Portland Timbers vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Portland Timbers

2 – 1

Full Time

Los Angeles FC

Sat 11 Apr 2026 · 20:45 UTC Providence Park 24,686 HT 45' · FT 45'

Kristoffer Velde 32' 1–0

1–1 49' Jude Terry

Kevin Kelsy 90+6' 2–1

Jimer Fory 7' Y

Y 14' Matthew Evans

Y 58' Artem Smoliakov

Kristoffer Velde 82' Y

Y 90' Marc Dos Santos

Overview

Match Preview

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

Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 19 games · 34 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Armando Villarreal
Assistant 1 Jeremy Hanson
Assistant 2 Chris Elliott

13 games this season 🟨 2.2/game ⚽ 6.6 goals/game

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 20 games · Avg 3.4 goals Los Angeles FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-11 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC 2025-07-26 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Portland Timbers 2025-04-20 Portland Timbers 3–3 Los Angeles FC 2024-04-28 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Portland Timbers 2024-04-13 Portland Timbers 2–2 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
05 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–3	L
22 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D
15 Mar	Houston Dynamo	A	2–3	L
08 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–4	L
28 Feb	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
05 Apr	Orlando City SC	H	6–0	W
22 Mar	Austin FC	A	0–0	D
15 Mar	St. Louis City	H	2–0	W
08 Mar	FC Dallas	H	1–0	W
01 Mar	Houston Dynamo	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Los Angeles FC
#23	Position	#17
24	Points	34
18	Played	19
7 / 3 / 8	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 5
33	Scored	35
33	Conceded	19
+0	GD	+16
1.33	PPG	1.79
39%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

85% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts). Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 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

Los Angeles FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

5/2

31-45

7/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/2

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	8 G	2 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Providence Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Portland Timbers and Los Angeles FC.
5' Jose Caicedo has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
7' Portland Timbers receives a card for a hard tackle on 7.
12' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
14' A moment of madness from Matthew Evans on 14 minutes earns him a card. Los Angeles FC will be frustrated.
19' It’s high time Phil Neville made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
24' Colombia international Jimer Fory has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
29' Both keepers have barely been tested. Portland Timbers and Los Angeles FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
30' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Cabral Carter comes on to replace Thomas Hasal.
32' Goal! Kristoffer Velde scores his 5 goal in 6 matches.
37' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 37 minutes.
42' With 1 assists to his name this season, Marky Delgado is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles FC.
46' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Mathieu Choiniere is replaced by Timothy Tillman.
49' Goal! Jude Terry scores his 1 goal in 286 matches.
54' Los Angeles FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
56' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Kenneth Nielsen is replaced by Ryan Porteous.
58' It’s gonna be a card for Artem Smoliakov.
63' Portland Timbers are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
64' Portland Timbers ring the changes. Jimer Fory has done his job and it is now time for Ian Smith to step up.
68' The crowd applauds Denis Bouanga as he leaves the pitch. Jacob Shaffelburg steps in for Los Angeles FC.
71' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Antony departs to be replaced by Alexander Aravena.
76' Ryan Raposo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Artem Smoliakov on 76 minute.
81' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Felipe Mora made 11 appearances and scored 45 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
82' Controversy at the stadium! Kristoffer Velde argues furiously but the card stands.
87' It looks like no one’s ball. Portland Timbers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
89' Time for substitution for Portland Timbers. Felipe Mora is replaced by Kevin Kelsy.
90' It’s a booking for Los Angeles FC player. Marc Dos Santos gets a card.
90' The crowd applauds Kristoffer Velde as he leaves the pitch. Diego Chara steps in for Portland Timbers.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

21
Diego Chara ↑ 90'
15
Eric Miller
25
Trey Muse
4
Kamal Miller
7
Ariel Lassiter ↑ 89'
19
Kevin Kelsy ↑ 89'
80
Julio Ortiz
28
Alexander Aravena ↑ 71'
23
Ian Smith ↑ 64'

Coach Phil Neville

Los Angeles FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

99
Denis Bouanga ↓ Jacob Shaffelburg 68'
24
Ryan Hollingshead
19
Tyler Boyd
66
Mathieu Choiniere ↓ Timothy Tillman 46'
12
Thomas Hasal ↓ Cabral Carter 30'
91
Nkosi Burgess
27
Nathan Ordaz
70
Matthew Evans ↓ Marky Delgado 56'
45
Kenneth Nielsen ↓ Ryan Porteous 56'
29
Artem Smoliakov ↓ Ryan Raposo 76'
22
Jude Terry

Bench

11
Timothy Tillman ↑ 46'
17
Jeremy Ebobisse
8
Marky Delgado ↑ 56'
5
Ryan Porteous ↑ 56'
4
Eddie Segura
18
Jacob Shaffelburg ↑ 68'
21
Ryan Raposo ↑ 76'
30
Esteban David Martinez
31
Cabral Carter ↑ 30'

Coach Marc Dos Santos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2026-04-11 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2026-04-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2026-03-22 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-03-15 Houston Dynamo 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2026-03-08 Portland Timbers 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2026-02-28 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Portland Timbers L

Los Angeles FC Form

2026-04-11 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2026-04-05 Los Angeles FC 6–0 Orlando City SC W 2026-03-22 Austin FC 0–0 Los Angeles FC D 2026-03-15 Los Angeles FC 2–0 St. Louis City W 2026-03-08 Los Angeles FC 1–0 FC Dallas W 2026-03-01 Houston Dynamo 0–2 Los Angeles FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.43 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.78 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Portland Timbers or Los Angeles FC 75% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers35% Draw25% Los Angeles FC40%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.21

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

60%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

65%

Portland Timbers or Los Angeles FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers24% Draw43% Los Angeles FC33%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

8.8%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

6.5%

0 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

6.3%

0 – 0

5.6%

1 – 3

5.2%

1 – 0

2 – 0

4.1%

2 – 3

3.8%

0 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	16%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+0.5	55%	—	45%
+1	55%	20%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	14%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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