Portland Timbers vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Portland Timbers

1 – 2

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Los Angeles FC

Sun 2 Oct 2022 · 19:00 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Cristhian Paredes 48' Y

Cristhian Paredes 51' Y

Y 57' Eddie Segura

Y 58' Eddie Segura

Y 59' Eddie Segura

Dario Zuparic 63' Y

Dario Zuparic 64' Y

Y 90' Latif Blessing

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)

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

Portland Timbers 21 games · Avg 3.3 goals Los Angeles FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-10-02 Portland Timbers 1–2 Los Angeles FC 2022-03-07 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Portland Timbers 2021-09-30 Los Angeles FC 1–2 Portland Timbers 2021-09-19 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC 2021-07-22 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–2	L
18 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–1	D
11 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W
04 Sep	Atlanta United FC	H	2–1	W
01 Sep	Austin FC	A	2–1	W
27 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	W
19 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	3–1	W
14 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	1–1	D
11 Sep	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
05 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	2–0	W
01 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Los Angeles FC
#22	Position	#21
46	Points	47
34	Played	34
13 / 7 / 14	W / D / L	12 / 11 / 11
62	Scored	52
61	Conceded	40
+1	GD	+12
1.35	PPG	1.38
38%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

9% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

38% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Portland Timbers are 22nd (46 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/5

16-30

6/6

31-45

10/8

46-60

7/7

61-75

7/6

76+

8/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kristoffer Velde	12 G	6 A
Ariel Lassiter	9 G	4 A
Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	18 G	5 A
Heung-min Son	7 G	11 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' Portland Timbers have kicked off against Los Angeles FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' The 31-year-old Bill Tuiloma has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
10' Portland Timbers are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles FC backline.
15' Los Angeles FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Dario Zuparic, as he is very good at scoring at Providence Park with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
40' A quiet spell here at Providence Park. Portland Timbers seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
45' Portland Timbers is showing some good football. However, Portland Timbers are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
48' Portland Timbers receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 48.
51' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Cristhian Paredes on 51 minutes.
51' The deadlock is broken! Carlos Vela gets on the scoresheet on 51 minutes.
56' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
57' Eddie Segura catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 57.
58' Eddie Segura picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
59' Los Angeles FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 59.
63' Dario Zuparic was booked on 63.
64' Dario Zuparic picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
69' Portland Timbers are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles FC's shape.
74' Eryk Williamson is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cristhian Paredes at the 74 minute mark.
75' The crowd applauds Cristhian Paredes as he leaves the pitch. Eryk Williamson steps in for Portland Timbers.
77' Kwadwo Opoku is ready to make an impact after coming on for Carlos Vela at the 77 minute mark.
81' Magnificent from Dairon Asprilla! That is 35 goals in 307 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
85' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Cristian Arango is replaced by Gareth Bale on 85 minute.
86' Another change for Portland Timbers made on 86 minute. Santiago Moreno leaves to be changed by Sebastian Blanco.
90' Fresh legs for Portland Timbers! Nathan Fogaca comes on to replace Dario Zuparic.
90' Latif Blessing picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-2.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

21
Diego Chara
33
Larrys Mabiala
25
Bill Tuiloma
27
Dairon Asprilla
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ Eryk Williamson 74'
5
Claudio Bravo
31
Aljaz Ivacic
13
Dario Zuparic ↓ Nathan Fogaca 90'
30
Santiago Moreno ↓ Sebastian Blanco 86'
11
Jaroslaw Niezgoda ↓ Yimmi Chara 74'
29
Juan Mosquera

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

37
Tello ↑ 85'
11
Gareth Bale ↑ 85'
14
Giorgio Chiellini
77
John McCarthy
7
Latif Blessing ↑ 77'
25
Sebastien Ibeagha
32
Jhegson Mendez
22
Kwadwo Opoku ↑ 77'

Coach Steven Cherundolo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Vela	7
Cristhian Paredes	4
Denis Bouanga	4
Jeremy Ebobisse	4
Felipe Mora	4
Dairon Asprilla	4
Mark-Anthony Kaye	3
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2022-10-02 Portland Timbers 1–2 Los Angeles FC L 2022-09-18 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2022-09-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2022-09-04 Portland Timbers 2–1 Atlanta United FC W 2022-09-01 Austin FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2022-08-27 Portland Timbers 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-10-02 Portland Timbers 1–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-09-19 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Houston Dynamo W 2022-09-14 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2022-09-11 FC Dallas 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2022-09-05 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake W 2022-09-01 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Los Angeles FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.53 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.44 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Portland Timbers or Los Angeles FC 73% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers40% Draw27% Los Angeles FC33%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

67%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

60%

Portland Timbers or Los Angeles FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers29% Draw45% Los Angeles FC26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.2%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

0 – 0

6.9%

0 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

2 – 0

5.9%

0 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

4.2%

1 – 3

3.8%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	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%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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