
FC Dallas keeps clean sheet
23% ✗

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