Portland Timbers vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Portland Timbers

2 – 1

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Houston Dynamo

Sun 25 Apr 2021 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'

Dairon Asprilla 26' Y

Y 36' Zarek Valentin

Y 37' Maximiliano Urruti

Claudio Bravo 39' Y

Claudio Bravo 40' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 18 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee Jeremy Hanson
Referee Ramy Touchan
Referee Younes Marrakchi
Referee Mike Rottersman

12 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Portland Timbers 17 games · Avg 3.1 goals Houston Dynamo

Last 5 meetings

2021-04-25 Portland Timbers 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2020-07-19 Portland Timbers 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2019-06-23 Portland Timbers 4–0 Houston Dynamo 2019-05-16 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Portland Timbers 2018-09-16 Houston Dynamo 4–1 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Apr	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
19 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–1	L
23 Nov	FC Dallas	H	1–1	D
08 Nov	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D
05 Nov	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–1	L
02 Nov	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–0	W

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Apr	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
17 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
08 Nov	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–2	L
31 Oct	FC Dallas	A	0–3	L
29 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	1–2	L
25 Oct	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Houston Dynamo
#23	Position	#19
24	Points	32
18	Played	18
7 / 3 / 8	W / D / L	10 / 2 / 6
33	Scored	27
33	Conceded	24
+0	GD	+3
1.33	PPG	1.78
39%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

42% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts). Houston Dynamo are 19th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

4/5

31-45

4/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

5/–

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

3/3

61-75

4/2

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme

8 G

4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Providence Park that hosts another battle between Portland Timbers and Houston Dynamo.
5' Portland Timbers are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
6' What composure from Dairon Asprilla! The Colombia international strokes it home. 1-0.
11' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Tab Ramos will be considering his options from the bench.
16' United States international Jeff Attinella has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
21' Portland Timbers are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Houston Dynamo's shape.
26' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Dairon Asprilla.
28' A goal from the Paraguay international Cristhian Paredes! He fires home on 28 to make it 2-0!
33' Both keepers have barely been tested. Portland Timbers and Houston Dynamo are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
36' It’s a booking for Houston Dynamo player. Zarek Valentin gets a Yellow card.
37' Maximiliano Urruti picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
39' The referee shows Portland Timbers player a Yellow card on 39.
40' Portland Timbers player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
45' Boniek Garcia is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
46' The crowd applauds Yimmi Chara as he leaves the pitch. Diego Valeri steps in for Portland Timbers.
51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
56' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
60' Another change for Portland Timbers made on 60 minute. Blake Bodily leaves to be changed by Felipe Mora.
65' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Tyler Pasher has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
70' Houston Dynamo come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
73' The Paraguay Cristhian Paredes breaks the deadlock on 73 minutes. 3-0!
74' A change in the Houston Dynamo ranks — Maximiliano Urruti exits the field as Ariel Lassiter enters on 74.
75' The Houston Dynamo manager makes a substitution. Joe Corona departs to be replaced by Derrick Jones.
78' Time for substitution for Houston Dynamo. Maximiliano Urruti is replaced by Darwin Quintero.
82' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Pablo Bonilla by Jose Van Rankin on 82 minute.
87' Fresh legs for Houston Dynamo! Christian Ramirez comes on to replace Memo Rodriguez.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

2
Jose Van Rankin ↑ 82'
8
Diego Valeri ↑ 46'
19
Eryk Williamson ↑ 74'
40
Renzo Zambrano
13
Dario Zuparic ↑ 46'
9
Felipe Mora ↑ 60'
85
Zac McGraw

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

37
Maximiliano Urruti ↓ Darwin Quintero 78'
5
Tim Parker
3
Adam Lundqvist
27
Boniek Garcia C
8
Memo Rodriguez ↓ Christian Ramirez 87'
4
Zarek Valentin
10
Fafa Picault ↓ Ariel Lassiter 74'
1
Marko Maric
22
Matias Vera
14
Joe Corona ↓ Derrick Jones 74'
19
Tyler Pasher

Bench

Coach Tab Ramos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Felipe Mora	4
Mauro Manotas	3
Antony	2
Alejandro Fuenmayor	2
Mauro Manotas	2
Alejandro Fuenmayor	2
Brian Fernandez	2
Santiago Moreno	2

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2021-04-25 Portland Timbers 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2021-04-19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Portland Timbers L 2020-11-23 Portland Timbers 1–1 FC Dallas D 2020-11-08 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2020-11-05 Portland Timbers 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-11-02 Portland Timbers 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Houston Dynamo Form

2021-04-25 Portland Timbers 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2021-04-17 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-11-08 Houston Dynamo 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-10-31 FC Dallas 3–0 Houston Dynamo L 2020-10-29 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2020-10-25 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.83 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.35 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers51% Draw24% Houston Dynamo25%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.18

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

75%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

49%

Portland Timbers or Houston Dynamo

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers35% Draw43% Houston Dynamo22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.2%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

6.9%

1 – 0

6.9%

1 – 2

6.7%

2 – 2

6.1%

0 – 0

5.8%

3 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

4.9%

3 – 0

4.1%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	21%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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